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# Set Tool mode

Learn how to change the default tool mode in Xamarin.Android and Xamarin.iOS using UI components or programmatically. Set up the ToolManager and switch tools easily with this tutorial. The Apryse Xama

You can set the current tool using the UI components as well as programmatically.

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Android" %}

## Changing default tool mode in Xamarin.Android

{% hint style="info" %}
**This tutorial only applies to Xamarin.Android. See Xamarin.iOS equivalent here .**
{% endhint %}

When setting up the [`ToolManager`](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/xamarinandroid/tools/api/pdftron.PDF.Tools.ToolManager.html), the default [`Tool`](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/xamarinandroid/tools/api/pdftron.PDF.Tools.Tool.html) is the [`Pan`](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/xamarinandroid/tools/api/pdftron.PDF.Tools.Pan.html) Tool. To change the tool, use [`ToolManager.setTool(ToolManager.Tool)`](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/xamarinandroid/tools/api/pdftron.PDF.Tools.ToolManager.html#pdftron_PDF_Tools_ToolManager_Tool) API.

For example, to switch to the Text Highlighting tool, do the following:

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{% tab title="C#" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```csharp
mToolManager.Tool = mToolManager.CreateTool(ToolManager.ToolMode.TextHighlight, mToolManager.Tool);
```

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{% endtab %}

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

```java
mToolManager.setTool(mToolManager.createTool(ToolMode.TEXT_HIGHLIGHT, mToolManager.getTool()));
```

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{% endtab %}

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

```kotlin
mToolManager.tool = mToolManager.createTool(ToolMode.TEXT_HIGHLIGHT, mToolManager.tool)
```

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

To continuously using the same tool, do:

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="C#" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```csharp
var tool = mToolManager.CreateTool(ToolManager.ToolMode.TextHighlight, mToolManager.Tool);
((Tool) tool).ForceSameNextToolMode = true;
mToolManager.Tool = tool;
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

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

```java
Tool tool = mToolManager.createTool(ToolMode.TEXT_HIGHLIGHT, mToolManager.getTool())
((Tool) tool).setForceSameNextToolMode(true)
mToolManager.setTool(tool);
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

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

```kotlin
val tool = mToolManager.createTool(ToolMode.TEXT_HIGHLIGHT, mToolManager.tool)
(tool as Tool).isForceSameNextToolMode = true
mToolManager.tool = tool
```

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

{% tab title="iOS" %}

## Changing default tool mode in Xamarin.iOS

{% hint style="info" %}
**This tutorial only applies to Xamarin.iOS. See Xamarin.Android equivalent here .**
{% endhint %}

Changing tools in Xamarin.iOS is identical to changing tools in iOS. See [tutorial in iOS guides](/xamarin/ui-customization/setup.md).

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```csharp
// change to free text tool
var newTool = mToolManager.ChangeTool(new Class(typeof(pdftron.PDF.Tools.PTFreeTextCreate)));
((pdftron.PDF.Tools.PTTool)newTool).BackToPanToolAfterUse = true;
```

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