public final class HighlightAnnotation
extends PdfAnnotation



Represents a highlight annotation in a PDF document.

If the highlight color is not explicitly set using ERROR(setColor(Color)/#setColor(android.graphics.Color) setColor(Color)), the default color is yellow.

Summary

Public constructors

HighlightAnnotation(List<RectF> boundsList)

Creates a new highlight annotation with the specified bounds list.

Public methods

List<RectF> getBoundsList()

Returns the bounding rectangles of the highlight annotation.

int getColor()

Returns the highlight color of the annotation.

void setBoundsList(List<RectF> boundsList)

Sets the bounding rectangles of the highlight annotation.

void setColor(int color)

Sets the highlight color of the annotation.

Inherited methods

From class android.graphics.pdf.component.PdfAnnotation

int getPdfAnnotationType()

Returns the type of the annotation.

From class java.lang.Object

Object clone()

Creates and returns a copy of this object.

boolean equals(Object obj)

Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.

void finalize()

Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.

final Class<?> getClass()

Returns the runtime class of this Object.

int hashCode()

Returns a hash code value for the object.

final void notify()

Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.

final void notifyAll()

Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.

String toString()

Returns a string representation of the object.

final void wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)

Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

final void wait(long timeoutMillis)

Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

final void wait()

Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.

Public constructors

HighlightAnnotation

public HighlightAnnotation (List<RectF> boundsList)

Creates a new highlight annotation with the specified bounds list.

The default highlight color is yellow

Parameters
boundsList List: The bounding rectangle of the annotation.
This value cannot be null.

Public methods

getBoundsList

public List<RectF> getBoundsList ()

Returns the bounding rectangles of the highlight annotation.

Returns
List<RectF> The bounding rectangles.
This value cannot be null.

getColor

public int getColor ()

Returns the highlight color of the annotation.

Returns
int The highlight color.

setBoundsList

public void setBoundsList (List<RectF> boundsList)

Sets the bounding rectangles of the highlight annotation. Each rect in the list mBoundsList represent an absolute position of highlight inside the page of the document

Parameters
boundsList List: The new bounding rectangles.
This value cannot be null.
Throws
IllegalArgumentException if the given bounds list is empty

setColor

public void setColor (int color)

Sets the highlight color of the annotation.

Parameters
color int: The new highlight color.

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Last updated 2026-02-26 UTC.