any pdf reader with annotation feature (open source)?

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I am looking for a pdf reader for android which can also annotate, select, highlight text. Any open source option?

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score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 09 '12 at 20:44

Adobe Reader X for Android v10.3 now supports annotation, highlights and commenting. It is not open source, but it is free to the end user.

There are currently no open source Android PDF utilities that have worthwhile annotation features. This wiki page at the University of Massachusetts Boston lists several open source android PDF viewers, with links: http://howto.wikispaces.umb.edu/PDF+Annotation+with+Android

(I can't post a reply containing more than two links, my apologies.)

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 08 '12 at 00:21

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I'm using ezPDF Reader, and it has the features you need.

But I don't know what you mean by Open Source. Maybe FREE? If yes, ezPDF Reader has a paid and a somewhat reduced (but not free) lite version.

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If you mean ezPDF Reader Lite as free, then you might be wrong. It is still a priced app though at 50% of the cost of the pro version. – Narayanan Aug 09 '12 at 13:03
@Narayanan Just checked; you're right. Lite is paid app. Was it ever free before? [Bought it Pro, though] – geffchang Aug 09 '12 at 13:54
There is a ezPDF Reader API for Android that will cost you around $16K per year. – Salman Khakwani Sep 30 '13 at 06:15
@geffchang: "don't know what you mean by Open Source."
See, e.g., here. I'm not sure if this translation is any good, but, FWIW, "open source software" -> google translate -> "開源軟件"
– TomRoche Feb 27 '15 at 03:59

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 14 '17 at 13:43

I don't know of an opensource pdf editor (and i don't know if you can find one with many features), but Xodo is a great free (but not opensource) pdf editor. I even like it more than ezPDF. A while ago (2016/2017), I searched many pdf apps and xodo was the best one in my opinion.

any pdf reader with annotation feature (open source)?

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