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Extract layers from PDF on iOS

To extract PDF layers or OCG (optional content group) from a document.

1PTPDFDoc *doc = [[PTPDFDoc alloc] initWithFilepath: filename];
2PTPage *page = [doc GetPage: 1];
3
4PTConfig *init_cfg = [doc GetOCGConfig];
5PTContext *ctx = [[PTContext alloc] initWithConfig: init_cfg];
6
7PTPDFDraw *pdfdraw = [[PTPDFDraw alloc] initWithDpi: 92];
8[pdfdraw SetImageSize: 1000 height: 1000 preserve_aspect_ratio: YES];
9[pdfdraw SetOCGContext: ctx]; // Render the page using the given OCG context.
10
11// Disable drawing of content that is not optional (i.e. is not part of any layer).
12[ctx SetNonOCDrawing: NO];
13
14// Now render each layer in the input document to a separate image.
15PTObj * ocgs = [doc GetOCGs]; // Get the array of all OCGs in the document.
16unsigned long i, sz = [ocgs Size];
17for (i=0; i<sz; ++i) {
18    PTGroup *ocg = [[PTGroup alloc] initWithOcg: [ocgs GetAt: i]];
19    [ctx ResetStates: NO];
20    [ctx SetState: ocg state: YES];
21    NSString* fname = [output_path stringByAppendingFormat: @"pdf_layers_%@.png", [ocg GetName]];
22    [pdfdraw  page filename: fname format: @"PNG"];
23}
24
25// Now draw content that is not part of any layer...
26[ctx SetNonOCDrawing: YES];
27[ctx SetOCDrawMode: e_ptNoOC];
28[pdfdraw  page filename: [output_path stringByAppendingString: @"pdf_layers_non_oc.png"] format: @"PNG" ];

PDF layers (OCG)
Full sample code which demonstrates how to create, extract, render PDF layers.

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