Use UIDocumentInteractionController in Delphi XE

Question

I have a Delphi XE5 app which downloads and stores PDFs locally on the device. I have a TWebBrowser on the form to view the PDFs and it works perfectly.

I now wish

Answer 1

I have solved this problem by installing D.P.F. Delphi iOS Native Components

I then added a DPFQLPreviewController to my form and open the PDF with the following code:

DPFQLPreviewController1.ShowDoc(filename, false);

This opens the PDF in the standard iOS previewer and this has a button enabling one to share the file with other installed apps that can read the file (eg a PDF app, email, send to printer, etc)

This is by far the simplest solution I have found and works perfectly on the simulator and an actual device.