MBPDFGenerator
This generates PDF (iOS 10 and above) from UIViewController using native code. This can also helps to edit PDF (iOS 11 and above) using UIView and Images. It can generate Single Page and Multipage PDF (iOS 11 and above).
Installation
CocoaPods
CocoaPods is a dependency manager for Cocoa projects. You can install it with the following command:
$ gem install cocoapodsTo integrate MBPDFGenerator into your Xcode project using CocoaPods, specify it in your Podfile:
target '<Your Target Name>' do
pod 'MBPDFGenerator'
endHow to Use
// Generate single page PDF
let url = try? MBSinglePagePDFGenerator.exportPDF(controller: self)
// you can use keepPDFPageSize as fasle to use actual UIViewController layout
let url = try? MBSinglePagePDFGenerator.exportPDF(controller: self, keepPDFPageSize: false)// Generate mutli page PDF, it uses datasouece to generate PDF
let pdf = MBPDFGenerator(dataSource: self)
// set if you can actual UIViewController layout vs actula PDF page sie
pdf.keepPDFPageSize = false
// Generate PDF
let url = try? pdf.exportPDF()
// Data source for PDFGenerator
MBPDFGeneratorDataSource {
func numberOfPages() -> Int {
return //number of pages for PDF
}
func page(at index: Int) -> UIViewController {
return //UIViewConoller for give page index
}Edit PDF
// You can edit any existing PDF
let anyView = UIView()
// Create location to add on PDF
let viewBounds = CGRect(x: 10, y: 20, width: anyView.bounds.width, height: anyView.bounds.height)
// Create view annomation from view that need to add
let viewAnnotation = MBPDFAnnotationView(view: anyView, bounds: viewBounds, withProperties: nil)
// Create PDF object from existing PDF url
let pdf = MBPDFGenerator(url: <Existing PDF URL>)
// Somply add annonation at specified page index
if pdf?.addAnnotation(viewAnnotation, atPage: 0) {
// Generate New edited PDF
controller.url = try? pdf?.exportPDF()
}