Using Auto Layout in UITableView for dynamic cells heights - ios

I am stuck in here trying to achieve a dynamic cell height for my collectionView.
So here is my case:
I have a UICollectionViewCell xib file which contains the following controls with their constraints to achieve the dynamic cell height :
UIButton
UILabel (Fixed Height)
UILabel (Fixed Height)
UILabel (Dynamic Height)
as the image below :
Everything was working fine when the UIButton had a fixed height (130) with the dynamic text for the last UILabel as Image #1, until I changed the constraint for the UIButton as follow:
Remove the height constraint (height = 130).
add aspect ratio (1:1).
As Image #2 shown:
Image #1
Image #2
For the code side here is what I did:
1-UICollectionViewCell subclass:
-(void)awakeFromNib {
[super awakeFromNib];
self.contentView.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth;
self.contentView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = YES;
}
-(void)layoutSubviews {
[self layoutIfNeeded];
}
-(CGSize)preferredLayoutSizeFittingSize:(CGSize)targetSize
{
CGRect originalFrame = self.frame;
CGRect frame = self.frame;
frame.size = targetSize;
self.frame = frame;
[self setNeedsLayout];
[self layoutIfNeeded];
CGSize computedSize = [self systemLayoutSizeFittingSize:UILayoutFittingCompressedSize];
CGSize newSize = CGSizeMake(targetSize.width, computedSize.height);
self.frame = originalFrame;
return newSize;
}
and inside my ViewController which implements the UICollectionView delegate:
-(NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInCollectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView
{
return 1;
}
-(NSInteger)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView numberOfItemsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
return self.arrData.count;
}
-(UICollectionViewCell*)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
BEBuyCollectionViewCell *cell = [collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:self.reuseID forIndexPath:indexPath];
if([cell isKindOfClass:NSClassFromString(#"BEReceiverCollectionViewCell")])
{
cell.isReceiver = YES;
cell.iType = indexPath.item+1;
}
cell.object = self.arrData[indexPath.row];
[cell fillData];
return cell;
}
- (CGSize)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView layout:(UICollectionViewLayout *)collectionViewLayout sizeForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
CGFloat width = [(BECollectionViewFlowLayout*)collectionViewLayout itemWidth];
CGSize targetSize = CGSizeMake(width, 0);
if(sizingCell == nil)
{
UINib *nibFile = [UINib nibWithNibName:#"CustomCell" bundle:nil];
sizingCell = [[nibFile instantiateWithOwner:self options:nil] firstObject];
}
sizingCell.object = self.arrData[indexPath.row];
[sizingCell fillData];
CGSize adequateSize = [sizingCell preferredLayoutSizeFittingSize:targetSize];
CGSize size = CGSizeMake(width, adequateSize.height + iOffset*2);
return size;
}
Note: BECollectionViewFlowLayout is a custom UICollectionViewFlowLayout to make my UICollectionView show 2 columns by customising the layout of the UICollectionView
So what I am missing to achieve the correct dynamic height for my collectionView?

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I have a problem resizing the cells of a collection view to fit their content. I have a method that works fine, but with iOS 14 this method fails and no longer works. The code I am using is:
In the layout (subclass of UICollectionViewFlowLayout:
- (CGRect)frameForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
withYOffset:(CGFloat)yOffset {
CGFloat x = 0.0;
CGFloat y = yOffset;
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CGFloat height = [self.delegate heightForItemAtIndexPath:indexPath];
return CGRectMake(x, y, width, height);
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In the view controller:
- (CGFloat)heightForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
MyCollectionViewCell *cell = [self.dataSource sizingCellAtIndexPath:indexPath];
[cell setFrame:CGRectMake(cell.bounds.origin.x, cell.bounds.origin.y, UIScreen.mainScreen.bounds.size.width, cell.bounds.size.height)];
CGSize size = [cell systemLayoutSizeFittingSize:UILayoutFittingCompressedSize
withHorizontalFittingPriority:UILayoutPriorityRequired
verticalFittingPriority:UILayoutPriorityDefaultLow];
return size.height;
}
As I said, this works fine until iOS 13.x but with iOS 14 fails and breaks the constraints. I have been searching a lot, and in stackoverflow there are a lot of answers but nothing seems to work for this.
Does someone know why this is not working on iOS 14 and how fix this?
Thanks in advance.
UPDATE
The method sizingCellAtIndexPath called in the first line of the method in the controller is:
- (MyCollectionViewCell *)sizingCellAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
Article *article = [self articleAtIndexPath:indexPath];
NSString *cellIdentifier = [self cellIdentifierForCellAtIndexPath:indexPath];
MyCollectionViewCell *sizingCell = [MyCollectionViewCell sizingCellWithNibName:cellIdentifier];
[sizingCell configureWithArticle:article sizing:YES cellIdentifier:cellIdentifier indexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath];
[sizingCell setNeedsLayout];
[sizingCell layoutIfNeeded];
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set Dynamic width and height of collection view cell

Actually i want to set button dynamically and title of button appear Dynamic i have try this and got width of Dynamic content but am not setting cell width and height.
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
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self.collectionview.delegate = self;
self.collectionview.dataSource =self;
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[ContentArray addObject:#"Resources"];
[ContentArray addObject:#"Human Resources"];
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{
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and output is like this
This is perfect i think if i make cell dynamic width and height, so please guide me through this.
pragma mark - GetHeightFromString
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{
NSDictionary *attributes = #{NSFontAttributeName: [UIFont fontWithName:fontName size:fontSize]};
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options:NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin
attributes:attributes
context:nil];
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For example:
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Further more you can customize your own way.
In Swift 2.0:
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override func viewDidLoad() {
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[super viewDidLayoutSubviews];
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You can try this...
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How can I remove the space between UICollectionViewCells?

I was trying to remove the space between UICollectionView and this is the screenshots from device
I am really trying to avoid those spaces(blue color) and i have tried following codes
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So there is properties and methods can limit the minimum space, such as minimumInteritemSpacingForSectionAtIndex
However it is just the 'minimum space' not always the max space.
This what I am using: borrow from Cell spacing in UICollectionView
Override standard flow layout:
- (NSArray *) layoutAttributesForElementsInRect:(CGRect)rect {
NSArray *answer = [super layoutAttributesForElementsInRect:rect];
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You are almost done
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