Change PDF text using Apple PDFKit structure

Question

I know at Apple PDFKit . I can get a string that returns an NSString object representing the text on the page. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/pdfkit/pdfpage?language=objc

Is there a way to change the text in a PDF? If not, how would you recommend me to start figuring out how to edit text in a PDF file? Thank!

Answer 1

To understand your real problem, you need to learn more about how PDF works. Firstly, PDF is more like a container of instructions (drawing, rendering) than a container of content.

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