Free UWP PDF Viewer SDK

While it is true that you can preview PDF files in your default browsers, including a dedicated PDF reader in the application you are working on means more functionality flexibility in the long run. From extracting text and images to merging and converting documents, a custom viewer can make the user-experience more satisfactory.

As the name suggests, Free UWP PDF Viewer SDK is a library that enables you to create a custom PDF viewer tool that works on the Universal Windows Platform. To put it simply, you are able to seamlessly run the same app on any Windows 10 device irrespective of whether it is your desktop computer or a mobile device.

The development kit allows you to load and export common photo files you are likely to manage during your routine, namely TIFF, JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF and respectively PDF files. The library allows you to make the reader more convenient for the end-user, as it comes with zoom, fit page, actual size, fit width or height and zoom to a specific ratio.

It is worth mentioning that the tool enables copy from a selection of the text from a PDF document and that you can extract the desired section if required. Moreover, it comes with a search function that permits users to find the content you want using keywords and sentences that are highlighted within the PDF document automatically.