I have created a program that loads PDF files. I want when the user is editing that they can publish the file anywhere in PDF format.
Do I use UIDocumentInteractionController
or use UIActivityViewController
?
Here is the code:
import UIKit
import PDFKit
@available(iOS 11.0, *)
@available(iOS 11.0, *)
class PDFViewControllerEN: UIViewController {
var document: UIDocumentInteractionController!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// retrieve URL to file in main bundle`
}
@IBOutlet var pdfview: UIView!
@IBAction func share(_ sender: UIButton) {
}
@IBAction func doAction2(_ sender: UIBarButtonItem) {
document.presentOptionsMenu(from: view.bounds, in: view, animated: true)
}
override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
//Here you are going to display your PdfController
//PDFController that is seprate class you had created to show pdf file being opened
//i.e
//check which button was being selected
switch ButtonSelected.Tag {
case 0:
var document: UIDocumentInteractionController = {
let pdfView = PDFView(frame: UIScreen.main.bounds)
let url = Bundle.main.url(forResource: "EN1", withExtension: "pdf")
let vc = UIDocumentInteractionController(url: url!)
pdfView.document = PDFDocument(url: url!)
view.addSubview(pdfView)
vc.delegate = self
return vc
}()
// document.presentPreview(animated: true)
break
case 1:
//here control when you selected button with tag 0
//here need to open pdf AR2
//set Frame here all bounds
var document: UIDocumentInteractionController = {
let pdfView = PDFView(frame: UIScreen.main.bounds)
let url = Bundle.main.url(forResource: "EN2", withExtension: "pdf")
let vc = UIDocumentInteractionController(url: url!)
pdfView.document = PDFDocument(url: url!)
view.addSubview(pdfView)
vc.delegate = self
return vc
}()
break
case 2:
//here control when you selected button with tag 0
//here need to open pdf AR2
//set Frame here all bounds
var document: UIDocumentInteractionController = {
let pdfView = PDFView(frame: UIScreen.main.bounds)
let url = Bundle.main.url(forResource: "EN3", withExtension: "pdf")
let vc = UIDocumentInteractionController(url: url!)
pdfView.document = PDFDocument(url: url!)
view.addSubview(pdfView)
vc.delegate = self
return vc
}()
break
default:
//Error Case
print("No tag Value Available")
}
}
}
@available(iOS 11.0, *)
extension PDFViewControllerEN: UIDocumentInteractionControllerDelegate {
func documentInteractionControllerViewControllerForPreview(_ controller: UIDocumentInteractionController) -> UIViewController {
return self
}
}
Using UIDocumentInteractionController is quite easy. You just need to know the url of your file, then you present the menu:
/// Needs to be global, otherwise the controller will be destroyed when the file is handed over to target application
var documentInteractionController: UIDocumentInteractionController!
class MyViewController: UIViewController {
var url: URL
...
@IBAction func share(_ sender: UIBarButtonItem) {
documentInteractionController = UIDocumentInteractionController()
documentInteractionController.url = url
documentInteractionController.uti = url.uti
documentInteractionController.presentOptionsMenu(from: sender, animated: true)
}
}
extension URL {
var uti: String {
return (try? self.resourceValues(forKeys: [.typeIdentifierKey]))?.typeIdentifier ?? "public.data"
}
}