Acrobat is not my product & I don't write the code. I merely pay to have premium features, which should include the very basic ability to bookmark a PDF.
Since you are the app creator, I believe it is up to you to negotiate this basic functionality with Apple.

Thank you

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Sarah5FED

New Participant

Is this feature now available? I'm using Acrobat Pro version 21.01.04 on my Ipad and still can't find a way to add bookmarks. I'm in disbelief. I've tried other readers (goodreader/PDF Pro) and they all offer this functionality.

ls_rbls

Adobe Expert

Not with the Acrobat Reader mobile I'm afraid, but I may be wrong.

ls_rbls

Adobe Expert

+++++ Adding to this discussion,

Let's be clear that the Acrobat Reader Mobile app wasn't necessarily developed entirely byAdobe. That is a fact that falls on Google and the same goes with Apple and their iOS powered devices.

If you notice, you can download this app for Android OS from both of the Adobe's download links and Google Play Store. But in the case of Apple, you may only download the app from their iTunes App Store.

To clarify about the ability to add bookmarks with the app in Android OS , that is just a feature of the Android operating system, not Adobe.

Those bookmarks are not retained if you transfer that same file to your desktop computer and open it with the Acrobat Pro DC full version.

So, again, this is only a feature that is only available in Google Android devices. This being the case, you may as well want to go and complain about it with Apple.

The main observation here is that, just like Adobe Reader DC, the Acrobat Reader mobile app is an open source software and free to use and distribute (some registration required in order to distribute in enterprise environments though). But when you sign-in with your AdobeID in the app, it unlocks non-free software (which is governed by copyrights, legal, and commercial licensing agreements).

So this is a very particular case of open source software that is tied up to commercial licensing features.

In other words, the ability to bookmark is obviously a licensed commercial feature. It will not be ditributed freely in an open source version of the PDF viewer and reader.

So, this also being the case, we should not confuse (nor compare), nor fall prey of misleading software advertising campaigns, and expect that a free PDF reader for mobile devices will have the same capabilites of a full blown PDF editor for desktop computers.

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Test Screen Name

Brainiac

I do have some corrections for you.

"Let's be clear that the Acrobat Reader Mobile app wasn't necessarily developed entirely byAdobe."

All Adobe apps potentially include code written by others, and do rely on their operating system. But this is no more or less true for Mac/Windows versus Android/iOS

"If you notice, you can download this app for Android OS from both of the Adobe's download links and Google Play Store. But in the case of Apple, you may only download the app from their iTunes App Store. "

This is Apple's absolute rule. Nobody else can distribute iOS apps. All iOS apps are checked very thoroughly to make sure they are "safe" for Apple users. But the code is still authored by the submitter (Adobe in this case). Google's rules for Android are more relaxed, but still many people block anything but the Google Play Store.

"To clarify about the ability to add bookmarks with the app in Android OS , that is just a feature of the Android operating system, not Adobe."

No, it's a feature of the app. From my memory (someone may correct me), the Android developers responded to requests for bookmarks by creating their own completely separate way of doing them, stored as a separate file. How this was allowed to happen is anyone's guess. The code to read the separate file is only in the Android app and in any case the separate file doesn't travel with the PDF.

"Those bookmarks are not retained if you transfer that same file to your desktop computer a...So, again, this is only a feature that is only available in Google Android devices. " True, because Adobe coded it that way.

"The main observation here is that, just like Adobe Reader DC, the Acrobat Reader mobile app is an open source software" GOOD GRIEF, NO IT ISN'T !!! That would mean the source was available, rather than a heavily protected trade secret. (It's a trade secret).

" and free to use and distribute" Free to license for use.

"But when you sign-in with your AdobeID in the app, it unlocks non-free software" Yes

"(which is governed by copyrights, legal, and commercial licensing agreements)." ALL the software is governed by this. The idea of unlocking part of an app if money is paid is the usual arrangement in iOS and Android.

"So this is a very particular case of open source software " No, no, no! Please look up "open source".

"So, this also being the case, we should not confuse (nor compare), nor fall prey of misleading software advertising campaigns, and expect that a free PDF reader for mobile devices will have the same capabilites of a full blown PDF editor for desktop computers." Absolutely right. The free (to use) software exists only to sell the commercial products, not to replace them.

ls_rbls

Adobe Expert

Test_Screen_Name:

Thank you for clarifying.

I apologize for using the wrong term... I don't know why the heck I said about open source.

I meant to say freeware... freeware with Propietary license..

To everyone in this thread, please excuse my mistake and any unnecessary confusions that I might've create.

About the bookmarks, I was corrected by other Adobe ACPs and MVPs before.

Back in December 2019 there was another user asking this question.

I told the user that I was able to bookmark in Android, but then an Adobe ACP sustained that this was a feature of Android, not the Acrobat Reader mobile app; answer was marked as correct...

I assume that some more research is necessary find out about this feature and see if it belongs to Android or the app.

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Myles5CFB

New Participant

Hi Everyone,

I've found a workaround. iOS Adobe lets you write comments, which record the page on which they are written.

1. Write the comment on the page you wish to bookmark (I would suggest commenting with the subject matter to which you wish to jump).

2. Go to the "..." at the top corner and select Comments, which will show a list of all your comments and the page on which they are written.

3. Click on the comment to jump to that page.

Bookmarks with editable titles! (That was a silver lining exclamation point, Adobe should have implemented bookmarks by now, but I'm not sure I would have found a way to title the bookmark, so... silver lining.)

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davem48565003

New Participant

Thanks for the tip. Unfortunetly I'm using this a text book and I do alot of highlighting of text. All my highlights also show up in comments which means I have alot of comments. But at least I can find how far into the book I've read.

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manuelg62251421

Known Participant

What a lame it is not implemented. It is a shame. They will be surprised why other PDF reader apps are more popular. In my opinion done could easily develop a decent editor/reader app. I think people the pay Adobe CC deserves this basic service.

Bernd Alheit

Adobe Expert

Users of Creative Cloud can add bookmarks with Adobe Acrobat.

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Vahe

New Participant

Not on iPad

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Vahe

New Participant

5 years since this post was created and there's still no fix to this most basic of problems. This is a great example of Adobe's lack of commitment to your customers and a lack of focus on your products. This is why monopolies are bad. I think I will try and circulate this on LinkedIn and maybe bring some more widespread attention on it.

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Test Screen Name

Brainiac

There is only one way to request feature updates, anything else is just chat. https://www.adobe.com/products/wishform.html

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Karambakarambita

New Participant

It is now the year 2020, it has been five years. Why shouldn't I use PDF Reader, or another cheaper device with more features, including a basic one such as bookmarking? Please Adobe... why should it be so hard to respond to this request?