Print PDF file on iphone or ipad - iphone

Question

I attached a file to the mail I am using this code.
[mail addAttachmentData:[myView PDFData] mimeType:#"application/pdf" fileName:#"name.pdf"];
How can I do the same thing for printing a file, I need to print this [myView PDFData].
I found only this for printing:
NSString *PDFFileWithName = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"name" ofType:#"pdf"];
NSData *dataFromPath = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:PDFFileWithName];
Thanks

Answer 1

You should read through the Drawing and Printing Guide for iOS. The printingItem property of UIPrintInteractionController can be set to the NSData of a PDF.
Update for added code
The value of dataFromPath should be equal to [myView PDFData] although I would recommend changing the variable name once you get it working.
NSData *dataFromPath = [myView PDFData];

Answer 2

Full code to print pdf
UIPrintInteractionController *pc = [UIPrintInteractionController
sharedPrintController];
UIPrintInfo *printInfo = [UIPrintInfo printInfo];
printInfo.outputType = UIPrintInfoOutputGeneral;
printInfo.orientation = UIPrintInfoOrientationPortrait;
printInfo.jobName =#"Report";
pc.printInfo = printInfo;
pc.showsPageRange = YES;
pc.printingItem = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"https://test.com/Print_for_Client_Name.pdf"]];
// You can use here image or any data type to print.
UIPrintInteractionCompletionHandler completionHandler =
^(UIPrintInteractionController *printController, BOOL completed,
NSError *error) {
if(!completed && error){
NSLog(#"Print failed - domain: %# error code %ld", error.domain,
(long)error.code);
}
};
[pc presentFromRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, 300, 300) inView:self.view animated:YES completionHandler:completionHandler];

Answer 3

write below code and check it
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *pathFolder = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#",pdfFileName];
NSString *path = [[paths objectAtIndex:0] stringByAppendingPathComponent:pathFolder];
NSURL *targetURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];
UIPrintInteractionController *pc = [UIPrintInteractionController sharedPrintController];
UIPrintInfo *printInfo = [UIPrintInfo printInfo];
printInfo.outputType = UIPrintInfoOutputGeneral;
printInfo.orientation = UIPrintInfoOrientationPortrait;
printInfo.jobName =#“Print”;
printInfo.duplex = UIPrintInfoDuplexLongEdge;
pc.printInfo = printInfo;
pc.showsPageRange = YES;
pc.printingItem = targetURL;
UIPrintInteractionCompletionHandler completionHandler =
^(UIPrintInteractionController *printController, BOOL completed,
NSError *error) {
if(!completed && error){
NSLog(#"Print failed - domain: %# error code %ld", error.domain, (long)error.code);
}
};
[pc presentFromRect:shareButton.frame inView:self.view animated:YES completionHandler:completionHandler];

Answer 4

Posted the wrong link earlier - this one should help!
Blog - Printing in iOS - Goes into great detail and includes a tutorial on Printing PDFs