Warning about crashes and crashes when creating a PDF file

When generating a large PDF file, my application receives a memory warning and then crashes during the process of creating the PDF file. The PDF file is embedded in the web view when the pages exceed a certain size (depending on the device). My memory runs out

My research on this issue still makes me understand what I need:

change UIGraphicsBeginPDFContextToDatatoIGraphicsBeginPDFContextToFile

• Create a reasonable path to a temporary file,

• Give it to the function

• Give the file to your web browser to download.

• Delete the file when done.

Im also open to any other ideas to stop a memory failure

@interface ICPDFPreviewController ()
@property (nonatomic, strong) Certificate *certificate;
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSData *pdfData;
@property (nonatomic) BOOL viewHasUnloaded;
- (void)generatePdf;
- (void)pdfDone:(NSData *)data;
- (NSData *)createPdfWithPages:(NSArray *)pages;
@end

@implementation ICPDFPreviewController
@synthesize certificate=_certificate;
@synthesize scrollView=_scrollView;
@synthesize webView=_webView;
@synthesize pdfData=_pdfData;
@synthesize viewHasUnloaded=_viewHasUnloaded;



- (void)generatePdf
 {
 NSMutableArray *pagesArray = [NSMutableArray array];

 if ([self.certificate.certificateType.title isEqualToString:@"Minor Works"]) {
[pagesArray addObject:[[ICPDFMinorWorksPage1 alloc] initWithCertificate:self.certificate]];
 [pagesArray addObject:[[ICPDFMinorWorksPage2 alloc] initWithCertificate:self.certificate]];

 } else if ([self.certificate.certificateType.title isEqualToString:@"EIC"]) {
[pagesArray addObject:[[ICPDFEICPage1 alloc] initWithCertificate:self.certificate]];
[pagesArray addObject:[[ICPDFEICPage2 alloc] initWithCertificate:self.certificate]];
[pagesArray addObject:[[ICPDFEICPage3 alloc] initWithCertificate:self.certificate]];
[pagesArray addObject:[[ICPDFEICPage4 alloc] initWithCertificate:self.certificate]];
[pagesArray addObject:[[ICPDFEICPage5 alloc] initWithCertificate:self.certificate]];
[self addDistributionBoardsToPagesArray:pagesArray];
ICPDFEICPageFinal *pageFinal = [[ICPDFEICPageFinal alloc]        initWithCertificate:self.certificate];
 pageFinal.pageNumber.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d", pagesArray.count+1];
[pagesArray addObject:pageFinal];

} else if ([self.certificate.certificateType.title isEqualToString:@"Domestic EIC"]) {
[pagesArray addObject:[[ICPDFDomesticEICPage1 alloc] initWithCertificate:self.certificate]];
[pagesArray addObject:[[ICPDFDomesticEICPage2 alloc] initWithCertificate:self.certificate]];
[pagesArray addObject:[[ICPDFDomesticEICPage3 alloc] initWithCertificate:self.certificate]];
[pagesArray addObject:[[ICPDFDomesticEICPage4 alloc] initWithCertificate:self.certificate]];
[self addDistributionBoardsToPagesArray:pagesArray];
[pagesArray addObject:[[ICPDFDomesticEICPageFinal alloc] initWithCertificate:self.certificate]];

} else if ([self.certificate.certificateType.title isEqualToString:@"EICR"]) {
[pagesArray addObject:[[ICPDFEICRPage1 alloc] initWithCertificate:self.certificate]];
[pagesArray addObject:[[ICPDFEICRPage2 alloc] initWithCertificate:self.certificate]];
[self addObservationsToPagesArray:pagesArray];
[self addDistributionBoardsToPagesArray:pagesArray];
[pagesArray addObject:[[ICPDFEICRInspection alloc] initWithCertificate:self.certificate]];
[pagesArray addObject:[[ICPDFEICRInspectionPage1 alloc] initWithCertificate:self.certificate]];
[pagesArray addObject:[[ICPDFEICRInspectionPage2 alloc] initWithCertificate:self.certificate]];
[pagesArray addObject:[[ICPDFEICRInspectionPage3 alloc] initWithCertificate:self.certificate]];
[pagesArray addObject:[[ICPDFEICRPageFinal alloc] initWithCertificate:self.certificate]];
 }

// Set page count on all pages
int pageNumber = 0;
for (ICCertificateComponent *page in pagesArray) {
page.pageNumber.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d", ++pageNumber];
page.pageCount.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d", pagesArray.count];
}

 NSData *pdfData = [self createPdfWithPages:pagesArray];
[self performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(pdfDone:) withObject:pdfData waitUntilDone:YES];

 }

- (void)pdfDone:(NSData *)data
 {
 self.pdfData = data;
[self.webView loadData:self.pdfData MIMEType:@"application/pdf" textEncodingName:@"utf-8"      baseURL:nil];
 [ICUtils removeProgressView];
 }

 - (NSData *)createPdfWithPages:(NSArray *)pages
  {
 // Creates a mutable data object for updating with binary data, like a byte array
 NSMutableData *pdfData = [NSMutableData data];

 ICCertificateComponent *firstPage = [pages objectAtIndex:0];

UIGraphicsBeginPDFContextToData(pdfData, firstPage.contentView.bounds, nil);

 for (int i = 0; i < pages.count; i++) {
 ICCertificateComponent *thisPage = [pages objectAtIndex:i];
 UIGraphicsBeginPDFPageWithInfo(thisPage.contentView.bounds, nil);


 CGContextRef pdfContext = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
 [thisPage.contentView.layer renderInContext:pdfContext];
 }

 UIGraphicsEndPDFContext();

 return pdfData;
}

- (void)addDistributionBoardsToPagesArray:(NSMutableArray *)pagesArray
{
int pageCount = pagesArray.count;
NSSortDescriptor *sortDescriptor = [[NSSortDescriptor alloc] initWithKey:@"createdAt"       ascending:YES];
NSArray *sortDescriptors = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:sortDescriptor, nil]; 
NSArray *boards = [self.certificate.distributionBoards      sortedArrayUsingDescriptors:sortDescriptors];
 for (DistributionBoard *thisBoard in boards) {
DebugLog(@"Creating a board page");
ICPDFDistributionBoard *boardPage = [[ICPDFDistributionBoard alloc]        initWithDistributionBoard:thisBoard];
boardPage.pageNumber.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d", ++pageCount];
DebugLog(@"Page number is %d", pageCount);
[pagesArray addObject:boardPage];

NSSortDescriptor *circuitDescriptor = [[NSSortDescriptor alloc] initWithKey:@"createdAt"     ascending:YES];
NSArray *circuitDescriptors = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:circuitDescriptor, nil]; 
NSArray *circuits = [thisBoard.circuits sortedArrayUsingDescriptors:circuitDescriptors];

 //int circuitCount = circuits.count;
 ICPDFCircuitDetails *circuitDetails = boardPage.circuitDetails;

int circuitCount = 0;
for (Circuit *thisCircuit in circuits) {
circuitCount++;
if (circuitCount > 16) {
    // Add an extension page
    DebugLog(@"Adding an extension sheet");
    circuitCount = 1;
    ICPDFDistributionBoardExtension *boardExtension = [[ICPDFDistributionBoardExtension  alloc]   initWithDistributionBoard:thisBoard];
    [pagesArray addObject:boardExtension];
    boardExtension.pageNumber.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d", ++pageCount];
    circuitDetails = boardExtension.circuitDetails;
   }
    NSString *key = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"circuitRow%d", circuitCount];
   ICCircuitRow *circuitRow = [circuitDetails valueForKey:key];
   [circuitRow populateFromCircuit:thisCircuit];
  }
 }
}

debug console warnings - loading them and then crashing

 2013-02-08 10:38:35.475 iCertifi[5772:907] Received memory warning.
 2013-02-08 10:38:35.477 iCertifi[5772:907] <ICPDFPreviewController: 0x1eb28930>   didReceiveMemoryWarning