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Is it possible to detect PDFView notifications with Coordinator in UIViewRepresentable?


I'm having great difficulty working out how to implement a PDFView using UIViewRepresentable.

I understand that I can get variables from SwiftUI -> UIKit via a simple Binding.

I understand that I need to use a Coordinator to detect PDFView Notifications such as PDFViewPageChanged etc and then pass data back with the Binding.

I cant find an example of how you can use Coordinator to pick up notifications. Any help would be greatly appretiated.

Thanks

EDIT

What I've tried - unfortuantly I never recieve a notification

func makeUIView(context: Context) -> PDFView {
    let pdfView = PDFView()
    pdfView.document = pdfDocument
    pdfView.autoScales = true
    
    NotificationCenter.default.publisher(for: .PDFViewPageChanged)
        .map {$0.object as? PDFView}
        .sink { (view) in
            print("notification received")
        }
                
    return pdfView
}

Solution

  • Something like this:

    struct SPDFView: UIViewRepresentable {
      let document: PDFDocument
      @Binding var selection: String?
      
      func makeUIView(context: Context) -> PDFView {
        let view = PDFView()
        view.document = document
        NotificationCenter.default.publisher(for: .PDFViewSelectionChanged)
          .map { $0.object as? PDFView }
          .sink { (view) in
            // or do something else
            self.selection = view?.currentSelection?.string
          }
          .store(in: &cancellables)
    
    // or, if you don't want to use Combine:
    // NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(forName: .PDFViewSelectionChanged, object: nil, queue: nil) { (notification) in
    //      guard let pdfView = notification.object as? PDFView else { return }
    //      self.selection = pdfView.currentSelection?.string
    //    }
    
        return view
      }
    
      func updateUIView(_ uiView: PDFView, context: Context) {}
    }