Keep reference of views from collectionView is doubled - ios

Question

Trying to keep reference in arrays of all views that being added to collection view .
So what happens, is that i have this array with the data, but when i scroll down the collection, it calls the reusable cells function ,and try to add them again to my array ,although i am checking if they are there before adding them again :
- (UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
UICollectionViewCell *cell=[collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:#"cellIdentifier" forIndexPath:indexPath];
//quantity
UILabel *quantityL=[[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(cell.frame.size.width/10,cell.frame.size.width/10, cell.frame.size.width/5,cell.frame.size.width/5)];
quantityL.text=[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%d",quantity];
quantityL.font=[UIFont fontWithName:[Globals sharedGlobals].titleFont size:[Globals sharedGlobals].badgeSize];
quantityL.textAlignment=NSTextAlignmentCenter;
//more and more stuff
[cell addSubview:quantityL]; //add to cell
if(![allQuantities containsObject:quantityL]) //check if already in array!
[allQuantities addObject:quantityL]; //add to array
i can see that allQuantities array is changing its size... why ?

Answer 1

To properly reuse and set frames: code for your controller:
#define kMyCellIdentifier #"kMyCellIdentifier"
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
//...
[self.collectionView setDelegate:self];
[self.collectionView setDataSource:self];
[self.collectionView registerClass:[MyCollectionViewCell class] forCellWithReuseIdentifier:kMyCellIdentifier];
}
#pragma mark - UICollectionViewDelegate && UICollectionViewDataSource
- (UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
MyCollectionViewCell *cell = [collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:kMyCellIdentifier forIndexPath:indexPath];
[cell.textLabel setText:#"blah"];
return cell;
}
And your cell subclass:
#interface MyCollectionViewCell : UICollectionViewCell
#property(nonatomic, readonly) UILabel *textLabel;
#end
#implementation MyCollectionViewCell
- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame {
if (self = [super initWithFrame:frame]) {
_textLabel = [[UILabel alloc] init];
[self.textLabel setTextAlignment:NSTextAlignmentCenter];
[self.contentView addSubview:self.textLabel];
}
return self;
}
- (void)layoutSubviews {
[super layoutSubviews];
CGRect rect = self.contentView.bounds;
[self.textLabel setFrame:rect];
}