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A high-performance PDF viewer for Flutter with support for Arabic text rendering, RTL reordering, and advanced annotations (draw, text, highlight, underline) with snap-to-text.

Last release 6 months ago
27 Mar 2026
Ships on a steady schedule
a new release about every 2 weeks
Most releases are documented
notes for 15 of 17 stable releases
Nothing withdrawn
no release was ever pulled
9 months old
17 releases · first in 2026

Release timeline

17 releases since 2026

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Releases

0.13.127 Mar 20262 sources agree
Draw Thickness Control: Added adjustable stroke thickness with a live preview inside the color selection bottom sheet.
Draw Thickness Control: Added adjustable stroke thickness with a live preview inside the color selection bottom sheet.

Android Draw Consistency: Fixed Android drawing stroke thickness shrinking after lifting the finger; saved strokes now preserve chosen thickness.

Bottom Sheet Overflow Fix: Made the color selection bottom sheet scrollable on small-height devices to prevent overflow.
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0.13.016 Mar 20262 sources agree
Zoom Persistence (Android): Dynamic synchronization of zoom and translation states during orientation changes and annotation starts, preventing uninte
Zoom Persistence (Android): Dynamic synchronization of zoom and translation states during orientation changes and annotation starts, preventing unintended resets.

Pinch-Zoom during Annotation: Added support for multi-finger pinch-zoom gestures while drawing or highlighting on Android.

Matrix-Based Mapping: Rearchitected coordinate mapping on Android using Matrix for sub-pixel precision in drawing, highlights, and selection handles.

Stability Guards: Implemented "Zero Dimension" guards and layout listeners to maintain stable PDF positioning during complex UI transitions.

Optimized Refreshing: Improved redraw performance by refreshing only the specific page items being modified.

0.12.08 Mar 20262 sources agree

Interactive Selection: Added circular drag handles for highlight and underline tools on both iOS and Android for a more native editing experience.

Interactive Selection: Added circular drag handles for highlight and underline tools on both iOS and Android for a more native editing experience.
Word Snapping: Implemented intelligent word-level snapping for precision annotations, ensuring highlights and underlines align perfectly with text bounds.
Sentence Selection: Added support for double-tap/click gestures to quickly select and annotate entire sentences.
Enhanced Text Annotations: Improved text annotation positioning and accuracy; added support for fontSize and drag offsets (deltaX, deltaY) in the controller.
RTL Accuracy: Significantly improved handle positioning and selection logic for RTL (Arabic) text.

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0.11.025 Feb 20262 sources agree

Enhanced Search: Significantly improved Arabic text search accuracy with advanced normalization, character form handling (ligatures, presentation form

Enhanced Search: Significantly improved Arabic text search accuracy with advanced normalization, character form handling (ligatures, presentation forms), and sophisticated regex patterns.
Highlights & Annotations: Refactored Android text annotations to use an overlay system for better control over positioning and resizing.
Annotation Precision: Fixed text annotation commit positions to ensure saved coordinates precisely match the overlay position.

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0.10.09 Feb 20262 sources agree

iOS Crash Fix: Fixed critical iOS crash when highlighting or underlining image-based PDFs (scanned documents without text layers).

iOS Crash Fix: Fixed critical iOS crash when highlighting or underlining image-based PDFs (scanned documents without text layers).
Exception Handling: Implemented Objective-C exception handlers to safely catch and handle PDFKit exceptions that Swift cannot catch.
Stability: Added proactive text content detection before attempting selection operations to prevent crashes at the Objective-C level.

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0.9.01 Feb 20262 sources agree

Color Selection: Added dynamic color selection for all drawing tools (Draw, Highlight, Underline, Text).

Color Selection: Added dynamic color selection for all drawing tools (Draw, Highlight, Underline, Text).
Interaction: Support for double-clicking/tapping an active tool button to open the color selection dialog.
Color Picker: New bottom sheet dialog with 6 default colors and a custom color palette (+ button).
Text Color Support: Added textColor to PdfViewerConfig to customize the default color for text annotations.
Configuration: New configuration options enableColorSelection and tool-specific default color lists.
Fix: Resolved UI sync issue where the color picker did not reflect the currently active color.

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0.8.01 Feb 20262 sources agree

Text Search: Full-text search support on Android (PDFBox) and iOS (PDFKit) with native highlighting and navigation.

Text Search: Full-text search support on Android (PDFBox) and iOS (PDFKit) with native highlighting and navigation.
Search UI: Integrated search bar in the toolbar with a loading indicator, real-time result counting, and auto-focus.
Search Navigation: Smooth navigation between search results with "Next" and "Previous" actions.
Localization: Full internationalization for the entire toolbar (Pan, Draw, Highlight, Underline, Search, etc.) in English and Arabic.
Android Engine: Restructured native binding to resolve compilation errors and optimized memory usage for text extraction.
UI/UX Polish: Improved toolbar adaptive styling and resolved multiple lint issues.

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0.7.027 Jan 20262 sources agree

Bookmarks System: Complete bookmark management (save, view, delete) with persistent storage implementation.

Bookmarks System: Complete bookmark management (save, view, delete) with persistent storage implementation.
Internationalization (i18n): Full support for English and Arabic languages, including automatic RTL layout and translated UI strings.
Smart SnackBar: New overlay-based toast notification system with custom "Slide Up" animations and guaranteed dismissal.
Page Tracking: Added onPageChanged callback and getCurrentPage() method for real-time page position tracking.
UI Enhancements: Improved dialogs and loading indicators with adaptive designs for Android and iOS.
Android Crash Fix: Fixed critical OutOfMemoryError and crashes when interacting with or saving large PDF files (>10MB).
Memory Optimization: Implemented strict single-document memory strategy and aggressive resource cleanup for Android saves.
Performance: Optimized text snapping and drawing on Android using background serialization to prevent UI lag.

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0.6.19 Jan 20262 sources agree

Page Counter: Added enablePageNumber to PdfViewerConfig to show page numbers on Android (below page) and iOS (on page footer).

Page Counter: Added enablePageNumber to PdfViewerConfig to show page numbers on Android (below page) and iOS (on page footer).
iOS Security: Disabled text selection actions (Copy, Paste, Look Up, Share, etc.) for better content security.
iOS UI: Fixed reversed page numbering on iOS.

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0.5.16 Jan 20262 sources agree

iOS Undo/Redo Fix: Fixed undo/redo functionality on iOS for all annotation types (drawing, highlights, underlines) by implementing proper annotation r

iOS Undo/Redo Fix: Fixed undo/redo functionality on iOS for all annotation types (drawing, highlights, underlines) by implementing proper annotation reference management with page indices.
iOS Initial Zoom: Fixed initial zoom level on iOS to properly set to 0.5 (50%) by disabling auto-scaling and setting zoom after document loads.

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0.4.06 Jan 20262 sources agree

Jump to Page: Added jumpToPage method to AdvancedPdfViewerController for programmatic navigation to specific pages.

Jump to Page: Added jumpToPage method to AdvancedPdfViewerController for programmatic navigation to specific pages.
Save PDF: Added savePdf method to AdvancedPdfViewerController for saving annotated PDFs to local storage.
Highlight: Added highlightText method to AdvancedPdfViewerController for highlighting text in the PDF.
Underline: Added underlineText method to AdvancedPdfViewerController for underlining text in the PDF.
Text Note: Added addTextAnnotation method to AdvancedPdfViewerController for adding text notes to the PDF.
Draw: Added drawOnPage method to AdvancedPdfViewerController for drawing on the PDF.

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0.3.05 Jan 20262 sources agree

Performance Optimization: PDF saving now runs on background threads (Android & iOS) to prevent UI blocking.

Performance Optimization: PDF saving now runs on background threads (Android & iOS) to prevent UI blocking.
Adaptive UI: Toolbar icons are now platform-adaptive, providing a native look and feel on both iOS and Android.
Lifecycle Management: Added dispose() method to AdvancedPdfViewerController for proper resource cleanup.
iOS Stability: Fixed MissingPluginException for setScrollLocked and improved scroll-lock behavior on iOS.

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0.1.05 Jan 20262 sources agree

Initial Release with robust PDF viewing and annotation features.

Initial Release with robust PDF viewing and annotation features.
Arabic Support: Full Arabic character joining (shaping) and BiDi reordering for RTL text.
Advanced Annotations: Support for Drawing (pen), Text Notes, Highlights, and Underlines.
Snap-to-Text: Highlighting and Underlining automatically snaps to the nearest text line/word.
High Performance: Virtualized page rendering (RecyclerView on Android) for smooth browsing of large PDF documents.
Customization: Flexible PdfViewerConfig for colors, toolbar options, and full-screen modes.
Persistence: Save annotated PDFs to local storage with font embedding for mixed language (Arabic/Latin) support.

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