print view controller [duplicate] - swift

Question

I am developing an app which requires visitor passes to be generated and printed directly from an iPad over AirPrint.
I have looked everywhere to find out how to print a view but I can only find how to print text, webKit and mapKit.
Is there a way of printing an entire view? If not, what would be a good solution to print a visitor pass which will be plain text, boxes and a photograph. Thanks.

Answer 1

I have found the answer to my question by modifying the code found here: AirPrint contents of a UIView
//create an extension to covert the view to an image
extension UIView {
func toImage() -> UIImage {
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(bounds.size, false, UIScreen.mainScreen().scale)
drawViewHierarchyInRect(self.bounds, afterScreenUpdates: true)
let image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
return image
}
}
//In your view controller
#IBAction func printButton(sender: AnyObject) {
let printInfo = UIPrintInfo(dictionary:nil)
printInfo.outputType = UIPrintInfoOutputType.General
printInfo.jobName = "My Print Job"
// Set up print controller
let printController = UIPrintInteractionController.sharedPrintController()
printController.printInfo = printInfo
// Assign a UIImage version of my UIView as a printing iten
printController.printingItem = self.view.toImage()
// If you want to specify a printer
guard let printerURL = URL(string: "Your printer URL here, e.g. ipps://HPDC4A3E0DE24A.local.:443/ipp/print") else { return }
guard let currentPrinter = UIPrinter(url: printerURL) else { return }
printController.print(to: currentPrinter, completionHandler: nil)
// Do it
printController.presentFromRect(self.view.frame, inView: self.view, animated: true, completionHandler: nil)
}

Answer 2

I think you have to look print photo sample code with Swift:
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/samplecode/PrintPhoto/Introduction/Intro.html
What exactly is your view, imageView or UIView? If you are interested in imageView or UIImage, Print Photo sample from Apple is for you. If your subject is UIView you can create pdf context from view.layers and send to AirPrint func like WebKit, text or you can print to create pdf data.
The best solution is Create Pdf file is in here for swift
Generate PDF with Swift
Print pdf file is for swift implementation:
var pdfLoc = NSURL(fileURLWithPath:yourPdfFilePath)
let printController = UIPrintInteractionController.sharedPrintController()!
let printInfo = UIPrintInfo(dictionary:nil)!
printInfo.outputType = UIPrintInfoOutputType.General
printInfo.jobName = "print Job"
printController.printInfo = printInfo
printController.printingItem = pdfLoc
printController.presentFromBarButtonItem(printButton, animated: true, completionHandler: nil)

Answer 3

Swift 5:
let info = UIPrintInfo(dictionary:nil)
info.outputType = UIPrintInfo.OutputType.general
info.jobName = "Printing"
let vc = UIPrintInteractionController.shared
vc.printInfo = info
vc.printingItem = UIImage.image(fromView: self.view) // your view here
vc.present(from: self.view.frame, in: self.view, animated: true, completionHandler: nil)
extension UIImage {
/// Get image from given view
///
/// - Parameter view: the view
/// - Returns: UIImage
public class func image(fromView view: UIView) -> UIImage {
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(view.frame.size, false, 0)
view.drawHierarchy(in: view.bounds, afterScreenUpdates: false)
let image: UIImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()!
UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
return image
}
}

Answer 4

Hier in Swift 3.x
func prt() {
let printInfo = UIPrintInfo(dictionary:nil)
printInfo.outputType = UIPrintInfoOutputType.general
printInfo.jobName = "My Print Job"
// Set up print controller
let printController = UIPrintInteractionController.shared
printController.printInfo = printInfo
// Assign a UIImage version of my UIView as a printing iten
printController.printingItem = self.view.toImage()
// Do it
printController.present(from: self.view.frame, in: self.view, animated: true, completionHandler: nil)
}
}
extension UIView {
func toImage() -> UIImage {
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(bounds.size, false, UIScreen.main.scale)
drawHierarchy(in: self.bounds, afterScreenUpdates: true)
let image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
return image!
}
}