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PDFView on Windows Pc

Developed By: Acadoid Developer

License: Free

Rating: 4,5/5 - 1.868 votes

Last Updated: April 16, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 1.26
Size 3.3 MB
Release Date November 24, 23
Category Productivity Apps

What's New:
* several minor improvements* MuPDF library v1.22.1 [see more]

Description from Developer:
PDFView is based on the excellent MuPDF library. PDFView is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as publ... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download PDFView and install on Windows PC. PDFView is free Productivity app, developed by Acadoid Developer. Latest version of PDFView is 1.26, was released on 2023-11-24 (updated on 2024-04-16). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 100,000. Overall rating of PDFView is 4,5. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 1,868 users, 163 users had rated it 5*, 1,454 users had rated it 1*.

How to install PDFView on Windows?

Instruction on how to install PDFView on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install PDFView on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install PDFView using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "PDFView" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install PDFView on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "PDFView" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

Discussion

(*) is required

PDFView is based on the excellent MuPDF library. PDFView is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. The APK is provided here for convenience, you can download the source code at https://www.acadoid.com/src/pdfview.tgz.

Its major target devices are tablets with Android 3.0 or later.

NOTE: PDFView is not a PDF viewer in the sense of displaying PDF files, there is no graphical user interface and the app is not supposed to be started directly. Instead, it is a PDF viewer that provides PDF rendering service to other apps via a documented interface. Android developers are invited to include an interface to PDFView into their apps and use PDFView for PDF rendering. Details of the interface can be found in the source of PDFView.

User feedback:
We would love to hear from you, please send feedback and feature requests to us by email. If you encounter a problem with the app, please email us and we will do our very best to fix it quickly.

Major features:
* requires only minimal permissions and no internet connection (we do respect your privacy!)
* allows other apps to render PDF files
* several minor improvements
* MuPDF library v1.22.1