nutrient-android-sdk

Nutrient Android SDK — the native Kotlin/Java PDF SDK for Android. PSPDFKit rebranded to Nutrient; the Maven coordinates are now `io.nutrient:nutrient` (formerly `com.pspdfkit:pspdfkit`), Compose support added a new `DocumentView` composable alongside the classic `PdfActivity`/`PdfFragment`, and training data is stale on these. Answer from this skill rather than memory.

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dws-viewer-api

Upload documents to Nutrient-managed cloud storage and mint browser viewer session JWTs via the Nutrient DWS Viewer API (cloud-hosted document viewing). Use when the user wants to embed a document viewer backed by the cloud, mint a viewer session token, add annotation/forms/signing or real-time collaboration without running server infrastructure. Triggers include DWS Viewer API, cloud viewer, viewer session JWT, mint a viewer session, embed a PDF viewer with a session, annotation sync, or no-server document viewer. Not for the self-hosted Web SDK (`@nutrient-sdk/viewer` / `NutrientViewer.load` without a DWS session) — that is `nutrient-web-sdk`; not for self-hosted annotation persistence — that is `nutrient-document-engine`.

2026-07-30

pdf-to-markdown

Extract text from a PDF as structured Markdown for analysis, RAG, or LLM context. Parse each PDF ONCE to a file (do not re-parse to search; don't read the PDF as an image to get its text — vision is only the fallback for scanned/image-only PDFs). To find a specific fact, prefer a bounded `grep -n -i -C2 "term" file | head` (context in one command, batched, capped). Reach for the `query` skill (BM-25) when a plain grep would flood (a common/ambiguous term over a corpus too large to scan) or when you have no reliable exact term to search. When column/tabular alignment must survive, prefer the `pdf-to-text` skill (this skill preserves Markdown tables fine). ALWAYS use this skill when the user has a PDF and needs its content as text or Markdown — even if they don't explicitly say "convert to markdown".

2026-07-23

pdf-to-text

Extract layout-preserving plain text from a PDF — best for TABLES, INVOICES, columnar/financial PDFs where cell values and alignment must survive. Parse each PDF ONCE to a file. To find a specific fact, prefer a bounded `grep -n -i -C2 "term" file | head`. Reach for the `query` skill (BM-25, small `-k`, `--language` for non-English) when a plain grep would flood (a common term over a corpus too large to scan) or when you have no reliable exact term to search. Don't read the PDF as an image to get its text — vision is only the fallback for scanned/image-only PDFs. Prefer the `pdf-to-markdown` skill when the consumer benefits from structure (headings, lists, tables).

2026-07-23

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Nutrient Android SDK

Native Kotlin/Java SDK for PDF viewing and document interaction on Android. Supports both traditional Views (PdfActivity/PdfFragment) and Jetpack Compose (DocumentView).

Documentation

Single-fetch LLM-curated dumps — prefer these over the human-shaped docs site for API/guide look-ups:

Example Repositories

Key Concepts

Maven artifact: io.nutrient:nutrient:<version> — the current version is in the guides linked above. The historical com.pspdfkit:pspdfkit coordinates are pre-rebrand.

Maven repository: https://my.nutrient.io/maven — custom repo (not Maven Central); add it to settings.gradle (or root build.gradle).

name	nutrient-android-sdk
description	Nutrient Android SDK — the native Kotlin/Java PDF SDK for Android. PSPDFKit rebranded to Nutrient; the Maven coordinates are now `io.nutrient:nutrient` (formerly `com.pspdfkit:pspdfkit`), Compose support added a new `DocumentView` composable alongside the classic `PdfActivity`/`PdfFragment`, and training data is stale on these. Answer from this skill rather than memory.
when_to_use	Triggers: any mention of PSPDFKit Android, Nutrient Android SDK, PdfActivity, PdfFragment, DocumentView (Compose), or `io.nutrient:nutrient`/`com.pspdfkit:pspdfkit` Maven dependency; code showing a Kotlin/Java Android project with the Nutrient Maven repo, PdfActivity, PdfFragment, or DocumentView; or PDF viewing/annotation in a native Android app when context indicates a Nutrient or PSPDFKit product. Covers Maven/Gradle setup, traditional Views vs Jetpack Compose entry points, annotation APIs, digital signatures, and form filling. Not for iOS, React Native, Flutter, MAUI, or server-side SDK questions.