Image of the first pdf page ios sdk

Question

Do you know how to save into a UIImageView the first page of a pdf file? I have to create the preview for the pdf. Do you have any idea?

Thanks for help Nicco

Answer 1

There are ways of taking screenshots of UIViews:

Look Here http://www.icodeblog.com/2009/07/27/1188/

Also look here: How Do I Take a Screen Shot of a UIView?

this might be hacky, but you could open the PDF in a UIWebview take the screenshot of the first page using code in one of the above links to a UIImageView. Then close the PDF.