Skipping print interface in iOS 8?

Question

I could find some code for skipping the print user interface and direct printing through Air Printer. But the code was incomplete. Code below

 UIPrinterPickerController *printPicker = [UIPrinterPickerController printerPickerControllerWithInitiallySelectedPrinter:self.savedPrinter];
    [printPicker presentAnimated:YES completionHandler:
        ^(UIPrinterPickerController *printerPicker, BOOL userDidSelect, NSError *error) {
        if (userDidSelect) {
            self.savedPrinter = printerPicker.selectedPrinter;
        }
    }];

This code mentions self.savedPrinter . But how can I get a saved printer here. Please give me a complete answer or sample solution for this.

Answer 1

I got a solution for the question I asked above. Here is the solution

, UIPrinterPickerController; .. UIPrinterPickerControllerDelegate . UIPrinterPickerController. . .

- (IBAction)btnSettingsTapped:(id)sender
   {
      //Search printer method.
      [self searchForPrinters];
   }

     - (void) searchForPrinters
        {
           // For checking the ios version is greater than ios 7.Because skipping the   Printing UI is ony in ios8 and later.
          if (NSFoundationVersionNumber > NSFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_7_1)
              {
                UIPrinterPickerController *printPicker = [UIPrinterPickerController printerPickerControllerWithInitiallySelectedPrinter:nil];
                                [printPicker presentAnimated:YES completionHandler:
                                 ^(UIPrinterPickerController *printerPicker, BOOL userDidSelect, NSError *error)
 {
    if (userDidSelect)
        {
          //User selected the item in the UIPrinterPickerController and got the printer details.

         [UIPrinterPickerController printerPickerControllerWithInitiallySelectedPrinter:printerPicker.selectedPrinter];

        //Here you will get the printer and printer details.ie,
        // printerPicker.selectedPrinter, printerPicker.selectedPrinter.displayName, printerPicker.selectedPrinter.URL etc. So you can display the printer name in your label text or button title.

        [btnSettingsPrint setTitle:printerPicker.selectedPrinter.displayName forState:UIControlStateNormal];

        NSURL *printerURL = printerPicker.selectedPrinter.URL;

        }
      }];
   }
}

, URL- URL- .

NSUserDefaults *defaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
[defaults setObject:[printerURL absoluteString] forKey:@"yourKey"];
[defaults synchronize];

UIPrintInteractionController , printToPrinter (: completeHandler:) , . .

//Printing item details passed to this method,
-(void)printYourItem :(NSData*)data
{
  if (NSFoundationVersionNumber > NSFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_7_1)
   {
     NSUserDefaults *defaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
     UIPrinter *currentPrinterObj = [UIPrinter printerWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:[userDefault stringForKey:@"yourKey"]]];

    UIPrintInteractionController *controller = [UIPrintInteractionController sharedPrintController];

    if(currentPrinterObj)
       {
          [controller printToPrinter:currentPrinterObj completionHandler:^(UIPrintInteractionController *printController, BOOL completed, NSError *error)
              {
                if(completed)
                {
                } 
               else
               {
                  NSLog(@"FAILED! due to error in domain %@ with error code %u", error.domain, error.code);
               }
            }];
        }
   }
}

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