Adding a UICollectionViewController inside UiView [duplicate] - ios

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Hi am new to Ios development and I am trying to develop a simple view with imageView, pickerView and collectionView.
I have a separate UICollectionViewcontroller, I want to add that UIcollectionviewController inside the UiView in New MainVC. When i run this two UIViewControllers separately they works fine. But i don't know how to add the UICollectionViewcontroller to VIView.Can someone help me to put my UICollectionviewcontroller inside the UIView or any suggestion to do this in a simple way.
NewMainVC
import UIKit
class NewMainVC: UIViewController, UIPickerViewDataSource, UIPickerViewDelegate, UITextFieldDelegate {
#IBOutlet weak var DropDown: UIPickerView!
#IBOutlet weak var textBox: UITextField!
#IBOutlet weak var sensorCollection: UICollectionView!
var values : [AnyObject] = []
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
self.values.append("Main Room" as AnyObject)
self.values.append("Dinning Room" as AnyObject)
self.values.append("Kitchen" as AnyObject)
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
func numberOfComponents(in pickerView: UIPickerView) -> Int {
return 1
}
func pickerView(_ pickerView: UIPickerView, numberOfRowsInComponent component: Int) -> Int {
return self.values.count
}
func pickerView(_ pickerView: UIPickerView, titleForRow row: Int, forComponent component: Int) -> String? {
let titleRow = (values[row] as? String)!
return titleRow
}
func pickerView(_ pickerView: UIPickerView, didSelectRow row: Int, inComponent component: Int) {
if values.count > 0 && values.count >= row{
self.textBox.text = self.values[row] as? String
self.DropDown.isHidden = true
}
}
func textFieldDidBeginEditing(_ textField: UITextField) {
//when you select the text field the picker view will be visible
if(textField == self.textBox){
self.DropDown.isHidden = false
self.view.endEditing(true)
}
}
}
PhotosCollectionViewController
import UIKit
import SwiftyJSON
class PhotosCollectionViewController: UICollectionViewController
{
#IBOutlet var home_collection_View: UICollectionView!
var sensorObjectList = [SensorObject]()
struct Storyboard {
static let photoCell = "PhotoCell"
static let headerView = "HeaderView"
static let showDetailSegue = "ShowDetail"
static let leftAndRightPaddings: CGFloat = 2.0
static let numberOfItemsPerRow: CGFloat = 3.0
}
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let collectionViewWidth = collectionView?.frame.width
let itemWidth = (collectionViewWidth! - Storyboard.leftAndRightPaddings) / Storyboard.numberOfItemsPerRow
let layout = collectionViewLayout as! UICollectionViewFlowLayout
layout.itemSize = CGSize(width: itemWidth, height: itemWidth+50)
NetworkCall().requestUsingGetMethod(url: "http://122.168.50.5:8181/rest/sitemaps", completion: { response in
print(response)
let jsonResults = JSON(String: response)
print("------------------------------")
print("HomePage Link : \(jsonResults[0]["homepage"]["link"].stringValue)")
print("leaf : \(jsonResults[0]["homepage"]["leaf"].stringValue)")
print("label : \(jsonResults[0]["label"].stringValue)")
print("name : \(jsonResults[0]["name"].stringValue)")
print("link : \(jsonResults[0]["link"].stringValue)")
print("------------------------------")
self.getHomePageData(homeurl: jsonResults[0]["link"].stringValue as String!)
})
}
func getHomePageData(homeurl: String){
NetworkCall().requestUsingGetMethodDictionnary(url: homeurl, completion: { response in
print(response)
let jsonResults = JSON(String: response)
// print(json8 )
print("-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------")
print("label : \(jsonResults["label"].stringValue)")
// print("Inside Homepage Link : \(json8["homepage"]["link"].stringValue)")
// print("Inside the Item array : \(json8["homepage"]["widgets"].arrayValue)")
// print("Inside the Item array2 : \(json8["homepage"]["widgets"][0]["widgets"].arrayValue)")
for result in jsonResults["homepage"]["widgets"][0]["widgets"].arrayValue {
print("---------------------------------------------")
print("Label : \(result["label"].stringValue)")
print("widgetId : \(result["widgetId"].stringValue)")
print("icon : \(result["icon"].stringValue)")
print("type : \(result["type"].stringValue)")
print("category : \(result["item"]["category"].stringValue)")
print("link : \(result["item"]["link"].stringValue)")
print("Item label : \(result["item"]["label"].stringValue)")
print("type : \(result["item"]["type"].stringValue)")
print("state : \(result["item"]["state"].stringValue)")
print("name : \(result["item"]["name"].stringValue)")
let sensor = SensorObject()
sensor.Label = result["label"].stringValue
sensor.widgetId = result["widgetId"].stringValue
sensor.icon = result["icon"].stringValue
sensor.category = result["item"]["category"].stringValue
sensor.link = result["item"]["link"].stringValue
sensor.Itemlabel = result["item"]["label"].stringValue
sensor.type = result["type"].stringValue
sensor.state = result["item"]["state"].stringValue
sensor.name = result["item"]["name"].stringValue
self.sensorObjectList.append(sensor)
}
self.home_collection_View.reloadData()
})
}
// MARK: - UICollectionViewDataSource
// override func numberOfSections(in collectionView: UICollectionView) -> Int {
// return photoCategories.count
// }
override func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, numberOfItemsInSection section: Int) -> Int
{
return self.sensorObjectList.count
}
override func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, cellForItemAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UICollectionViewCell
{
let cell = collectionView.dequeueReusableCell(withReuseIdentifier: Storyboard.photoCell, for: indexPath) as! PhotoCell
let sensor = self.sensorObjectList[indexPath.row]
cell.imageName = "ic_home_white"
cell.imageText = sensor.name
cell.statusText = sensor.state
cell.titleText = sensor.Itemlabel
return cell
}
// MARK: - UICollectionViewDelegate
override func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, didSelectItemAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
// let category = self.photoCategories[indexPath.section]
// let image = UIImage(named: category.imageNames[indexPath.item])
//
// self.performSegue(withIdentifier: Storyboard.showDetailSegue, sender: image)
}
}
Can someone help me to put my UICollectionviewcontroller inside the UIView or any suggestion to do this in a simple way.

Answer 1

you can add container view to your mainVC and Embed your collection view to that Container View