How to show and edit existing PDF files in ios application

Question

I do not want to create new PDF file,that I had already done but want to show and edit existing pdf file in iOS through code..

Is this possible or not and if possibl

Answer 1

I was able to do this by creating a copy of the original PDF and modifying it during the build process.

PS: In my solution I needed to edit the document info of the new PDF, so I used the subject parameter to do this.

In Swift 3

func createPDF(on path: String?, from templateURL: URL?, with subject: String?) {
    guard let newPDFPath = path,
        let pdfURL = templateURL else { return }

    let options = [(kCGPDFContextSubject as String): subject ?? ""] as CFDictionary

    UIGraphicsBeginPDFContextToFile(newPDFPath, .zero, options as? [AnyHashable : Any])

    let templateDocument = CGPDFDocument(pdfURL as CFURL)
    let pageCount = templateDocument?.numberOfPages ?? 0

    for i in 1...pageCount {

        //get bounds of template page
        if let templatePage = templateDocument?.page(at: i) {
            let templatePageBounds = templatePage.getBoxRect(.cropBox)

            //create empty page with corresponding bounds in new document
            UIGraphicsBeginPDFPageWithInfo(templatePageBounds, nil)
            let context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()

            //flip context due to different origins
            context?.translateBy(x: 0.0, y: templatePageBounds.height)
            context?.scaleBy(x: 1.0, y: -1.0)

            //copy content of template page on the corresponding page in new file
            context?.drawPDFPage(templatePage)

            //flip context back
            context?.translateBy(x: 0.0, y: templatePageBounds.height)
            context?.scaleBy(x: 1.0, y: -1.0)


            // -->>>>  Do your change here  <<<<--
            /* Here you can do any drawings */

        }
    }
    UIGraphicsEndPDFContext()
}