Earlier, we confirmed you how you can use ImageRenderer to seize a SwiftUI view and reserve it as a picture. This new class, launched in iOS 16, may also allow you to convert a view right into a PDF doc.
On this tutorial, we are going to construct on the highest of the earlier demo and add the Save to PDF perform. To observe this tutorial, please use Xcode 14 beta 3 (or up).
Revisit the Demo App
For those who haven’t learn the earlier tutorial, I counsel you to test it out first. It already lined the fundamentals of ImageRenderer and defined the implementation of the demo app.
I’ve made some modifications to the demo app by including a heading and a caption for the road chart. The demo app now additionally comes with a PDF button for saving the chart view in a PDF doc. You may discuss with the code of the ChartView struct under:
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struct ChartView: View { let chartData = [ (city: “Hong Kong”, data: hkWeatherData), (city: “London”, data: londonWeatherData), (city: “Taipei”, data: taipeiWeatherData) ]
var physique: some View { VStack { Textual content(“Constructing Line Charts in SwiftUI”) .font(.system(measurement: 40, weight: .heavy, design: .rounded)) .multilineTextAlignment(.middle) .padding()
Chart { ForEach(chartData, id: .metropolis) { sequence in ForEach(sequence.information) { merchandise in LineMark( x: .worth(“Month”, merchandise.date), y: .worth(“Temp”, merchandise.temperature) ) } .foregroundStyle(by: .worth(“Metropolis”, sequence.metropolis)) .image(by: .worth(“Metropolis”, sequence.metropolis)) } } .chartXAxis { AxisMarks(values: .stride(by: .month)) { worth in AxisGridLine() AxisValueLabel(format: .dateTime.month(.defaultDigits))
}
} .chartPlotStyle { plotArea in plotArea .background(.blue.opacity(0.1)) } .chartYAxis { AxisMarks(place: .main) } .body(width: 350, peak: 300)
.padding(.horizontal)
Textual content(“Determine 1. Line Chart”) .padding()
} } } |
Saving the Chart View as a PDF Doc Utilizing ImageRenderer
What we’re going to do is to create a PDF doc for the ChartView utilizing ImageRenderer. Whereas it solely takes a pair traces of code to transform a SwiftUI view into a picture, we’d like somewhat extra work for PDF rendering.
For picture conversion, you possibly can entry the uiImage property to get the rendered picture. To attract the chart right into a PDF, we are going to use the render methodology of ImageRenderer. Here’s what we’re going to implement:
- Search for the doc listing and put together the rendered path for the PDF file (e.g. linechart.pdf).
- Put together an occasion of
CGContextfor drawing. - Name the
rendermethodology of the renderer to render the PDF doc.
For the implementation, we create a brand new methodology named exportPDF. Beneath is the code of the strategy :
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@MainActor non-public func exportPDF() { guard let documentDirectory = FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask).first else { return }
let renderedUrl = documentDirectory.appending(path: “linechart.pdf”)
if let client = CGDataConsumer(url: renderedUrl as CFURL), let pdfContext = CGContext(client: client, mediaBox: nil, nil) {
let renderer = ImageRenderer(content material: chartView) renderer.render { measurement, renderer in let choices: [CFString: Any] = [ kCGPDFContextMediaBox: CGRect(origin: .zero, size: size) ]
pdfContext.beginPDFPage(choices as CFDictionary)
renderer(pdfContext) pdfContext.endPDFPage() pdfContext.closePDF() } }
print(“Saving PDF to (renderedUrl.path())”) } |
The primary two traces of the code retrieves the doc listing of the person and arrange the file path of the PDF file (i.e. line chart.pdf). We then create the occasion of CGContext. The mediaBox parameter is ready to nil. On this case, Core Graphics makes use of a default web page measurement of 8.5 by 11 inches (612 by 792 factors).
The renderer closure receives two parameters: the present measurement of the view, and a perform that renders the view to the CGContext. To start the PDF web page, we name the context’s beginPDFPage methodology. The renderer methodology attracts the chart view. And do not forget that you want to shut the PDF doc to finish the entire operation.
To name this exportPDF methodology, we create a PDF button like this:
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Button { exportPDF() } label: { Label(“PDF”, systemImage: “doc.plaintext”) } .buttonStyle(.borderedProminent) |
You may run the app in a simulator to have a take a look at. After you faucet the PDF button, you must see the next message within the console:
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Saving PDF to /Customers/simon/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Units/CA9B849B–36C5–4608–9D72–B04C468DA87E/information/Containers/Information/Utility/04415B8A–7485–48F0–8DA2–59B97C2B529D/Paperwork/linechart.pdf |
For those who open the file in Finder, you must see a PDF doc like under.
To regulate the place of the drawing, you possibly can insert this line of code earlier than calling renderer:
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pdfContext.translateBy(x: 0, y: 200) |
It will transfer the chart to the higher a part of the doc.
Make the PDF file obtainable to the Information app
It’s possible you’ll marvel why the PDF file can’t be discovered within the Information app. Earlier than you may make the file obtainable to the built-in Information app, it’s a must to change a few the settings in Information.plist. Change to Information.plist and add the next keys:
UIFileSharingEnabled– Utility helps iTunes file sharingLSSupportsOpeningDocumentsInPlace– Helps opening paperwork in place
Set the worth of the keys to Sure. When you allow each choices, run the app on the simulator once more. Open the Information app and navigate to the On My iPhone location. It is best to see the app’s folder. Contained in the folder, you’ll find the PDF doc.
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