PDF Flip Book App - Where to start?

roflman79 · 10-14-2010, 06:20 AM

I have been asked to do an iPad digital magazine app for a friend of mine who does a bi-monthly design magazine.

I have only just started native app dev coming from a web dev background; i couldn't find anything about how to best approach the project.

Embed PDF in a view, going to pages from a controller? Adding interactivity like videos on certain areas etc

Any help on how best to approach this? Are there PDF frameworks for use in xcode? How could i use the nice iPad drop down (like on the mail app)

Would welcome any help or suggestions

BioBuff · 10-14-2010, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by roflman79

I have been asked to do an iPad digital magazine app for a friend of mine who does a bi-monthly design magazine.

I have only just started native app dev coming from a web dev background; i couldn't find anything about how to best approach the project.

Embed PDF in a view, going to pages from a controller? Adding interactivity like videos on certain areas etc

Any help on how best to approach this? Are there PDF frameworks for use in xcode? How could i use the nice iPad drop down (like on the mail app)

Would welcome any help or suggestions

Just been through this. HTML files are better than pdf. See this thread.

http://www.iphonedevsdk.com/forum/bu...-app-sale.html

fiftysixty · 10-14-2010, 07:06 AM

For starters, UIWebView can display PDF files straight out the gate, without any modifications by you. If you need more complex display capabilities I suggest you look into Core Graphics, especially CGPDFContext and related functions. That should give you a base to start from.

roflman79 · 10-21-2010, 04:32 AM

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Originally Posted by fiftysixty

For starters, UIWebView can display PDF files straight out the gate, without any modifications by you. If you need more complex display capabilities I suggest you look into Core Graphics, especially CGPDFContext and related functions. That should give you a base to start from.

Thanks very much for the help! I'll look into that...

jNoxx · 01-03-2011, 09:04 AM

If still need this? let me know

jNoxx · 01-18-2011, 03:41 AM

Don't mind the guy above me.
I am doing the same.
I could advice using the Leaves library on github

It's wonderfull, just what u want. good luck ^_-

**MarkC** · 01-18-2011, 05:22 AM

I second Leaves, it's great!

jNoxx · 01-18-2011, 05:59 AM

Currently tweaking Leaves, so if anyone has tips and tricks, please let me know too

vincent007 · 02-25-2011, 09:06 PM

Hi guys, I have similar requirements to TS's, it's an iPad version of a print magazine, containing text, image, video, and image gallery. So I guess I have to use HTML files and not PDF right?

I check on Leaves, currently it only supports flipping text, image, and PDF, so any other similar page flipping effect for HTML?