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I am looking for a PDF reader that DOES NOT have a save as or share feature. It would need to be compatible with Froyo 2.2

My reason for asking is I have created an application that reads self-encrypted pdf files and saves them to the sdcard, from here I wish for the suggested application to open the file, but be unable to save/share it.

It would render the encryption/decryption process pointless if the user can simply save the file and/or share it.

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1. unencrypt, 2 write to file, 3. hey user, do you want to read this with -- 4. task killer, 5. copy the new unencrypted pdf somewhere safe. – Julian Fondren Feb 21 '12 at 13:07
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If the user and their environment isn't trusted, don't give them access to data you don't want shared. The could take a screenshot of their phone screen quite easily as well, just for example. – Matthew Read♦ Feb 21 '12 at 15:40

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The LGPL license might be problematic for this use, but you might start with andpdf and strip the features you don't want.

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Thanks for the quick reply, however from the link you provided I cannot see any source code to "strip features" from...? – Matt Skeldon Feb 21 '12 at 13:22
@Matt: See this discussion for building from source. – Martin Tapankov Feb 21 '12 at 13:42
Thanks for the suggestions both, unfortunalty having exported as an APK and run on my tablet PDFs with background images only show the background and no other text/pictures can be seen. – Matt Skeldon Feb 21 '12 at 14:36

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