Self sizing cells height change causes jumping animation - ios

Question

I have setup a tableview with dynamic height cells aka UITableView.automaticDimension using Autolayout. This works fine. Now what I am trying to achieve is to change the height of cell & animate it. The issue is that when I change cell height & animate it, the animation is weirdly jumping. The jump only occurs if I scroll down a bit & then expand/collapse cells.
I have a simple table view cell. It has a label & an empty UIView with fixed height constraint. When I want to collapse/expand the cell, I simply change the constant of that height constraint to 0 or 300.
I have tried many collapsable tableview examples off the internet. All of them have this issue. One exception is https://github.com/Ramotion/folding-cell, but that uses fixed heights for cells.
I have tried quite a few options to animate the cell height change.
1-> On didSelectRow, I change the height constraint & call tableview beginUpdate & endUpdates. Doesn't solve the jump issue.
2-> Change my model & call tableView.reloadRows. Doesn't solve the jump issue.
This is screenshot of my tableview cell setup.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=12nba6cwRszxRlaSA-IhrX3X_vLZ4AWxy
A link to video of this issue:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=19Xmc0PMXT0EuHTJeeGHm4M5aPoChAtf3
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
tableView.dataSource = self
tableView.delegate = self
tableView.estimatedRowHeight = 50
tableView.rowHeight = UITableView.automaticDimension
tableView.estimatedSectionHeaderHeight = 0
tableView.estimatedSectionFooterHeight = 0
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "Cell", for: indexPath) as! OuterTableViewCell
let height: CGFloat = isCellExpanded[indexPath.row] ? 300 : 0
cell.labelText.text = "Cell Number: \(indexPath.row + 1)"
cell.buttonExpansionToggle.setImage(UIImage(named: isCellExpanded[indexPath.row] ? "arrow-down" : "arrow-right"),
for: .normal)
cell.viewContainerHeight.constant = height
return cell
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
isCellExpanded[indexPath.row] = !isCellExpanded[indexPath.row]
tableView.reloadRows(at: [indexPath], with: .automatic)
}
Another form of didSelectRow:
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
guard let cell = tableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath) as? OuterTableViewCell else { return }
isCellExpanded[indexPath.row] = !isCellExpanded[indexPath.row]
let height: CGFloat = self.isCellExpanded[indexPath.row] ? 300 : 0
cell.viewContainerHeight.constant = height
cell.layoutIfNeeded()
UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.3, delay: 0, options: .curveEaseOut, animations: {
tableView.beginUpdates()
tableView.endUpdates()
// fix https://github.com/Ramotion/folding-cell/issues/169
if cell.frame.maxY > tableView.frame.maxY {
tableView.scrollToRow(at: indexPath, at: UITableView.ScrollPosition.bottom, animated: true)
}
}, completion: nil)
}
I have also tried to call beginUpdates() & endUpdates() outside animation block, yet the issue persists.
I expect the animation to be smooth. Hope someone can help. If someone can setup a simple demo project on github that would be awesome.
Demo project link: https://gitlab.com/FahadMasoodP/nested-tableviews
Help in any form is appreciated. Thanks.

Answer 1

My solution is adding dynamic estimate row height. I think it is bug of UIKit. iOS 13 issue will be not occur.
First, You need add property estimateRowHeightStorage to store estimate height by indexpath
var estimateRowHeightStorage: [IndexPath:CGFloat] = [:]
Second, You need store current height of cell for use later
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, willDisplay cell: UITableViewCell, forRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
estimateRowHeightStorage[indexPath] = cell.frame.size.height
}
Final, you use estimateRowHeightStorage to set estimate row height.
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, estimatedHeightForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> CGFloat {
if estimateRowHeightStorage[indexPath] != nil {
return estimateRowHeightStorage[indexPath]!
}
return 50
}
Run and feel.
I did found new solution in your case. If you hardfix height when expand. Only need change some thing.
Replace all code above with estimatedHeightForRowAt function
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, estimatedHeightForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> CGFloat {
let height: CGFloat = isCellExpanded[indexPath.row] ? 373 : 73
return height
}