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A new version 3.9 RC1 has been published.

3.9.0RC1
native library
- NEW method Annotation.GetLinePoint() to get line annotation points.
- NEW marked PDFReader classes as Deprecated.
- NEW new interface: Annotation.SetStrokeDash()
- NEW interface DocGState.SetStrokeDash() to support dash stroke lines creation.
parameters defined in PDF-Reference 1.7
- ENHANCED support Arabic finding without case matching
- ENHANCED Global.Init accepts Context object as a parameter (the Context object must be derived from ContextWrapper, otherwise it may cause a crash in the native part that is using ContextWrapper, because Context.getPackageName() is abstract method, without implementation)
- FIX issue with multiline in free text annotation.
- FIX issue with attachment annotation in rotated page
- FIX issue with a bad string in certain pdf.
- FIX issue with horizontal line in spec PDF file

A new stable version 3.9 has been published.

3.9.0
native library
- NEW method Annotation.GetLinePoint() to get line annotation points.
- NEW marked PDFReader classes as Deprecated.
- NEW new interface: Annotation.SetStrokeDash()
- NEW interface DocGState.SetStrokeDash() to support dash stroke lines creation.
parameters defined in PDF-Reference 1.7
- ENHANCED support Arabic finding without case matching
- ENHANCED Global.Init accepts Context object as a parameter (the Context object must be derived from ContextWrapper, otherwise it may cause a crash in the native part that is using ContextWrapper, because Context.getPackageName() is abstract method, without implementation)
- FIX issue with multiline in free text annotation.
- FIX issue with attachment annotation in rotated page
- FIX issue with a bad string in certain pdf.
- FIX issue with horizontal line in spec PDF file.
- FIX issue with invalid data in some pdfs.

Hi,
what is the alternative to
NEW marked PDFReader classes as Deprecated
?

The alternative is PDFLayoutView, check PDFViewAct used in RDPDFReader module.

The main difference is the improvment in the performance, and the higher zoom levels.