Swift UICollectionView Cells Mysteriously Repeat - ios

Question

We are trying to make a collection view. In each cell the users can choose an image and enter text into a text field. We noticed that after adding four cells, when we add a new cell, the text field is already filled with the information from previous cells. In our code, we never programmatically fill the text field (which starts out empty), we allow the user to do this. Any suggestions?
func collectionView(collectionView: UICollectionView, cellForItemAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UICollectionViewCell {
let cell = collectionView.dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier("Image", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! CollectionViewCell
cell.deleteButton?.addTarget(self, action: #selector(AddNewItem.xButtonPressed(_:)), forControlEvents: UIControlEvents.TouchUpInside)
cell.deleteButton?.layer.setValue(indexPath.row, forKey: "index")
let item = items[indexPath.item]
let path = getDocumentsDirectory().stringByAppendingPathComponent(item.image)
cell.imageView.image = UIImage(contentsOfFile: path)
cell.imageView.layer.borderColor = UIColor(red: 0, green: 0, blue: 0, alpha: 0.3).CGColor
cell.imageView.layer.borderWidth = 2
cell.layer.cornerRadius = 7
return cell
}

Answer 1

You can use this in UICollectionViewCell custom class
override func prepareForReuse() {
self.profileImg.image = #imageLiteral(resourceName: "Profile Icon Empty")
super.prepareForReuse()
}

Answer 2

Problem is that you are using dequeReusableCellWithIdentifier which returns already created cell(that you were using before). That's why it's already filled with previous data. You need to clear this data before showing this cell, or fill it from some storage(for example array that represents your collection view cells(each object in array somehow related to cell, in your case that is text wroten in cell))

Answer 3

Here's how I ultimately ended up resolving it.
I created an Item class which contained all of the fields which are shown in the collection view cell and created an array of Items.
Here is a simplified version of my CollectionViewCell class, which here only has a single text field:
class CollectionViewCell: UICollectionViewCell {
#IBOutlet weak var itemName: UITextField!
var item: Item?
func initializeListeners(){
itemName.addTarget(self, action: #selector(itemNameChanged(_:)), forControlEvents: UIControlEvents.EditingChanged)
}
//When the item name is changed, make sure the item's info is updated
func itemNameChanged(textField: UITextField) {
item?.itemName = textField.text!
}
}
Here's a simplified version of the cellForItemAtIndexPath function in my view controller class:
func collectionView(collectionView: UICollectionView, cellForItemAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UICollectionViewCell {
let cell = collectionView.dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier("cell", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! CollectionViewCell
cell.initializeListeners()
let item = items[indexPath.item]
cell.item = item
cell.itemName.text = item.itemName
return cell
}

Answer 4

The reason is that collectionViewLayout.collectionViewContentSize.height
is taller than the real contents size! It is recommended to keep UICollectionView calculate the height automatically (without using UIScrollView, let UICollectionView maintain the scroll), as manual change will cause lots of weird behaviors.