Put UICollectionViewCell into UICollectionView - ios

Question

I am using LBTAComponents pod
this is a pod that makes easier to work with UICollectionView
without any need to register anything and provides a super simple anchoring system ... and in the first project I've got two days ago I decided to use this framework
but now I have a problem in one of uicollectionviewCells I need another collectionview that I can fill with items then I need it to be scrollable horizontally
import LBTAComponents
import UIKit
class ProductCell: DatasourceCell {
let cellId = "cellid"
let collectionView : UICollectionView = {
let layout = UICollectionViewFlowLayout()
let cv = UICollectionView(frame: .zero, collectionViewLayout: layout)
cv.backgroundColor = .black
return cv
}()
override func setupViews() {
super.setupViews()
ProductCell.addSubview(collectionView)
collectionView.frame = frame
collectionView.register(UICollectionView.self, forCellWithReuseIdentifier: cellId)
collectionView.dataSource = self
}
}
extension ProductCell : UICollectionViewDataSource{
func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, numberOfItemsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return 5
}
func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, cellForItemAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UICollectionViewCell {
let cell = collectionView.dequeueReusableCell(withReuseIdentifier: cellId, for: indexPath)
cell.backgroundColor = .white
return cell
}
}
datasourceCell is equal to UICollectionViewCell in this pod.
and now I am getting this ERROR :
instance member 'addsubview' cannot be used on type uiview did you use the value of this type instead?
could you please help me?
I tried to use self.addSubview(collectionView)
but I got another error enter image description here

Answer 1

You can simply use a UITableView with custom UITableViewCells containing a UICollectionView.
Example:
1. View Hierarchy
2. UIViewController containing UITableView
class ViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDataSource, UITableViewDelegate
{
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int
{
return 2
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell
{
return tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "tcell", for: indexPath) as! TableCell
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, heightForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> CGFloat
{
if indexPath.row == 0
{
return 120
}
else
{
return 150
}
}
}
3. Custom UITableViewCell containing UICollectionView
class TableCell: UITableViewCell, UICollectionViewDataSource
{
func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, numberOfItemsInSection section: Int) -> Int
{
return 3
}
func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, cellForItemAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UICollectionViewCell
{
return collectionView.dequeueReusableCell(withReuseIdentifier: "ccell", for: indexPath)
}
}
4. Output Screenshot

Answer 2

addsubview is an instance method, not a class method. So you should use:
self.addSubview(collectionView)
instead of:
ProductCell.addSubview(collectionView)