How to make the collection view upside down? - ios

Question

I'm using the Collection view with vertical scroll direction for one my application. Here, I want to make my Collection view to display upside down without using any CGAffine Transform. Is it possible with the help of Flow Layout?
I like to implement the chat by using collection view
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

class ChatCollectionViewFlowLayout: UICollectionViewFlowLayout {
private var topMostVisibleItem = Int.max
private var bottomMostVisibleItem = -Int.max
private var offset: CGFloat = 0.0
private var visibleAttributes: [UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes]?
private var isInsertingItemsToTop = false
private var isInsertingItemsToBottom = false
override func layoutAttributesForElements(in rect: CGRect) -> [UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes]? {
// Reset each time all values to recalculate them
// ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
// Get layout attributes of all items
visibleAttributes = super.layoutAttributesForElements(in: rect)
// Erase offset
offset = 0.0
// Reset inserting flags
isInsertingItemsToTop = false
isInsertingItemsToBottom = false
return visibleAttributes
}
override func prepare(forCollectionViewUpdates updateItems: [UICollectionViewUpdateItem]) {
// Check where new items get inserted
// ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
// Get collection view and layout attributes as non-optional object
guard let collectionView = self.collectionView else { return }
guard let visibleAttributes = self.visibleAttributes else { return }
// Find top and bottom most visible item
// ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
bottomMostVisibleItem = -Int.max
topMostVisibleItem = Int.max
let container = CGRect(x: collectionView.contentOffset.x,
y: collectionView.contentOffset.y,
width: collectionView.frame.size.width,
height: (collectionView.frame.size.height - (collectionView.contentInset.top + collectionView.contentInset.bottom)))
for attributes in visibleAttributes {
// Check if cell frame is inside container frame
if attributes.frame.intersects(container) {
let item = attributes.indexPath.item
if item < topMostVisibleItem { topMostVisibleItem = item }
if item > bottomMostVisibleItem { bottomMostVisibleItem = item }
}
}
// Call super after first calculations
super.prepare(forCollectionViewUpdates: updateItems)
// Calculate offset of inserting items
// ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
var willInsertItemsToTop = false
var willInsertItemsToBottom = false
// Iterate over all new items and add their height if they go inserted
for updateItem in updateItems {
switch updateItem.updateAction {
case .insert:
if topMostVisibleItem + updateItems.count > updateItem.indexPathAfterUpdate!.item {
if let newAttributes = self.layoutAttributesForItem(at: updateItem.indexPathAfterUpdate!) {
offset += (newAttributes.size.height + self.minimumLineSpacing)
willInsertItemsToTop = true
}
} else if bottomMostVisibleItem <= updateItem.indexPathAfterUpdate!.item {
if let newAttributes = self.layoutAttributesForItem(at: updateItem.indexPathAfterUpdate!) {
offset += (newAttributes.size.height + self.minimumLineSpacing)
willInsertItemsToBottom = true
}
}
case.delete:
// TODO: Handle removal of items
break
default:
break
}
}
// Pass on information if items need more than one screen
// ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
// Just continue if one flag is set
if willInsertItemsToTop || willInsertItemsToBottom {
// Get heights without top and bottom
let collectionViewContentHeight = collectionView.contentSize.height
let collectionViewFrameHeight = collectionView.frame.size.height - (collectionView.contentInset.top + collectionView.contentInset.bottom)
// Continue only if the new content is higher then the frame
// If it is not the case the collection view can display all cells on one screen
if collectionViewContentHeight + offset > collectionViewFrameHeight {
if willInsertItemsToTop {
CATransaction.begin()
CATransaction.setDisableActions(true)
isInsertingItemsToTop = true
} else if willInsertItemsToBottom {
isInsertingItemsToBottom = true
}
}
}
}
override func finalizeCollectionViewUpdates() {
// Set final content offset with animation or not
// ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
// Get collection view as non-optional object
guard let collectionView = self.collectionView else { return }
if isInsertingItemsToTop {
// Calculate new content offset
let newContentOffset = CGPoint(x: collectionView.contentOffset.x,
y: collectionView.contentOffset.y + offset)
// Set new content offset without animation
collectionView.contentOffset = newContentOffset
// Commit/end transaction
CATransaction.commit()
} else if isInsertingItemsToBottom {
// Calculate new content offset
// Always scroll to bottom
let newContentOffset = CGPoint(x: collectionView.contentOffset.x,
y: collectionView.contentSize.height + offset - collectionView.frame.size.height + collectionView.contentInset.bottom)
// Set new content offset with animation
collectionView.setContentOffset(newContentOffset, animated: true)
}
}
}
also please check, it may set collection view As Chat behavior like upside down
https://gist.github.com/jochenschoellig/04ffb26d38ae305fa81aeb711d043068