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Open a document

You have a few options to open a document using Xamarin - Please choose one of Android, iOS and Forms to start with viewing a document

Open & display PDFs with Xamarin.Android

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Show document in an activity You can open a document in a DocumentActivity with configurable preset UI

Show document in a fragment You can open a document in a PdfViewTabHostFragment with a higher degree of customizability and interactive UI

Show document in a view Start with PdfViewCtrl, the most basic viewing element and build the UI and functionality yourself

Open & display PDFs with Xamarin.iOS

Show document in an ViewController You can open a document in a DocumentViewController with configurable preset UI

Show document in a multi-tabbed ViewController You can open a document in a DocumentTabbedViewController to be able to to switch between interacting with multiple files quickly

Show document in a view Start with PTPPDFViewCtrl, the most basic viewing element and build the UI and functionality yourself

Open & display PDFs with Xamarin.Forms

Show document in an Document Viewer Open a document in a Document Viewer with annotation and other tools preset

Show document in a Basic Viewer Ember the viewing component for Xamarin.Forms

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