Create & edit PDF forms in Xamarin

This tutorial only applies to Xamarin.Android.

Interactive creation and editing for form fields such as text fields, checkboxes, radio buttons, dropdowns, signatures, etc. is supported by the Apryse Android SDK.

By default, creating and editing form fields in the drop-in components DocumentActivity and PdfViewCtrlTabHostFragment2 are automatically enabled unless disabled using ToolManagerBuilder. You can learn more about configuring ToolManager here.

Supported widget types

Text widget

TextFieldCreate tool is responsible for making TextWidget.

Checkbox widget

CheckboxFieldCreate tool is responsible for making CheckBoxWidget.

Radio button widget

RadioGroupFieldCreate tool is responsible for making RadioButtonWidget.

List box widget

ListBoxFieldCreate tool is responsible for making ListBoxWidget.

Combo box widget

ComboBoxFieldCreate tool is responsible for making ComboBoxWidget.

Signature widget

SignatureFieldCreate tool is responsible for making SignatureWidget.

Disable form field creation

You can disable form field creation using the ToolManagerBuilder class and disabling the relevant ToolMode:

C#

// Create a custom ToolManager with disabled form field creation
ToolManager.ToolMode[] toolModes = {
    ToolMode.FormCheckboxCreate,
    ToolMode.FormSignatureCreate,
    ToolMode.FormTextFieldCreate,
    ToolMode.FormRadioGroupCreate,
    ToolMode.FormComboBoxCreate,
    ToolMode.FormListBoxCreate
};
var tmBuilder = ToolManagerBuilder.From()
    .DisableToolModes(toolModes);

// Add ToolManagerBuilder to your ViewerConfig
var config = new ViewerConfig.Builder()
    .FullscreenModeEnabled(true)
    .MultiTabEnabled(true)
    // ...
    .ToolManagerBuilder(tmBuilder)
    .Build();