iOS - Disable UIDocumentInteractionController options button

Question

Quick question. Does anyone know if there is a way you can disable the UIDocumentInteractionController from presenting the menu to open the document in a different application? (The button in the top right) Or at least hide that button? I thought I remembered seeing that you could do that somewhere....

ie. Is there like a docController.menuButton.hidden = YES or something like that?

Thanks.

Did you find a solution to this issue? – ddoor Jun 30 '13 at 04:35 — ddoor, Jun 30 '13 at 04:35

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 25 '11 at 18:43

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I think you need to look at a Quick Look controller, not a UIDocumentInteractionController.

answered Aug 25 '11 at 18:43

Benjamin Mayo

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Using a `QLPreviewController` doesn't make it much easier https://stackoverflow.com/a/69454052/1049134 – Rivera Oct 05 '21 at 16:23

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 05 '21 at 16:29

This is not trivial and may break with every iOS update.

First you'll need to get the underlying QLPreviewController that is created by the UIDocumentInteractionController.

For that implement UIDocumentInteractionControllerDelegate's documentInteractionControllerWillBeginPreview:

public func documentInteractionControllerWillBeginPreview(_ controller: UIDocumentInteractionController)
{
    DispatchQueue.main.async { // Use async or you won't get anything
        let aQLPreviewController = self.documentInteractionControllerViewControllerForPreview(controller).presentedViewController

        // Next dig the QLPreviewController hierarchy
    }
}

Now that you have the underlaying QLPreviewController follow the instructions from this answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/69454052/1049134

iOS - Disable UIDocumentInteractionController options button

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