Section:

Custom Tool

Apryse SDK gives you the ability to create your own tools should you need one.

Creating a custom annotation tool in Xamarin.iOS

It is possible to create a new tool via C# API if you are looking for very simple tools that do not require much UI. Otherwise, you will have to customize the tools source code in Objective-C. The following section describes how to create a simple tool via C# API.

  1. Creating CustomTool:

C#

1using System;
2using ObjCRuntime;
3using pdftron.PDF;
4
5namespace PDFNetiOSXamarinSample
6{
7    public class CustomTool : pdftron.PDF.Tools.PTCreateToolBase
8    {
9        public CustomTool(PDFViewCtrl ctrl) : base(ctrl)
10        {
11        }
12
13        public override bool CreatesAnnotation
14        {
15            get
16            {
17                return true;
18            }
19        }
20
21        public override Class AnnotClass
22        {
23            get
24            {
25                return new Class(typeof(pdftronprivate.PTRedactionAnnot));
26            }
27        }
28    }
29
30}
  1. Using the tool:

C#

1mToolManager.Tool = new CustomTool(mPdfViewCtrl);

To learn more about how to modify the tools source code in Objective-C, check out this guide: Creating a new tool.

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