PSPDFKit for iOS
The Best Way to Handle PDF Documents on iOS
A high-performance viewer, extensive annotation and document editing tools, digital signatures, and more. All engineered for the best possible user and developer experience. PSPDFKit — the iOS PDF SDK made for you.
Features
The PSPDFKit Components
Our PDF SDK is split into components — start with the parts you need, and add features as your needs grow.
Apple PDFKit Compatible
Transition to PSPDFKit with Ease
Already using Apple PDFKit? We offer a drop-in replacement that uses PSPDFKit for iOS under the hood, enabling you to transition with ease.
Showcase
Apps Powered by PSPDFKit
We’re extremely proud of all the amazing apps that have been built with the help of PSPDFKit. Our main goal has always been providing developers with the highest-quality tools so they can focus on making the best apps possible.
Dropbox
Evernote
Box
Hipchat
Gumroad
Scribd
“PSPDFKit handles all the heavy lifting involved in viewing and annotating PDF files. Thank you for such a wonderful product!”
“We really appreciate how responsive the PSPDFKit team is. It's a great solution that's easy to use and includes timely and helpful customer support.”
“PSPDFKit is clearly the best choice for PDF on iOS. It’s a solid framework, which I don’t hesitate to recommend.”
Integration
Using PSPDFKit
PSPDFKit can be integrated with just a few lines of code,
and it comes with a rich API, which allows for complete customization.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 | import PSPDFKit import PSPDFKitUI // Create the PSPDFDocument. // This is the container for your PDF file. It can also manage multiple files. let documentURL = Bundle.main.url(forResource: "Document", withExtension: "pdf")! let document = PSPDFDocument(url: documentURL) // Create the PDF view controller. This will present and manage the PSPDFKit UI. let pdfController = PSPDFViewController(document: document) // Present the PDF view controller within a UINavigationController to enable the toolbar. present(UINavigationController(rootViewController: pdfController), animated: true) |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 | @import PSPDFKit; @import PSPDFKitUI; // Create the PSPDFDocument. // This is the container for your PDF file. It can also manage multiple files. NSURL *documentURL = [NSBundle.mainBundle URLForResource:@"Document" withExtension:@"pdf"]; PSPDFDocument *document = [[PSPDFDocument alloc] initWithURL:documentURL]; // Create the PDF view controller. This will present and manage the PSPDFKit UI. PSPDFViewController *pdfController = [[PSPDFViewController alloc] initWithDocument:document]; // Present the PDF view controller within a UINavigationController to enable the toolbar. UINavigationController *navController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:pdfController]; [self presentViewController:navController animated:YES completion:nil]; |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 | import PSPDFKit import PSPDFKitUI let documentURL = Bundle.main.url(forResource: "Document", withExtension: "pdf")! let document = PSPDFDocument(url: documentURL) // Use the configuration to set main PSPDFKit options. let configuration = PSPDFConfiguration { (builder) in // Switch to continuous vertical scrolling. builder.pageTransition = .scrollContinuous builder.scrollDirection = .vertical // Disable the thumbnail bar. builder.thumbnailBarMode = .none // etc. } // Create the PDF view controller, passing the configuration object. let pdfController = PSPDFViewController(document: document, configuration: configuration) present(UINavigationController(rootViewController: pdfController), animated: true) |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 | @import PSPDFKit; @import PSPDFKitUI; NSURL *documentURL = [NSBundle.mainBundle URLForResource:@"Document" withExtension:@"pdf"]; PSPDFDocument *document = [[PSPDFDocument alloc] initWithURL:documentURL]; // Use the configuration to set main PSPDFKit options. PSPDFConfiguration *configuration = [PSPDFConfiguration configurationWithBuilder:^(PSPDFConfigurationBuilder *builder) { // Switch to continuous vertical scrolling. builder.pageTransition = PSPDFPageTransitionScrollContinuous; builder.scrollDirection = PSPDFScrollDirectionVertical; // Disable the thumbnail bar. builder.thumbnailBarMode = PSPDFThumbnailBarModeNone; // etc. }]; // Create the PDF view controller, passing the configuration object. PSPDFViewController *pdfController = [[PSPDFViewController alloc] initWithDocument:document configuration:configuration]; UINavigationController *navController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:pdfController]; [self presentViewController:navController animated:YES completion:nil]; |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | import PSPDFKit let documentURL = // PDF URL from a writable location... let document = PSPDFDocument(url: documentURL) // Load a graphic resource from another PDF document. let logoURL = Bundle.main.url(forResource: "Logo", withExtension: "pdf")! // Create a custom stamp annotation on the first page. let stampAnnotation = PSPDFStampAnnotation() stampAnnotation.appearanceStreamGenerator = PSPDFFileAppearanceStreamGenerator(fileURL: logoURL) stampAnnotation.boundingBox = CGRect(x: 180.0, y: 150.0, width: 444.0, height: 500.0) document.add([stampAnnotation]) // This is a blocking save. document.save() |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | @import PSPDFKit; NSURL *documentURL = // PDF URL from a writable location... PSPDFDocument *document = [[PSPDFDocument alloc] initWithURL:documentURL]; // Load a graphic resource from another PDF document. NSURL *logoURL = [NSBundle.mainBundle URLForResource:@"Logo" withExtension:@"pdf"]; // Create a custom stamp annotation on the first page. PSPDFStampAnnotation *stampAnnotation = [[PSPDFStampAnnotation alloc] init]; stampAnnotation.appearanceStreamGenerator = [[PSPDFFileAppearanceStreamGenerator alloc] initWithFileURL:logoURL]; stampAnnotation.boundingBox = CGRectMake(180.f, 150.f, 444.f, 500.f); [document addAnnotations:@[stampAnnotation] options:nil]; // This is a blocking save. [document save]; |
Check out our guides and API docs for more examples.
Compatibility
PSPDFKit offers a rich set of Objective-C APIs and is optimized so
that calls map well to Swift.
We also support a variety of cross-platform technologies:
Get In Touch
If you think PSPDFKit for iOS could be for you, our team will help find the best solution for your project.
