Executing network request once cellForItemAtIndexPath is completed for CollectionView? - ios

Question

I have a collection view that in which a cell is populated based on an array of int's.
After the cells are created I want to check for parameters for each cell via network request.
At the moment I carry out the network request for each cell in this method and it causes a cell to be created before its parameters are assigned due to inconsistent networks.
Is there a method to run a network function (sendGetPar:) on completion of laying out the cells? Obviously this can then be reused when the user scrolls etc.
-(UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
BOOL isFocusOn = [_userDefault boolForKey:#"mixFocusOn"];
if (isFocusOn == TRUE) {
CDCChannelStrip *cell = [collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:#"cell" forIndexPath:indexPath];
NSNumber *setChan = [self.focusChannels objectAtIndex:indexPath.section];
NSInteger chanInt = [setChan intValue] +1;
cell.clipsToBounds = YES;
[cell initData:(chanInt)];
[self.mixMonitorView setChannelsStripToType:(cell)];
[self.mixMonitorView sendGetPar:chanInt];
return cell;
}

Answer 1

I believe the Apple's documentation would be helpful
probably the methods:
collectionView:didEndDisplayingCell:forItemAtIndexPath:
Tells the delegate that the specified cell was removed from the collection view.
collectionView:didUpdateFocusInContext:withAnimationCoordinator:
Tells the delegate that a focus update occurred.

Answer 2

Something like this:
-(UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
BOOL isFocusOn = [_userDefault boolForKey:#"mixFocusOn"];
if (isFocusOn == TRUE) {
CDCChannelStrip *cell = [collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:#"cell" forIndexPath:indexPath];
NSInteger chanInt = indexPath.row +1;
cell.clipsToBounds = YES;
[cell initData:(chanInt)];
[self.mixMonitorView setChannelsStripToType:(cell)];
[self.mixMonitorView sendGetPar:chanInt];
return cell;
}
-(void) sendGetPar:(NSInteger)index // you could return the parameter via this method.
{
NSLog(#"Parameter:%ld", (long)index);
}