Swift (4.1) how to detect if me app was open from external source

Question

I have a application which can open a PDF file. I have this app registered as external PDF viewer. When I have a PDF file and click to share button I see my application. If I open a PDF file from external source, PDF is copied to internal application storage ".../Documents/Inbox".

How can I detect if me app was started this way? I need to detect if was, and show PDFViewController with a new PDF file.

I can read data from "Inbox" but i can't detect "application startup type". And how can I detect a new pdf file? Order by date of creation and get first?

AppDelegate:

func applicationWillEnterForeground(_ application: UIApplication) {
    NotificationCenter.default.post(name: NSNotification.Name(rawValue: "openPdfFromExternalSource"), object: nil)
    // Called as part of the transition from the background to the active state; here you can undo many of the changes made on entering the background.
}

and in PDFViewController I have:

    override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(self.ShowPdfFile), name: NSNotification.Name(rawValue: "openPdfFromExternalSource"), object: nil)
}

For activities invoking your app refer this link https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uiapplicationdelegate/1623072-application?language=swift , ideally you should get launchOptions dictionary from application(_:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:) method in your app delegate. — Preson, Apr 20 '18 at 12:48
I have only "copy" option to use ma app as external pdf viewer. The pdf file is copied to internal app storage and this method doesn't invoked. — Puty, Apr 23 '18 at 08:14

Puty · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-25T10:39:53.167

i found it. "application(_:open:options:)" is called always (when app is on backgound) and i can open a pdf file from shared option.

application(_ app: UIApplication, 
                 open url: URL, 
              options: [UIApplicationOpenURLOptionsKey : Any] = [:]) -> Bool

url param contains path to a pdf file. For more information see https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uiapplicationdelegate/1623112-application

Swift (4.1) how to detect if me app was open from external source

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