Add a signature image to a pdf without showing the pdf data to user in iOS

Question

I want to add the signature on existing pdf. I have done this in following way:

1) Load existing pdf on UIView say mainView.

2) Add a signature image on mainView.

3) Call a following function

-(NSMutableData *)getPDFDatafromUIView
{
DebugLog(@"");
// Creates a mutable data object for updating with binary data, like a byte array
NSMutableData *pdfData = [NSMutableData data];

// Points the pdf converter to the mutable data object and to the UIView to be converted
UIGraphicsBeginPDFContextToData(pdfData, mainView.bounds, nil);
UIGraphicsBeginPDFPage();
CGContextRef pdfContext = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();

// draws rect to the view and thus this is captured by UIGraphicsBeginPDFContextToData
mainView.layer renderInContext:pdfContext];

// remove PDF rendering context
UIGraphicsEndPDFContext();

return pdfData;
} 

4) This function block your UI for a while, so call it on new thread

   [NSThread detachNewThreadSelector:@selector(launchExportViewForExportDrawing) toTarget:self withObject:nil];

Using above method I get a pdf data with signature which contain the old pdf data too.

But for above method I must need to show the pdf in UIView. If I want do the above thing without loading on UIView, without showing pdf to user, How do I do that?

I am able to add a Image on pdf with creating the new pdf page. How do I add a image on existing pdf?

Answer 1

I have solved by creating the new PDF and drawing the pdf data and signature on it. Please refer following code:

// For adding the Siganture we need to wite the content on new PDF
-(void) addSignature:(UIImage *) imgSignature onPDFData:(NSData *)pdfData {

NSMutableData* outputPDFData = [[NSMutableData alloc] init];
CGDataConsumerRef dataConsumer = CGDataConsumerCreateWithCFData((CFMutableDataRef)outputPDFData);

CFMutableDictionaryRef attrDictionary = NULL;
attrDictionary = CFDictionaryCreateMutable(NULL, 0, &kCFTypeDictionaryKeyCallBacks, &kCFTypeDictionaryValueCallBacks);
CFDictionarySetValue(attrDictionary, kCGPDFContextTitle, CFSTR("My Doc"));
CGContextRef pdfContext = CGPDFContextCreate(dataConsumer, NULL, attrDictionary);
CFRelease(dataConsumer);
CFRelease(attrDictionary);
CGRect pageRect;

// Draw the old "pdfData" on pdfContext
CFDataRef myPDFData = (__bridge CFDataRef) pdfData;
CGDataProviderRef provider = CGDataProviderCreateWithCFData(myPDFData);
CGPDFDocumentRef pdf = CGPDFDocumentCreateWithProvider(provider);
CGDataProviderRelease(provider);
CGPDFPageRef page = CGPDFDocumentGetPage(pdf, 1);
pageRect = CGPDFPageGetBoxRect(page, kCGPDFMediaBox);
CGContextBeginPage(pdfContext, &pageRect);
CGContextDrawPDFPage(pdfContext, page);

// Draw the signature on pdfContext
pageRect = CGRectMake(0, 0,imgSignature.size.width , imgSignature.size.height);
CGImageRef pageImage = [imgSignature CGImage];
CGContextDrawImage(pdfContext, pageRect, pageImage);

// release the allocated memory
CGPDFContextEndPage(pdfContext);
CGPDFContextClose(pdfContext);
CGContextRelease(pdfContext);

// write new PDFData in "outPutPDF.pdf" file in document directory
NSString *docsDirectory = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *pdfFilePath =[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/outPutPDF.pdf",docsDirectory];
[outputPDFData writeToFile:pdfFilePath atomically:YES];

}

Answer 2

Rohit Answer is working perfectly,But it works only single page so i just Added some code for all pages displaying with image(image shown in single page reaming pages are looks same).Thanks @Rohit

NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"PartB" ofType:@"pdf"];
NSURL *docURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];
NSString *pdfName = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",docURL];
NSLog(@"pdfName: %@", pdfName);
NSData *pdfData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:path];


NSURL *pdfURL = [[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource:@"PartB.pdf" withExtension:nil];
CGPDFDocumentRef pdf1 = CGPDFDocumentCreateWithURL((CFURLRef)pdfURL);
long pageCount = CGPDFDocumentGetNumberOfPages(pdf1);
NSLog(@"the page count %ld",pageCount);



NSMutableData* outputPDFData = [[NSMutableData alloc] init];
CGDataConsumerRef dataConsumer = CGDataConsumerCreateWithCFData((CFMutableDataRef)outputPDFData);

CFMutableDictionaryRef attrDictionary = NULL;
attrDictionary = CFDictionaryCreateMutable(NULL, 0, &kCFTypeDictionaryKeyCallBacks, &kCFTypeDictionaryValueCallBacks);
CFDictionarySetValue(attrDictionary, kCGPDFContextTitle, CFSTR("My Doc"));
CGContextRef pdfContext = CGPDFContextCreate(dataConsumer, NULL, attrDictionary);
CFRelease(dataConsumer);
CFRelease(attrDictionary);
CGRect pageRect;


// Draw the old "pdfData" on pdfContext
CFDataRef myPDFData = (__bridge CFDataRef) pdfData;
CGDataProviderRef provider = CGDataProviderCreateWithCFData(myPDFData);
CGPDFDocumentRef pdf = CGPDFDocumentCreateWithProvider(provider);
CGDataProviderRelease(provider);

for (int k=1; k<=pageCount; k++) {

    CGPDFPageRef page3 = CGPDFDocumentGetPage(pdf, k);
    pageRect = CGPDFPageGetBoxRect(page3, kCGPDFMediaBox);
    CGContextBeginPage(pdfContext, &pageRect);
    CGContextDrawPDFPage(pdfContext, page3);
    if (k==pageSelect) {
        pageRect = CGRectMake(0, 0,100 , 100);
        CGImageRef pageImage = [mainImage.image CGImage];
        CGContextDrawImage(pdfContext, pageRect, pageImage);
    }
    CGPDFContextEndPage(pdfContext);
}
CGPDFContextClose(pdfContext);
CGContextRelease(pdfContext);

// write new PDFData in "outPutPDF.pdf" file in document directory
NSString *docsDirectory = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *pdfFilePath =[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/outPutPDF.pdf",docsDirectory];
[outputPDFData writeToFile:pdfFilePath atomically:YES];
NSLog(@"save the pdf %@",pdfFilePath);