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Page Organizer ​

If you use the full reader (UI Extensions), page organization is built into the thumbnail panel—users can reorder by drag, delete with long press, and more without extra code.

To implement page organization in code, use Core SDK (PDFDoc / PDFPage) or PDFViewCtrl to add, delete, move, import, extract, rotate, and flatten pages.

Page Operations via PDFDoc ​

Insert Pages ​

java
// Insert blank page with custom size (points; 1 inch = 72 points)
PDFPage page = doc.insertPage(0, 612.0f, 792.0f);

// Insert blank page with preset size
PDFPage page = doc.insertPage(0, PDFPage.e_SizeLetter);

Note

Preset sizes include e_SizeLetter, e_SizeA3, e_SizeA4, and more. See the API Reference.

Delete Pages ​

java
// Delete by page index
doc.removePage(0);

// Delete by page object
doc.removePage(page);

Move Pages ​

java
// Move page to target index
doc.movePageTo(page, 3);

// Move page range
Range range = new Range(0, 2);
doc.movePagesTo(range, 5);

Import Pages ​

Import pages from another PDF file or PDFDoc:

java
// Import from file path
Range pageRange = new Range(0, 4);
Progressive progressive = doc.startImportPagesFromFilePath(
    0, srcFilePath, null, 0, null, pageRange, null);

int state = Progressive.e_ToBeContinued;
while (state == Progressive.e_ToBeContinued) {
    state = progressive.resume();
}

// Import from PDFDoc
Progressive progressive = doc.startImportPages(
    0, srcDoc, 0, null, pageRange, null);

Extract Pages ​

Extract pages to a new PDF file:

java
Range pageRange = new Range(0, 2);
Progressive progressive = doc.startExtractPages(
    outputPath, 0, pageRange, null);

int state = Progressive.e_ToBeContinued;
while (state == Progressive.e_ToBeContinued) {
    state = progressive.resume();
}

Operations via PDFPage ​

Rotate Page ​

java
// Rotation: 0, 1, 2, 3 = 0°, 90°, 180°, 270°
page.setRotation(1);

Set Page Size ​

java
// Custom size
page.setSize(612.0f, 792.0f);

// Preset size
page.setSize(PDFPage.e_SizeA4);

Set Page Boxes ​

PDF pages define multiple boxes for display and clipping:

java
// Set crop box
RectF cropBox = new RectF(0, 0, 400, 600);
page.setBox(PDFPage.e_CropBox, cropBox);

// Get media box
RectF mediaBox = page.getBox(PDFPage.e_MediaBox);
Box ConstantDescription
e_MediaBoxMedia box — full physical page size
e_CropBoxCrop box — visible content area
e_TrimBoxTrim box — final trimmed page size
e_ArtBoxArt box — meaningful content boundary
e_BleedBoxBleed box — crop area including bleed

Flatten Page ​

Flattening merges annotations and form fields into page content so they are no longer editable:

java
// Flatten entire page
page.flatten(true, 0);

// Flatten specific annotation
page.flattenAnnot(annot);

Page Operations via PDFViewCtrl ​

PDFViewCtrl wraps UI-oriented page operations and refreshes the view automatically.

Insert Blank Pages ​

java
// Custom size
pdfViewCtrl.insertPages(0, 612.0f, 792.0f, 0, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0, 1);

// Preset size
pdfViewCtrl.insertPages(0, PDFPage.e_SizeLetter, 0, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0, 1);

Import Pages from External File ​

java
int[] pageRanges = {0, 4};
pdfViewCtrl.insertPages(0, 0, null, srcFilePath, null, pageRanges);

Delete Pages ​

java
int[] pageIndexes = {0, 2, 4};
pdfViewCtrl.removePages(pageIndexes);

Move Pages ​

java
pdfViewCtrl.movePage(0, 3);

Insert Image as Page ​

java
pdfViewCtrl.addImagePage(0, imagePath);

API Reference

See the API Reference for full PDFDoc and PDFPage page organization APIs.