Working with Hyperlink navigation

25 Jan 20192 minutes to read

PDF viewer supports hyperlink navigation that detects hyperlinks and tapping on the hyperlink will open the URL in the browser.

You can disable the hyperlink navigation by setting the “AllowHyperlinkNavigation” property of PDF viewer to false. By default, hyperlink navigation is enabled in PDF viewer.

protected override void OnCreate(Bundle bundle)
{
    base.OnCreate(bundle);
    SetContentView(Resource.Layout.Main);
    
    //Access the controls in the design.
    pdfViewer = FindViewById<SfPdfViewer>(Resource.Id.pdfviewercontrol);
        
    //Access the document in the resource as stream and load it in the PDF viewer.
    Stream PdfStream = Assets.Open("GIS Succinctly.pdf");
	//Load the PDF document stream to SfPdfViewer
	pdfViewer.LoadDocument(PdfStream);
	//Disabling hyperlink navigation in PDF document using SfPdfViewer
	pdfViewer.AllowHyperlinkNavigation = false;
}

How to acquire the properties of clicked URI from PDF viewer?

You can acquire the details of the hyperlink that is tapped in the PDF viewer control from the HyperlinkClickedEventArgs and HyperlinkClicked event. Refer to the following code snippet for more details.

protected override void OnCreate(Bundle bundle)
{
    base.OnCreate(bundle);
    SetContentView(Resource.Layout.Main);
    
    //Access the controls in the design.
    pdfViewer = FindViewById<SfPdfViewer>(Resource.Id.pdfviewercontrol);
        
    //Access the document in the resource as stream and load it in the PDF viewer.
    Stream PdfStream = Assets.Open("GIS Succinctly.pdf");
	//Load the PDF document stream to SfPdfViewer
	pdfViewer.LoadDocument(PdfStream);
	//Wire up the hyperlink clicked event
	pdfViewer.HyperlinkClicked += PdfViewer_HyperlinkClicked;

}

private void PdfViewer_HyperlinkClicked(object sender, HyperlinkClickedEventArgs args)
{
	// Gets or sets a value indicating whether the hyperlink navigation was handled.
     args.Handled = false;

	// Gets the hyperlink being clicked.
    string uri = args.Uri;

	// Gets the current page index of the hyperlink.
    int pageIndex = args.PageIndex;

	//Gets the bounds of the hyperlink is being clicked.
    Rectangle hyperlinkBound = args.Bounds;
}