How to Open and View PDF with UPDF on Android

UPDF on Android allows you to open and view PDF files for free. Just click the below button to download UPDF, and check this guide to learn how to open and view PDF files here.

1. Open PDF on Android

Step 1. If you have never used UPDF before, first click the "+" button below to import files from your Android device into UPDF.

Step 2. Click the "Files" icon, and you can authorize access to all the PDF documents you just imported from your Android device into UPDF.

Step 3. Tap any of the PDF documents to open it.

2. View PDF on Android

After you open the PDF document, you can set the page layout and scrolling direction of the view.

Step 1. Tap on the arrow down icon on the top right side.

Step 2. Choose "View Settings".

Step 3. Customize view settings. Here, you can change the page layout, and scrolling direction, and enable/disable scrolling in other directions and continuous scrolling.

• Page Layout: Single Page, Two Page.
• Scrolling Direction: Horizontal, Vertical.

Step 4. You can also zoom in and zoom out for a better experience. Just tap on the "Zoom" after hitting on the "Arrow down" icon.

You can choose "Fit page", "Actual Size", "Fit Width", or "Fit Height".

Step 5. To go to one specific page quickly, you can use the "Go to Page" feature. Tap on the "Go to Page" option.

Enter the page number that you need to jump to and tap on "Confirm".

3. View PDF in Split-Screen Mode

UPDF supports opening PDFs in the Split-Screen mode. You can either open UPDF with other apps or open two PDF documents with UPDF.

This is how you open two PDF documents with UPDF:

• Enable Split-Screen Mode first on your phone. When selecting the app for split-screen view, choose UPDF.

• From the pop-up window, long-press the PDF document in UPDF or click the "three-dot (...)" icon.

• Choose the "Open in multi-window" option.

• At this point, next to the newly opened file, there will be a UPDF icon. Click this icon, and another UPDF window will appear.

• Adjust the positions of the two windows according to your preference.

• You will view the two PDF documents in the split-screen mode.

UPDF for Android has many other features like AI, creating PDF, editing PDFs, etc. They are paid features. But don't worry, the price is very low. You can check them here.