UIcollection view support cover flow - ios

Question

Hi friends is it possible to add a cover flow effect in uicollection view in horizontal layout.if possible means kindly tell me how to implement the effect.

Answer 1

Yes it is possible, You need to Implement your custom UICollectionViewFlowLayout.
Make a custom class which inherits UICollectionViewFlowLayout
- (BOOL)shouldInvalidateLayoutForBoundsChange:(CGRect)newBounds {
return YES; }
- (UICollectionViewScrollDirection)scrollDirection {
return UICollectionViewScrollDirectionVertical; }
- (NSArray *)layoutAttributesForElementsInRect:(CGRect)rect {
UICollectionView *collectionView = [self collectionView];
UIEdgeInsets insets = [collectionView contentInset];
CGPoint offset = [collectionView contentOffset];
CGFloat minY = -insets.top;
NSArray *attributes = [super layoutAttributesForElementsInRect:rect];
// minY is Point where we implement this cover flow.
if (offset.y < minY) {
// Figure out how much we've pulled down
CGFloat deltaY = fabsf(offset.y - minY);
for (UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes *attrs in attributes) {
// Locate the header attributes
NSString *kind = [attrs representedElementKind];
if (kind == UICollectionElementKindSectionHeader) {
// This is header's height and y based on how much the user has scrolled down.
CGSize headerSize = [self headerReferenceSize];
CGRect headerRect = [attrs frame];
headerRect.size.height = MAX(minY, headerSize.height + deltaY);
headerRect.origin.y = headerRect.origin.y - deltaY;
[attrs setFrame:headerRect];
break;
}
}
}
return attributes; }
Now in your class where you allocate UICollectionView
CustomCoverFlowHeaderCollectionViewLayout *flow; flow = [[CustomCoverFlowHeaderCollectionViewLayout alloc] init]; [stretchyLayout setHeaderReferenceSize:CGSizeMake(320.0, 160.0)]; // Set our custom layout [collectionView setCollectionViewLayout: flow]; [collectionView setAlwaysBounceVertical:YES]; [collectionView registerClass:[UICollectionReusableView class] forSupplementaryViewOfKind:UICollectionElementKindSectionHeader
withReuseIdentifier:#"myCoverCollectionView"];
You are almost done
- (UICollectionReusableView *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView
viewForSupplementaryElementOfKind:(NSString *)kind
atIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
if (!header) {
header = [collectionView dequeueReusableSupplementaryViewOfKind:kind
withReuseIdentifier:#"myCoverCollectionView" forIndexPath:indexPath];
CGRect bounds;
bounds = [header bounds];
UIImageView *imageView;
imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:bounds];
[imageView setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"background"]];
[imageView setContentMode:UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFill];
[imageView setClipsToBounds:YES];
[imageView setAutoresizingMask:UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight];
[header addSubview:imageView];
}
return header; }

Answer 2

Here is a good project based on UICollectionView for you.