PKQuickLookHelper enables Apple's QuickLook to be used with NSData instead of actual files.
Include the files in your AppCode/XCode Project and be sure you link against the Quartz and QuickLook frameworks.
//assuming we are in a class which is in the responder chain
[PKQuickLookHelper sharedHelper].responder = self; //inserts the sharedHelper into the responder chain
PKQuickLookItem* item = PKQuickLookItem* item = [[PKQuickLookItem alloc] initWithData:[@"Test" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]
fileExtension:@"txt"];
[[PKQuickLookHelper sharedHelper] addPreviewItem:item]; //you can add any class conforming to QLPreviewItem! (e.g. NSURL)
[[PKQuickLookHelper sharedHelper] toggleQuickLookWindow:self];
It is possible to cache preview items, for later use. This is useful if there is a restricted set of items a user can perform the quicklook action on.
[[PKQuickLookHelper sharedHelper] cachePreviewItem:item];
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