# JoanZapata/android-pdfview

[DEPRECATED] A fast PDF reader component for Android development

Repository: https://github.com/JoanZapata/android-pdfview
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/android-pdfview
Homepage: http://joanzapata.com/android-pdfview/
Language: Java
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2016-07-04T19:53:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5033, "days_push": 3712, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2826, forks 775 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:24.182065+00:00)

## What it is
Android PDFView is a Java library providing a fast PDFView component for Android apps with animations, gestures, and zoom support, based on VuDroid for PDF decoding. The project is deprecated and no longer maintained, with AndroidPdfViewer (Pdfium-based) recommended as a replacement.

## Use cases
- display pdf files inside an android app
- render pdf pages with swipe and zoom gestures
- load a pdf from assets in android
- show specific pages of a pdf in order
- draw overlays on top of pdf pages

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy Android app already using this library
- you need a simple GPL-3.0-compatible PDF view and accept unmaintained code

## When to avoid
- starting a new Android project needing PDF viewing
- you need an actively maintained or Apache-licensed solution
- you need modern Android API support

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: pdf-viewer, ui-components
- domain: pdf, mobile-development, android-tools
- platform: -
- tags: pdf-rendering, deprecated, java, gestures, zoom, android

## Member repositories
- JoanZapata/android-pdfview (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:24.182065+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:38:13.247411+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/JoanZapata/android-pdfview (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:24.182065+00:00, sha 19b5086d7fa7)
  - homepage: http://joanzapata.com/android-pdfview/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:53:26.414773+00:00, sha c7f0b1ca7bf4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.