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iOS PDFKit: How to add a highlight annotation
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override func viewDidLoad() { | |
createMenu() | |
} | |
private func createMenu() { | |
let highlightItem = UIMenuItem(title: "Highlight", action: #selector(highlight(_:))) | |
UIMenuController.shared.menuItems = [highlightItem] | |
} | |
@objc private func highlight(_ sender: UIMenuController?) { | |
guard let currentSelection = pdfView.currentSelection else { return } | |
let selections = currentSelection.selectionsByLine() | |
guard let page = selections.first?.pages.first else { return } | |
selections.forEach { selection in | |
let highlight = PDFAnnotation(bounds: selection.bounds(for: page), forType: .highlight, withProperties: nil) | |
highlight.endLineStyle = .square | |
page.addAnnotation(highlight) | |
} | |
pdfView.clearSelection() | |
} |
Thanks a lot for this piece of code buddy, it helped my like a life-saving-jacket 😄
Thanks for this contribution
actually it is a japanese Page.
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I can't take credit for this code. I found it on this Chinese website and thought there should be more examples like this one out on the web. https://qiita.com/ngo275/items/bbdc16daa58d2926b77c