iPhone : can we open pdf file using UIWebView ?

Question

Hi, experts

Can any we open the pdf file from UIWebView ?

if any one has implement this then plz help me...

any code snippet or any weblink help...

thanks in advance...

Answer 1

Yes, this can be done with the UIWebView.

If you are trying to display a PDF file residing on a server somewhere, you can simple load it to your web view directly:

UIWebView *webView = [[UIWebView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10, 10, 200, 200)];

NSURL *targetURL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/UIKit/Reference/UIWebView_Class/UIWebView_Class.pdf"];
NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:targetURL];
[webView loadRequest:request];

[self.view addSubview:webView];
[webView release];

Or if you have a PDF file bundled with your application (in this example named "document.pdf"):

UIWebView *webView = [[UIWebView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10, 10, 200, 200)];

NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"document" ofType:@"pdf"];
NSURL *targetURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];
NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:targetURL];
[webView loadRequest:request];

[self.view addSubview:webView];
[webView release];

You can find more information here: Technical QA1630: Using UIWebView to display select document types.