Question

I want to open another application (like GDrive, iBooks, etc.). using the UTI from my application.

For this I tried using the following code from this site, which was used for Exporting a PDF file from my application to another application.

    NSString * filePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:nil ofType:@"pdf"];    
documentController = [UIDocumentInteractionController interactionControllerWithURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:filePath]];
documentController.delegate = self;
[documentController retain];
documentController.UTI = @"com.adobe.pdf";
[documentController presentOpenInMenuFromRect:CGRectZero inView:Parent animated:YES];

The above code does give me the list of applications (GDrive, iBooks, etc.) available on my device from my application , but when I click on any one of these applications ,it exports one PDF from my application to that selected application, though I have used the FilePath as “NIL”.

What I want to do is to be able to open any of the available other applications (GDrive, iBooks, etc.) on my device from my application without sending any PDF file from my application to that other application.

Answer 1

Custom URL is the way to go. Refer this link for sample code with implementation.