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# Supporting right-to-left (RTL) language documents in Xamarin

Enhance your document viewer with right-to-left (RTL) language support using the Apryse SDK. Learn how to enable RTL mode for a seamless reading experience. The Apryse Xamarin SDK streamlines secure,

To support right-to-left (RTL) language documents, the Apryse SDK provides a high-level API for changing the reading direction of documents in your document viewer.

![](https://653871032-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FgjsBtuYmcKhWOdM9VCg4%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-17c6de4c893c82e37736367178f68940218bed3c%2F7ad05b69228fc07c9a31b7ebd9c30b10dc991ede-1080x2220.gif?alt=media)

If you are using [DocumentActivity](/xamarin/guides/android/basics/open.md#activity) or [PdfViewCtrlTabHostFragment2](/xamarin/guides/android/basics/open.md#fragment), you can enable right-to-left (RTL) support in your document viewer by setting it with [ViewerConfig](/xamarin/viewer/viewer-config.md#android):

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Java" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```java
//@data {"m":true}//
ViewerConfig.Builder builder = new ViewerConfig.Builder();
ViewerConfig config = builder
    .FullscreenModeEnabled(true)
    .MultiTabEnabled(true)
    .DocumentEditingEnabled(true)
    .LongPressQuickMenuEnabled(true)
    // ...
    .RightToLeftModeEnabled(true)   // Enable RTL mode, must also call showRightToLeftOption
    .ShowRightToLeftOption(true)    // Show RTL toggle button in view mode dialog
    .Build();
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Kotlin" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```kotlin
//@data {"m":true}//
val builder = ViewerConfig.Builder()
val config = builder
    .fullscreenModeEnabled(true)
    .multiTabEnabled(true)
    .documentEditingEnabled(true)
    .longPressQuickMenuEnabled(true)
    // ...
    .rightToLeftModeEnabled(true)   // Enable RTL mode, must also call showRightToLeftOption
    .showRightToLeftOption(true)    // Show RTL toggle button in view mode dialog
    .build()
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% hint style="info" %}
**Note that if you call rightToLeftModeEnabled you must also call showRightToLeftOption in order for right-to-left (RTL) mode to be enabled.**
{% endhint %}

If you would like more granular control over your document viewer, you can enable right-to-left (RTL) directly in [PDFViewCtrl](/xamarin/guides/android/basics/open.md#view) by calling `PDFViewCtrl.setRightToLeftLanguage(true)`.


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