How to draw text in PDF context in Swift?

Question

I have a simple function that create pdf file and return its path.

func createPDFFileAndReturnPath() -> String {

    let fileName = \"pdffilename.pdf\"
          


        

Answer 1

Here is your function:

func createPDFFileAndReturnPath() -> String {

    let fileName = "pdffilename.pdf"
    let paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.DocumentDirectory, .UserDomainMask, true)
    let documentsDirectory = paths[0] as! NSString
    let pathForPDF = documentsDirectory.stringByAppendingString("/" + fileName)

    UIGraphicsBeginPDFContextToFile(pathForPDF, CGRectZero, nil)

    UIGraphicsBeginPDFPageWithInfo(CGRectMake(0, 0, 100, 400), nil)

    let font = UIFont(name: "Helvetica Bold", size: 14.0)

    let textRect = CGRectMake(5, 3, 125, 18)
    var paragraphStyle:NSMutableParagraphStyle = NSMutableParagraphStyle.defaultParagraphStyle().mutableCopy() as! NSMutableParagraphStyle
    paragraphStyle.alignment = NSTextAlignment.Left
    paragraphStyle.lineBreakMode = NSLineBreakMode.ByWordWrapping

    let textColor = UIColor.blackColor()

    let textFontAttributes = [
        NSFontAttributeName: font!,
        NSForegroundColorAttributeName: textColor,
        NSParagraphStyleAttributeName: paragraphStyle
    ]

    let text:NSString = "Hello world"

    text.drawInRect(textRect, withAttributes: textFontAttributes)

    UIGraphicsEndPDFContext()

    return pathForPDF
}