UITableView snap to cell - ios

I am trying to implement is "snap to cell" effect in my UITableView.
My UITableView has 3 equally sized cells, but for some reason the UITableView always snaps to cell 0 or cell 1 and doesn't ever snap to the third cell. its also wrong by about 50 points too low, no matter how hard you slide. I use the most obvious code to create the effect so I can't understand why it doesn't work.
- (void)scrollViewWillEndDragging:(UIScrollView *)scrollView withVelocity:(CGPoint)velocity targetContentOffset:(inout CGPoint *)targetContentOffset {
NSIndexPath *pathForTargetTopCell = [self.tableView indexPathForRowAtPoint:CGPointMake(CGRectGetMidX(self.tableView.bounds), targetContentOffset->y)];
DLog(#"indexPathForRow %d", pathForTargetTopCell.row);
targetContentOffset->y = [self.tableView rectForRowAtIndexPath:pathForTargetTopCell].origin.y;
}
Any thoughts about what could be going wrong?
EDIT:
I suspect this has something to do with the status bar and nav bar on top, since its off by exactly 64 points. Still doesn't explain why it doesn't recognise the last cell though..

For the status bar offset, do this in your VC's viewDidLoad:
if([self respondsToSelector:#selector(setAutomaticallyAdjustsScrollViewInsets:)])
[self setAutomaticallyAdjustsScrollViewInsets:NO];
edit
Just for testing, could you add 4 equally size cells and try snapping to the 3rd and 4th cells?
Modify your scrollViewWillEndDragging implementation as follows:
- (void)scrollViewWillEndDragging:(UIScrollView *)scrollView withVelocity:(CGPoint)velocity targetContentOffset:(inout CGPoint *)targetContentOffset {
NSIndexPath *pathForCenterCell = [self.tableView indexPathForRowAtPoint:CGPointMake(CGRectGetMidX(self.tableView.bounds), CGRectGetMidY(self.tableView.bounds))];
[self.tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath:pathForCenterCell atScrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionMiddle animated:YES];
}

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https://streamable.com/q2lnnw
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I want to implement an UITableView with some animation while the user is scrolling. Only the first visible (top most) cell has to be an different layout. Before the second cell reaches the top of UITableView I want to start the small animation. (changing background alpha and width of cells contentView etc.)
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[UPDATE]
What I have tried so far:
using UIScrollView delegate method scrollViewDidScroll:(UIScrollView *)scrollView
together with UITableView´s visibleCells property using the first item of it to get the
reference with no luck
This is what I have done:
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if (!decelerate) {
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..
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[self scrollingFinish];
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How would you go about implementing a UICollectionView with this behaviour?
The idea is that once a user navigates past a certain point, they cannot go back and view those cells again.
My attempt at a solution has been to listen for gestures on the collection view and if disable scrolling once a swipe occurs on the element. The obvious problem with this is that the user can simple hold and drag any particular cell.
Any thoughts?
I think this behavior may be confusing for your users.
Maybe you should try to add some elasticity/bouncing so that your users would be less confused.
Anyway, I see two different ways to achieve this without subclassing
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#pragma mark - UIScrollViewDelegate
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2/ Or ou can just use the method scrollViewWillEndDragging:withVelocity:targetContentOffset: which I just spoke about, which sets the offset back to its beginning, with an animation.
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To fix the issue, I just disable user interaction while the collection view is "moving automatically".
Here the code:
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{
if (!_isDragging) // <-- only do things if the user is dragging!
return;
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if (contentOffset.x < _contentOffset.x)
{
CGSize contentSize = scrollView.contentSize;
// If content offset is moving inside contentSize:
if ((contentOffset.x + scrollView.bounds.size.width) < contentSize.width)
scrollView.contentOffset= _contentOffset;
}
else
{
// Update the current content offset
_contentOffset = contentOffset;
}
}
- (void)scrollViewWillBeginDragging:(UIScrollView *)scrollView
{
_isDragging = YES;
}
- (void)scrollViewWillEndDragging:(UIScrollView *)scrollView withVelocity:(CGPoint)velocity targetContentOffset:(inout CGPoint *)targetContentOffset
{
_isDragging = NO;
}
- (void)scrollViewDidEndDragging:(UIScrollView *)scrollView willDecelerate:(BOOL)decelerate
{
if (decelerate)
{
// If willDecelerate, stop user interaction!
_collectionView.userInteractionEnabled = NO;
}
}
- (void)scrollViewDidEndDecelerating:(UIScrollView *)scrollView
{
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I want to revert my UIScrollView's content offset if I don't drag enough:
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self.endingOffset = scrollView.contentOffset;
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...
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The code to revert to the original position is in the else portion, and it always works. However, when I don't scroll enough and make the gesture quickly, it snaps back. If I scroll just a little and then hold that position for slightly longer than usual, it reverts back smoothly.
I haven't found anything in the API reference for how long a user has touched a UIScrollView, and even if I did it's not immediately obvious how I could use that to change the behavior of my reverting code. I've also tried scrolling to the position with setContentOffset:animated: but that doesn't seem to fix the jerkiness.
Any ideas?
Have you tried logging the velocity to find out how it is when the jerkiness happens?
EDIT:
What you can try to do is implement these two scrollView delegate methods instead of the willEndDragging method. This solution will give a different feeling to the scrollView, but give it a try.
Fill the checkOffset method with all the logic you need.
- (void)scrollViewDidEndDragging:(UIScrollView *)scrollView willDecelerate:(BOOL)decelerate {
// if scrollView's contentOffset reached its final position during scroll, it will not decelerate, so you need a check here too
if (!decelerate) {
[self checkOffset];
}
}
- (void)scrollViewDidEndDecelerating:(UIScrollView *)scrollView {
[self checkOffset];
}
- (void)checkOffset {
CGPoint newOffset;
...
// Do all the logic you need to move the content offset, then:
...
[self.scrollView setContentOffset:newOffset animated:YES];
}
EDIT #2:
Maybe you could achieve a better result if you also add this to my solution.. Try ;)
- (void)scrollViewWillEndDragging:(UIScrollView *)scrollView withVelocity:(CGPoint)velocity targetContentOffset:(CGPoint *)targetContentOffset {
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*targetContentOffset = scrollView.contentOffset;
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