Unable to create ReaderDocument Vfr-Reader - ios

Question

I searched a lot but can't open PDF with vfr-reader from documents folder.
NSString *filePath = #"/Users/***/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/5.0/Applications/F2B7E9DE-9996-4F05-BC81-2A2889B4F504/Documents/Number1.pdf";
ReaderDocument *document = [ReaderDocument withDocumentFilePath:filePath password:password];
if (document != nil)
{// document comes nil here
ReaderViewController *readerViewController = [[ReaderViewController alloc] initWithReaderDocument:document];
readerViewController.delegate = self; // Set the ReaderViewController delegate to self
[self.navigationController pushViewController:readerViewController animated:YES];
}
I am sure that filepath is exact the pdf file.
In the example code of reader it opens the pdf from main bundle. But I need to open from resources folder.
Thanks

Answer 1

i facing same issue, may be you also have same one.
if you are not using ARC than just write -fobjc-arc to every pdf reader file in build face. that will solve your problem.

Answer 2

You should use [[NSBundle mainBundle] bundlePath] and stringByAppendingPathComponent: instead of hard-coding the string. This is quite horrible and will only ever work on the iOS Simulator.

Answer 3

You should give file name like below code,don't give directly
NSArray *pathss = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains (NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsPaths = [pathss objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *filePaths = [documentsPaths stringByAppendingPathComponent:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#",fileName]];

Answer 4

I understand this is an old post but none the less I ran into a similar problem as #user1392687 and wanted to share how I resolved the issue (I was loading files from various directories not just the Documents folder).
Problem: Load a series of PDF files out of a directory, populate a table view with filenames and supporting meta data, then upon selecting a cell, open the PDF file using VFR Reader.
Solution: The folder within X-Code is a Folder Reference to enable content updates without having to perform the remove/add cycle of a Group Reference. The function below was used to read all contents - URLs - of a specific folder path then remove all/any simlinks contained within the returned file paths. Prior passing the URL into VRF to load the PDF file [url path] was used for a RFC 1808 (unescaped) path.
+ (NSArray *)enumerateContentsOfFolderWithPath:(NSURL *)aFolderPath
{
NSError *error = nil;
NSArray *contentProperties = #[NSURLIsDirectoryKey,
NSURLIsReadableKey,
NSURLCreationDateKey,
NSURLContentAccessDateKey,
NSURLContentModificationDateKey];
NSArray *contents = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] contentsOfDirectoryAtURL:aFolderPath
includingPropertiesForKeys:contentProperties
options:NSDirectoryEnumerationSkipsHiddenFiles
error:&error];
if (error != nil)
DLog(#"Content enumeration error: %#", error);
NSMutableArray *pdfURLs = [NSMutableArray array];
for (NSURL *item in contents)
{
NSURL *fileURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath: [item path]];
NSURL *noSimlink = [fileURL URLByResolvingSymlinksInPath];
[pdfURLs addObject: noSimlink];
}
return pdfURLs;
}
After populating the table view with the contents of the folder and all supporting metadata, and upon a user touching a row to view the PDF file, the VRF Reader was setup as follows:
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
// Other setup code...
NSURL *item = [pdfURLs objectAtIndex:(NSUInteger) indexPath.row];
[self presentPdfViewerForItem: item];
}
- (void)presentPdfViewerForItem:(NSURL *)aItem
{
NSString *phrase = nil; // Document password (for unlocking most encrypted PDF files)
NSString *filePath = [aItem path];
ReaderDocument *document = [ReaderDocument withDocumentFilePath: filePath password:phrase];
if (document != nil) // Must have a valid ReaderDocument object in order to proceed
{
ReaderViewController *readerViewController = [[ReaderViewController alloc] initWithReaderDocument:document];
readerViewController.delegate = self;
readerViewController.modalTransitionStyle = UIModalTransitionStyleCrossDissolve;
readerViewController.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationFullScreen;
[self presentViewController:readerViewController animated:YES completion:nil];
}
}