iOS new amazing feature AIRPRINT

Airprint is a technology developed by Apple which wirelessly prints documents when connected with an iOS device.

In this tutorial, a PDF from a url will be printed by using Airprint.

1. Create a Single View Application on Xcode and open it. 

2. Create a Print button and add an action. 

3.  

	if let pdfUrl = Bundle.main.url(forResource: "sample", withExtension: "pdf", subdirectory: nil, localization: nil) {
	do {
	let url = URL(string: "https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/pdf_open_parameters.pdf")
	let data = try Data(contentsOf: url!)
	let sharedContent = [data]
	let printController = UIPrintInteractionController.shared
	let printInfo = UIPrintInfo(dictionary:nil)
	printInfo.outputType = UIPrintInfoOutputType.general
	printInfo.jobName = "print Job"
	printController.printingItems = sharedContent
	printController.printInfo = printInfo
	printController.present(animated: true, completionHandler: nil)
	self.present(activityViewController, animated: true, completion: nil)
	}
	catch {
	print("failed to open pdf")
	}
	return
	}

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Add this code block in your IB action and run the application. 
You can see activity controller with printing option. That's it. 

This tutorial is made with Xcode 9 and built for iOS 11.

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