Open pdf-File with iOS-default preview

[hbergman]

Hi,

I am using reportLab to create a pdf-File. I am saving that pdf-File in the same directory as the script is running in.

After creating and saving the pdf-file I would really like to immediately open it in the ios-default-app, e.g. Preview, so I can easily share it with people nearby, e.g. Via airdrop with students in my class..

I tried webbrowser. Just opens it in the pythonista built-in preview, from which I can't share it.

I tried ui.Webview. Doesn't open it with the option to share it.

Then I stumbled over obc_util. Now that iis my approach:

def oeffne_pdf_iosdefault(fp):
	fp = f'file://{fp}'
	print(f'Öffne mit ios-Standardanwendung: {fp}')
	UIApplication = objc_util.ObjCClass('UIApplication')
	NSURL = objc_util.ObjCClass('NSURL')
	app = UIApplication.sharedApplication()
	app.openURL_(NSURL.URLWithString_(fp))

The fp (filepath) is has correctly been encoded with

fp = urllib.parse.quote(f'{skript_ordner}/{fp}')

The final fp in the above function, right before I try to open it, results in something like:

file:///private/var/mobile/Library/Mobile%20Documents/iCloud~com~omz-software~Pythonista3/Documents/jcal/Jahresterminplan_2024.2025.pdf

Just: nothing happens, no error, no crash, no nothing... it just won't open in the ios-Preview.

I also changed it to file://private/... ( just to, not three slashes), but that made no difference.

What am I missing?

If i switch to the Files-App, navigate to the directory and open the file there, it neatly opens in the preview-App exactly as I want it to.

It is my learning goal now, to learn how to open files with native ios-apps from within pythonista. Is that possible at all?

[omz]

Have you tried console.quicklook()? This should open the same preview as you'd see in the Files app (within Pythonista) and you can share or open it in another app from there.

Opening a file in another app directly (without any user interaction) isn't possible.