UITabelView scrollToRowAtIndexPath scroll to bottom sometimes will made my table disappear, why? - ios

Question

I want my tableview scroll to the bottom when first time into the view, but sometimes won't scroll to the bottom, and sometimes will made my table disappear. (usually happened when first time or second time).
here's my scrolling code:
-(void)tableScrollToBottom{
[self.tableView reloadData];
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
NSIndexPath* indexPath = [NSIndexPath indexPathForRow: ([self.tableView numberOfRowsInSection:([self.tableView numberOfSections]-1)]-1) inSection: ([self.tableView numberOfSections]-1)];
[self.tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath:indexPath
atScrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionBottom
animated:YES];
});
}
and I also have [self tableScrollToBottom] in viewDidAppear, cause if I only scroll the table in viewDidLoad the table always won't scroll to very bottom, and I don't know why, it's really confusing me.
And I tried to put [self.tableView layoutIfNeeded] in [self tableScrollToBottom], and remove the dispatch_async, it seems like the first time I opened the app and into the view still can't scroll to the very bottom, after the first time, it'll scroll to the bottom correctly, I don't know what's the difference between the first time open the app and into that view and after the first time.(my data get from server and it's from previous, and my tableview row height is dynamic).
here's my code in [self tableScrollToBottom] now:
-(void)tableScrollToBottom {
[self.tableView layoutIfNeeded];
NSIndexPath* indexPath = [NSIndexPath indexPathForRow: ([self.tableView numberOfRowsInSection:([self.tableView numberOfSections]-1)]-1) inSection: ([self.tableView numberOfSections]-1)];
[self.tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath:indexPath atScrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionBottom animated:YES];
}
and here's where I called [self tableScrollToBottom] :
-(void)getDicData {
for (int i = 0; i < _csDictArr.count; i ++) {
[_chatPersonArray addObject:_csDictArr[i][#"Person"]];
[_chatDataArray addObject:_csDictArr[i][#"Message"]];
[_chatDateTimeArr addObject:_csDictArr[i][#"Time"]];
}
[self.tableView reloadData];
[self tableScrollToBottom];
}
and I put [self getDicData] in ViewDidLoad, and I also call the tableScrollToBottom in viewDidAppear
-(void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated {
[self tableScrollToBottom];
}

Answer 1

You should use CATransaction to make sure tableView was reload completely before scroll it to bottom.
[CATransaction begin];
[CATransaction setCompletionBlock:^{
CGFloat yOffset = 0;
if (self.tableView.contentSize.height > self.tableView.bounds.size.height) {
yOffset = self.tableView.contentSize.height - self.tableView.bounds.size.height;
}
[self.tableView setContentOffset:CGPointMake(0, yOffset) animated:YES];
}];
[self.tableView reloadData];
[CATransaction commit];