editing PDF with PDFKit

Question

i'm writing an application in objective-c (using cocoa). i have a PDF template, i need to substitute actual values into placeholders in PDF and then save the result into new PDF.

how can i edit PDF with PDF Kit? can't find anything about editing in documentation, it's all about parsing...

or maybe anyone will recommend other library to do this?

Answer 1

The PDFKit may be the way to go, but the possibility of edition are very restrictive. It does not provide text replacement function. You can try to use PDF annotations, as there are many manipulation methods for that (but maybe it is not enough for your needs).