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I am currently creating an android app based on code in this question

Need help to convert a Pdf page into Bitmap in Android Java

It is meant to go out and grab image files of maps with containing data on them (PDF). From the computer, I can hit Ctrl+F to search the data within the file. I was wondering if this was possible to program an android search button on click to do the Ctrl+F function on the PDF in the mobile device? If so, please post the code or a demonstration on how to do that.

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You are welcome to write your own PDF viewing app. You are welcome to have that app support a hardware keyboard doing a search via Ctrl-F. You are welcome to have that app offer support for using a search button (on the few devices that have one) for doing a search as well.

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  • I don't believe there's any intention to trigger this via Ctrl-F (though that would be nice if someone has a bluetooth keyboard) but rather to make the search button search within the PDF comparably to how Ctrl-F works in a typical desktop PDF viewer. – Chris Stratton Jun 26 '13 at 16:54