I'm trying to find the best solution for my problem. User is using safari on an iPad, and at one point the customer contract is created using a webservice, which sends me the URL to a PDF file.
Right now the user opens the PDF, prints it and scans it after the customer signs the contract. What they want is to capture the signature digitally, so the contract doesn't need to be scanned later.
My question is: what is the best way to embed the signature to an existing pdf file?
I wanted something similar to what the iOS mail app does natively
http://heresthethingblog.com/2015/10/28/ios-9-tip-sign-pdf-mail-pdf-tricks/
Thanks
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Okay, so I have an app that generates reports for a Chiropractic clinic and allows the user to print them directly from iPad assuming they have an Airprint printer. I also am in the process of writing code that will allow the user to generate a PDF of the report so that they can email it/upload it to the cloud or somehow send it to some other device that will allow them to print it WITHOUT using AirPrint.
I know about sandboxing, but I also know that you can store PDFs on an iPad and view them through iBooks.
I read here: Loading PDFs into iBooks programmatically that there wasn't a way to do so back in 2010. The guy said he would update his answer, but you know how these things are
I also have a backdoor solution here: Xcode save a PDF as Image? turning the whole darn thing into a .png
Are there any other ways?
Use UIDocumentInteractionController to present a set of options to the user. Let the user choose what they want to do with the PDF.
I need to declare to any iOS 5 device that my application is able to open a specified file type format (e.g. a pdf, rtf, or jpg) file received as an attachment in an email. I read Apple documentation, and searched the web but couldn't obtained any result from all those tricks. Do you know any complete and efficient tutorial about declaring that ability of my application in a Xcode 4.3.x project? I just need that a user, when receiving an attachment, may be proposed either to preview the file or to open it in my application.
Thanks!
Denis
I am trying to upload image to Salesforce just like updating Leads or Accounts through my Phonegap iOS app. I can get the image but by googling a bit, I got to know that i have to convert the image into a BLOB.
My query is about two things:
1. How to convert the image into a blob?
2. How to upload that blob to Salesforce?
Thanks in advance
A blob is just a Binary Large OBject, i.e. a lump of binary data. You just want to read the file into memory and use it's content directly. There may be a need to base64 encode it, but I wouldn't have thought so.
There's a Phonegap plugin for downloading binary data on iOS here, you can see how it uses the standard Apple SDK calls for file access, so opening them shouldn't be a problem for you.
The blog would be a field on an object, much like fields on your Accounts and Contacts, I'm not sure how you specify the size, but putting the binary data into the field shouldn't be a problem.
There's an example of using the REST API to upload binary data (to a document) here — I imagine your solution would be similar to this. What Salesforce API are you using for your app? Are you using their Mobile SDK?
You can attach images to Salesforce record on iPhone using Salesforce Mobile app. This requires a little customization - VF page and apex class. Once you have created the VF page for attachment, then you need add this VF page as 'Visualforce Tab' and enable it on Salesforce Mobile Configuration. Steps to add the newly created Visualforce Tab onto Salesforce Mobile Configuration : Setup->Mobile Administration->Salesforce Mobile->Configuration->'Select your Configuration'->Mobile Tab.
Now using this tab on Salesforce app, you can upload images as attachment.
I know what code is needed to cause my iOS app to open a link in Safari. But I am looking at how I might accomplish something more in the reverse direction.
I can send email from my app. I would like to include a link in the email, that, when clicked on within the email on my iPhone or iPad, will open my app and perform an action based on the property values passed in the link. (The link would refer to a record in the database of my app, so the app can provide a view content based on that record.)
Another example I have seen is the special purpose URL used in the manifest file that loads ad hoc distributions over the air.
I see something like this when places and dates are automatically converted to links that open the map or calendar applications.
Does anyone have an idea how I can do this?
You need to implement a custom URL scheme.
I am curious if it is possible to make an app that adds a functionality to an existing app on ipad, say safari. If yes, which function would add a button to safari?
My question is based on 2 app advertisements I saw, one added a button to safari, the other created an app itself. I didnt buy them yet, so I dont know if they really do what thet say.
Thanks
As far as I'm aware, I think the closest you get to adding functionality to an existing app would be creating a new app that allowed interaction with certain document types.
For example, you might create an app that can open and read PDF documents. On installing this app, you would then find that interacting with a PDF document on any app (such as in an email attachment, or opening a PDF in Safari) would show a new option to open the PDF in your app. This kind of interaction is achieved via the UIDocumentInteractionController class.
Beyond that, I believe you would have to create your own app from scratch based on an existing one in order to extend functionality (so, create the 'MyBrowser' app to behave like Safari, except with additional controls and features).
I'd love to be proven wrong, however.