Question

I have a PDF file in my application bundle which I’d like to open in Safari. Is there any possibility to do that?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

It is posible to open documents in external applications. Check out UIDocumentInteractionController class, it’s simple as this:

// you'll need to keep it around
@property (nonatomic, strong) UIDocumentInteractionController *docController;

(...)

NSURL *fileUrl = // URL to your pdf file
self.docController = [UIDocumentInteractionController interactionControllerWithURL:url];
self.docController.delegate = self;
[self.docController presentOpenInMenuFromRect:CGRectZero
                                       inView:self.view animated:YES];

That said, the pdf will be offered to be opened in iBooks, as Safari apparently doesn’t boast of pdf reading capability 🙂 So if you insist on having Safari open your pdf, it might be tricky.