Porting creation of a PDF document from iOS to Mac OS X - objective-c

Question

I am porting my code from iPhone to Mac and I have no idea how I can do this in Mac. Here's my code that I am trying to convert and I know that there's no UIGraphic in Mac. Can someone point me to a guide or give me a quick hint? Thanks.
NSString *newFilePath = #"path/to/your/newfile.pdf";
NSString *templatePath = #"path/to/your/template.pdf";
//create empty pdf file;
UIGraphicsBeginPDFContextToFile(newFilePath, CGRectMake(0, 0, 792, 612), nil);
CFURLRef url = CFURLCreateWithFileSystemPath (NULL, (CFStringRef)templatePath, kCFURLPOSIXPathStyle, 0);
//open template file
CGPDFDocumentRef templateDocument = CGPDFDocumentCreateWithURL(url);
CFRelease(url);
//get amount of pages in template
size_t count = CGPDFDocumentGetNumberOfPages(templateDocument);
//for each page in template
for (size_t pageNumber = 1; pageNumber <= count; pageNumber++) {
//get bounds of template page
CGPDFPageRef templatePage = CGPDFDocumentGetPage(templateDocument, pageNumber);
CGRect templatePageBounds = CGPDFPageGetBoxRect(templatePage, kCGPDFCropBox);
//create empty page with corresponding bounds in new document
UIGraphicsBeginPDFPageWithInfo(templatePageBounds, nil);
CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
//flip context due to different origins
CGContextTranslateCTM(context, 0.0, templatePageBounds.size.height);
CGContextScaleCTM(context, 1.0, -1.0);
//copy content of template page on the corresponding page in new file
CGContextDrawPDFPage(context, templatePage);
//flip context back
CGContextTranslateCTM(context, 0.0, templatePageBounds.size.height);
CGContextScaleCTM(context, 1.0, -1.0);
/* Here you can do any drawings */
[#"Test" drawAtPoint:CGPointMake(200, 300) withFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:20]];
}
CGPDFDocumentRelease(templateDocument);
UIGraphicsEndPDFContext();

Answer 1

Use CGPDFContextCreateWithURL instead of UIGraphicsBeginPDFContextToFile (the parameters are very similar). To begin/end pages, use CGPDFContextBeginPage and CGPDFContextEndPage. When you're done, call CGPDFContextClose instead of UIGraphicsEndPDFContext.
The rest can remain the same – Core Graphics exists on both iOS and Mac OS X – which also means that you could use the functions I've mentioned above on iOS as well if you want to use the same code on both platforms.

Answer 2

Swift 4, macOS High Sierra Update
func generatePdfWithFilePath(thefilePath: String)
{
let url = URL(fileURLWithPath: thefilePath) as CFURL
guard let currentContext = CGContext(url, mediaBox: nil, documentInfo as CFDictionary) else {
return
}
self.context = currentContext
self.context!.beginPDFPage(pageInfo as CFDictionary)
drawReport()
self.context!.endPDFPage()
// Close the PDF context and write the contents out.
self.context!.closePDF()
self.context = nil
//DebugLog("generatePdfWithFilePath() completed")
}