Subclassing UICollectionView, skipping indexes - ios

I was trying to subclass collection view layout , in order to get a constant spacing between vertical cells. i have 2 columns and many rows, with dynamic cells height .
The goal is Pinterest like grid.
So i have subclassed the layout class, and now has a constant space between cells, but there is a serious problem caused by that .
When i scroll down, the left cells are not being loaded in time= there are many "holes" so that there is blank space of 3-4 cells, and than- they suddenly appears at once -lately.
so i have this :
1 2
3 4
6
8
than 5 and 7 appears when i scroll down more . i just can't get rid of this !
EDIT: seems that when all cells are in the same size, this will not happens ,so when i return here a constant height :
//cell size
- (CGSize)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView layout:(UICollectionViewLayout*)collectionViewLayout sizeForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath;
{
CGSize size=CGSizeMake( imageWidth, scale*height+[Globals sharedGlobals].gridViewStripHeight );
return size;
My subclass(which when not using it, also solves the problem )
//the subclass
- (NSArray *)layoutAttributesForElementsInRect:(CGRect)rect
{
NSArray* arr = [super layoutAttributesForElementsInRect:rect];
for (UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes* atts in arr)
{
if (nil == atts.representedElementKind)
{
NSIndexPath* ip = atts.indexPath;
atts.frame = [self layoutAttributesForItemAtIndexPath:ip].frame;
}
}
return arr;
}
- (UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes *)layoutAttributesForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes* atts =[super layoutAttributesForItemAtIndexPath:indexPath];
if (indexPath.item == 0 || indexPath.item == 1) // degenerate case 1, first item of section
return atts;
NSIndexPath* ipPrev =
[NSIndexPath indexPathForItem:indexPath.item-2 inSection:indexPath.section];
CGRect fPrev = [self layoutAttributesForItemAtIndexPath:ipPrev].frame;
CGFloat rightPrev = fPrev.origin.y + fPrev.size.height + 50;
if (atts.frame.origin.y <= rightPrev) // degenerate case 2, first item of line
return atts;
CGRect f = atts.frame;
f.origin.y = rightPrev;
atts.frame = f;
return atts;
}
To use it i have :
UICollectionViewFlowLayout *layout=[[TopAlignedCollectionViewFlowLayout alloc] init]; subclass
CGRect size=CGRectMake( ([UIScreen mainScreen].bounds.size.width-collectionWidth)/2,
upperLineMargin, collectionWidth, [UIScreen mainScreen].bounds.size.height-upperLineMargin);
self.GridView=[[UICollectionView alloc] initWithFrame:size collectionViewLayout:layout];
[self.GridView registerClass:[GridCell class] forCellWithReuseIdentifier:#"Cell"];

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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
This is my collectionview delegate
#pragma mark <UICollectionViewDataSource>
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInCollectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView {
return 1;
}
- (NSInteger)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView numberOfItemsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
return 30;
}
- (UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
cell = [collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:#"Cell" forIndexPath:indexPath];
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
return cell;
}
First I tried this one, and its not working
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
UICollectionViewFlowLayout *flow = [[UICollectionViewFlowLayout alloc] init];
flow.itemSize = CGSizeMake(cell.frame.size.width, cell.frame.size.height);
flow.scrollDirection = UICollectionViewScrollPositionCenteredVertically;
flow.minimumInteritemSpacing = 0;
flow.minimumLineSpacing = 0;
[self.collectionView registerClass:[UICollectionViewCell class] forCellWithReuseIdentifier:#"Cell"];
}
and I tried this one also, its not working
#pragma mark collection view cell paddings
- (UIEdgeInsets)collectionView:(UICollectionView*)collectionView layout:(UICollectionViewLayout *)collectionViewLayout insetForSectionAtIndex:(NSInteger)section {
return UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, 0, 0); // top, left, bottom, right
}
- (CGFloat)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView layout:(UICollectionViewLayout*)collectionViewLayout minimumInteritemSpacingForSectionAtIndex:(NSInteger)section {
return 5.0;
}
Please help me to fix this.
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];
for(int i = 1; i < [answer count]; ++i) {
UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes *currentLayoutAttributes = answer[i];
UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes *prevLayoutAttributes = answer[i - 1];
NSInteger maximumSpacing = 4;
NSInteger origin = CGRectGetMaxX(prevLayoutAttributes.frame);
if(origin + maximumSpacing + currentLayoutAttributes.frame.size.width < self.collectionViewContentSize.width) {
CGRect frame = currentLayoutAttributes.frame;
frame.origin.x = origin + maximumSpacing;
currentLayoutAttributes.frame = frame;
}
}
return answer;
}
maximumSpacing could be set to any value you prefer
From storyboard also you can set the spacing attributes. Select your collection view - select size inspector tab, there you can adjust minimum spacing for for cells or for lines.
And you can adjust section insets also.
flow.sectionInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake(1, 1, 1, 1);
Use sectionInset for your UICollectionViewFlowLayout in viewdidload.
See my answer on how to adjust UICollectionView width (using AutoLayout constraint) to fit all cells perfectly without any spacing between them.

iOS UICollectionView header & footer location

Working in iOS 7, how does one specify where the header & footer boxes go in a UICollectionView?
I have a custom UICollectionViewFlowLayout. I have overwritten
-(void)prepareLayout
-(NSArray*) layoutAttributesForElementsInRect:(CGRect)rect
-(UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes*) layoutAttributesForSupplementaryViewOfKind: (NSString*)kind atIndexPath:(NSIndexPath*)indexPath
My problem is, I'm not sure how to specify header location. I have already specified that a header exists in prepareLayout:
-(void)prepareLayout
{
[super prepareLayout];
boundsSize = self.collectionView.bounds.size;
midX = boundsSize.width / 2.0f;
curIndex = 0;
self.headerReferenceSize = CGSizeMake(CELL_SIZE, TITLE_HEIGHT);
self.footerReferenceSize = CGSizeMake(0, 0);
self.scrollDirection = UICollectionViewScrollDirectionHorizontal;
self.sectionInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake(TOP_INSET, LEFT_INSET, BOTTOM_INSET, RIGHT_INSET);
self.minimumLineSpacing = LINE_SPACING;
self.minimumInteritemSpacing = INTERIM_SPACING;
self.itemSize = CGSizeMake(CELL_SIZE, CELL_SIZE);
}
I just don't know the right property of my custom FlowLayout to set, as there doesn't seem to be something like "HeaderLocation" to set, either as a LayoutAttributes or in the layout object itself. Right now, it is appearing to the side/between my images, when I'd like them to be appearing above each image (horizontal scroll).
I have tried the following:
-(UICollectionReusableView*) collectionView: (UICollectionView*)collectionView viewForSupplementaryElementOfKind:(NSString*)kind atIndexPath:(NSIndexPath*)indexPath
{
NSLog(#"**ViewForSupplementaryElementOfKind called***");
CGFloat centerX = collectionView.center.x;
CGFloat centerY = collectionView.center.y;
CGFloat titleWidth = [MyLayout titleWidth];
CGFloat titleHeight = [MyLayout titleHeight];
MyTitleView* titleView = [collectionView dequeueReusableSupplementaryViewOfKind:kind withReuseIdentifier:ImageTitleIdentifier forIndexPath:indexPath];
titleView.frame = CGRectMake(centerX - titleWidth/2.0,
0.0,
titleWidth,
titleHeight);
return titleView;
}
This doesn't work. The title appears above overlapped with a bunch of other titles, then the moment I start scrolling (horizontally), they jump back into the wrong place, horizontally between the images rather than above.
PS> Please do not suggest anything that has to do with NIB or XIB placement. I am using a UICollectionView, NOT a UICollectionViewController, so I actually have no prototypical cell to work with. The layout is being done entirely programatically -- from code alone -- so I can't simply open a XIB file and adjust the location of a text box.
Amending the attributes returned by -layoutAttributesForElementsInRect is the right approach, but if you want to alter the position of offscreen headers and footers, you may need to fetch the supplementary view attributes yourself.
For example, in your UICollectionViewFlowLayout subclass:
- (NSArray *)layoutAttributesForElementsInRect:(CGRect)rect
{
NSMutableArray *attributesArray = [[super layoutAttributesForElementsInRect:rect] mutableCopy];
// the call to super only returns attributes for headers that are in the bounds,
// so locate attributes for out of bounds headers and include them in the array
NSMutableIndexSet *omittedSections = [NSMutableIndexSet indexSet];
for (UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes *attributes in attributesArray) {
if (attributes.representedElementCategory == UICollectionElementCategoryCell) {
[omittedSections addIndex:attributes.indexPath.section];
}
}
for (UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes *attributes in attributesArray) {
if ([attributes.representedElementKind isEqualToString:UICollectionElementKindSectionHeader]) {
[omittedSections removeIndex:attributes.indexPath.section];
}
}
[omittedSections enumerateIndexesUsingBlock:^(NSUInteger idx, BOOL *stop) {
NSIndexPath *indexPath = [NSIndexPath indexPathForItem:0 inSection:idx];
UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes *attributes = [self layoutAttributesForSupplementaryViewOfKind:UICollectionElementKindSectionHeader
atIndexPath:indexPath];
[attributesArray addObject:attributes];
}];
for (UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes *attributes in attributesArray) {
if ([attributes.representedElementKind isEqualToString:UICollectionElementKindSectionHeader]) {
// adjust any aspect of each header's attributes here, including frame or zIndex
}
}
return attributesArray;
}
CollectionView Header height is set below Collectionview delegate
- (CGSize)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView layout:(UICollectionViewLayout *)collectionViewLayout referenceSizeForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
And Set view in Collectionview Header in Below Delegate
- (UICollectionReusableView*)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView viewForSupplementaryElementOfKind:(NSString *)kind atIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
UICollectionReusableView * view = nil;
if ([kind isEqualToString:UICollectionElementKindSectionHeader])
{
ColorSectionHeaderView *header = [collectionView dequeueReusableSupplementaryViewOfKind:UICollectionElementKindSectionHeader
withReuseIdentifier:NSStringFromClass([ColorSectionHeaderView class])
forIndexPath:indexPath];
header.sectionIndex = indexPath.section;
header.hideDelete = collectionView.numberOfSections == 1; // hide when only one section
header.delegate = self;
view = header;
}
return view;
}
Ragistred Class in ViewDidLoad
-(void)ViewDidLoad
{
[collectionView registerNib:[UINib nibWithNibName:NSStringFromClass([ColorSectionFooterView class]) bundle:nil]
forSupplementaryViewOfKind:UICollectionElementKindSectionFooter
withReuseIdentifier:NSStringFromClass([ColorSectionFooterView class])];
[Super ViewDidLoad];
}

First row Top spacing UICollectioViewCell

i'm having problems to align the first row to the top when I have different UICollectionViewCell heights and I don't know why. It seems that minimumLineSpacingForSectionAtIndex method is not working.
Here is my result:
As you can see, the first row is not aligned to the top.
This is my code:
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
...
FlowLayout *flowLayout = [[FlowLayout alloc] init];
flowLayout.itemSize = CGSizeMake(152, 260);
flowLayout.sectionInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake( 5, 5, 5, 5);
flowLayout.scrollDirection = UICollectionViewScrollDirectionVertical;
self.collectionView.collectionViewLayout = flowLayout;
...
}
- (CGSize)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView layout:
(UICollectionViewLayout*)collectionViewLayout sizeForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)
indexPath{
if (indexPath.row == 0)
return CGSizeMake(152, 200);
if (indexPath.row == 1)
return CGSizeMake(152, 270);
return CGSizeMake(152, 300);
}
- (CGFloat)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView layout:
(UICollectionViewLayout*)collectionViewLayout
minimumInteritemSpacingForSectionAtIndex:(NSInteger)section {
return 5.0;
}
- (CGFloat)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView
layout:(UICollectionViewLayout*)collectionViewLayout
minimumLineSpacingForSectionAtIndex:(NSInteger)section {
return 8.0;
}
This is the code of my FlowLayout:
#implementation FlowLayout
- (NSArray *)layoutAttributesForElementsInRect:(CGRect)rect
{
NSMutableArray *result = [NSMutableArray array];
NSInteger sectionCount = 1;
if ([self.collectionView.dataSource respondsToSelector:#selector(numberOfSectionsInCollectionView:)])
{
sectionCount = [self.collectionView.dataSource numberOfSectionsInCollectionView:self.collectionView];
}
for (int s = 0; s < sectionCount; s++)
{
NSInteger itemCount = [self.collectionView.dataSource collectionView:self.collectionView numberOfItemsInSection:s];
for (int i = 0; i < itemCount; i++)
{
NSIndexPath *indexPath = [NSIndexPath indexPathForItem:i inSection:s];
UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes *layoutAttributes =
[self layoutAttributesForSupplementaryViewOfKind:UICollectionElementKindSectionHeader atIndexPath:indexPath];
if (layoutAttributes != nil) {
[result addObject:layoutAttributes];
}
UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes *layout = [self layoutAttributesForItemAtIndexPath:indexPath];
if (CGRectIntersectsRect(rect, layout.frame))
{
[result addObject:layout];
}
}
}
return result;
}
- (UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes *)layoutAttributesForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes* atts =
[super layoutAttributesForItemAtIndexPath:indexPath];
if (indexPath.item == 0 || indexPath.item == 1) // degenerate case 1, first item of section
return atts;
NSIndexPath* ipPrev =
[NSIndexPath indexPathForItem:indexPath.item-2 inSection:indexPath.section];
CGRect fPrev = [self layoutAttributesForItemAtIndexPath:ipPrev].frame;
CGFloat rightPrev = fPrev.origin.y + fPrev.size.height + 10;
if (atts.frame.origin.y <= rightPrev) // degenerate case 2, first item of line
return atts;
CGRect f = atts.frame;
f.origin.y = rightPrev;
atts.frame = f;
return atts;
}
- (BOOL) shouldInvalidateLayoutForBoundsChange:(CGRect)newBound {
return YES;
}
What you are experiencing is a normal cell placement when using the UICollectionViewFlowLayout.
You have to tweak the layout attributes being returned by the flow layout. To do so, override the layoutAttributesForElementsInRect: method and any of the methods that return layout attributes. Modify the attributes provided by the parent class, and then return them. The attribute you have to modify is frame.
A good example of doing it is a sample code from Apple - Custom Layouts: A Worked Example
Update after attaching implementation of the layout.
Looks like in the layoutAttributesForItemAtIndexPath: method you are not adjusting the frame for first item (index 0). You are returning the attributes you get from parent class. Change the frame's origin.y to 0 for item 0.

UICollectionViewFlowLayout not line breaking correctly

I have subclassed flow layout and set it as my collectionViewLayout on my collection view.
Then I set up the layout as follows:
- (id) init
{
if(self = [super init])
{
self.minimumInteritemSpacing = 11.0;
self.scrollDirection = UICollectionViewScrollDirectionVertical;
self.itemSize = CGSizeMake(64.0,32.0);
self.minimumLineSpacing = 10.0;
self.sectionInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake(11.0,95.0,11.0,11.0);
return self;
}
return nil;
}
95 + 64 + 11 + 64 + 11 + 64 + 11 = 320 - i checked it. (thats one left inset, 3 cells, 2 spaces and one right inset)
I have 1 section, 72 items, and my cell for index path function:
- (UICollectionViewCell*) collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
CustomCell *cell = [self.collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:cellIdentifierForCustomCell forIndexPath:indexPath];
cell.mainLabel.text = [#(indexPath.item) stringValue];
return cell;
}
The output is this:
As you can see, there's just 2 cells per row. Furthermore, it is not displaying every 3rd cell.
I had a look at what flow layout's layout function was producing
- (NSArray *)layoutAttributesForElementsInRect:(CGRect)rect {
gives...
This is the first 3 layout attributes in the layoutAttributes [NSArray] and as you can see it has decided to only deem the first 2 and then the 4th item as visible for the rect (320 by 568). This has to be an error in collection view layout, doesn't it? The collection view fills the screen and is 320 wide. So since this is a line breaking layout, no items should be off screen.
With edge insets removed:
It works as it is supposed to. But I would like to have section insets since I need to add some decoration views which need to be in the same scroll view while I need a much bigger lleft inset than right inset.
There is a bug in Apple's UICollectionViewFlowLayout where some cells are displayed out of bounds.
These resources will help you to fix it (you have to create a subclass of UICollectionViewFlowLayout and override this method):
- (NSArray *)layoutAttributesForElementsInRect:(CGRect)rect {
NSArray *attributes = [super layoutAttributesForElementsInRect:rect];
NSMutableArray *newAttributes = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:attributes.count];
for (UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes *attribute in attributes) {
if ((attribute.representedElementCategory != UICollectionElementCategoryCell) || // always include everything that's not a cell
((attribute.frame.origin.x + attribute.frame.size.width <= (self.collectionViewContentSize.width - self.sectionInset.right)) &&
(attribute.frame.origin.y + attribute.frame.size.height <= (self.collectionViewContentSize.height - self.sectionInset.bottom))))
{
[newAttributes addObject:attribute];
}
}
return newAttributes;
}
Sources for the basis for this fix:
https://gist.github.com/nicksnyder/4075682
UICollectionView flowLayout not wrapping cells correctly (iOS)
Until someone works out whats going on and whether or not this is a bug, the method I am using to fix this currently is:
- (NSArray *)alterAttributes:(NSArray *)attributes
{
for (UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes *attribute in attributes) {
switch (attribute.indexPath.item % 3) {
case 0:
attribute.center = CGPointMake(CellX1,attribute.center.y);
break;
case 1:
attribute.center = CGPointMake(CellX2,attribute.center.y);
break;
case 2:
attribute.center = CGPointMake(CellX3,attribute.center.y);
break;
default:
break;
}
}
return attributes;
}
Manually changing the x coordinates in layoutAttributesForElementsInRect - not really a satisfying solution.

collection view or table view

I'm trying to get a simple collection view to work. Basically I would like the collection view to be exactly like a table in a database with rows and columns where I can scroll horizontally. Something like this:
Player 1 cell 1 cell 2 cell 3 cell 4 ... cell 20
Player 2 cell 1 cell 2 cell 3 cell 4 ... cell 20
<----------- scroll --------------------------->
I'm using a collection view so I can determine exactly what cell the player is clicking and it would seem that it would give me more flexibility overall as opposed to a tableview.
The problem is I cannot for the life of me get the collection view to display like I want. The cells are being stacked vertically... example (no way to make them stay in one row and scroll horizontally to see the other columns of the row. example...
Player 1 cell 1 cell 2 cell3
cell 4 cell 6 cell 7 ...
Player 2 cell 1 cell 2 cell4
cell 4...
I'm starting to think that maybe collection view is not a good api to use and maybe I should be simply using a tableview. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Here's my attempt to do this. It works, but as this is my first attempt at a custom layout, I'm sure there are things that could be done to improve it. I made a subclass of UICollectionViewFlowLayout called MultipleLineLayout with this code:
#implementation MultpleLineLayout {
NSInteger itemWidth;
NSInteger itemHeight;
}
-(id)init {
if (self = [super init]) {
itemWidth = 60;
itemHeight = 60;
}
return self;
}
-(CGSize)collectionViewContentSize {
NSInteger xSize = [self.collectionView numberOfItemsInSection:0] * (itemWidth + 20) + 60;
NSInteger ySize = [self.collectionView numberOfSections] * (itemHeight + 20) ;
return CGSizeMake(xSize, ySize);
}
- (UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes *)layoutAttributesForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)path {
UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes* attributes = [UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes layoutAttributesForCellWithIndexPath:path];
NSInteger xValue;
if (path.row == 0) {
itemWidth = 120;
attributes.size = CGSizeMake(itemWidth,itemHeight);
xValue = itemWidth/2 + path.row * (itemWidth +20);
}else{
itemWidth = 60;
attributes.size = CGSizeMake(itemWidth,itemHeight);
xValue = itemWidth/2 + path.row * (itemWidth +20) + 60;
}
NSInteger yValue = itemHeight + path.section * (itemHeight +20);
attributes.center = CGPointMake(xValue, yValue);
return attributes;
}
-(NSArray*)layoutAttributesForElementsInRect:(CGRect)rect {
NSInteger minRow = (rect.origin.x > 0)? rect.origin.x/(itemWidth +20) : 0; // need to check because bounce gives negative values for x.
NSInteger maxRow = rect.size.width/(itemWidth +20) + minRow;
NSMutableArray* attributes = [NSMutableArray array];
for(NSInteger i=0 ; i < self.collectionView.numberOfSections; i++) {
for (NSInteger j=minRow ; j < maxRow; j++) {
NSIndexPath* indexPath = [NSIndexPath indexPathForItem:j inSection:i];
[attributes addObject:[self layoutAttributesForItemAtIndexPath:indexPath]];
}
}
return attributes;
}
This is the code in the view controller:
#import "ViewController.h"
#import "MultpleLineLayout.h"
#interface ViewController ()
#property (strong,nonatomic) UICollectionView *collectionView;
#property (strong,nonatomic) NSArray *theData;
#end
#implementation ViewController
- (void)viewDidLoad {
self.theData = #[#[#"Player 1",#"1",#"2",#"3",#"4",#"5",#"6",#"7",#"8",#"9",#"10",#"11",#"12",#"13",#"14",#"15",#"16",#"17",#"18",#"19",#"20"], #[#"Player 2",#"1",#"2",#"3",#"4",#"5",#"6",#"7",#"8",#"9",#"10",#"11",#"12",#"13",#"14",#"15",#"16",#"17",#"18",#"19",#"20"],#[#"Player 3",#"1",#"2",#"3",#"4",#"5",#"6",#"7",#"8",#"9",#"10",#"11",#"12",#"13",#"14",#"15",#"16",#"17",#"18",#"19",#"20"],#[#"Player 4",#"1",#"2",#"3",#"4",#"5",#"6",#"7",#"8",#"9",#"10",#"11",#"12",#"13",#"14",#"15",#"16",#"17",#"18",#"19",#"20"]];
MultpleLineLayout *layout = [[MultpleLineLayout alloc] init];
self.collectionView = [[UICollectionView alloc] initWithFrame:self.view.bounds collectionViewLayout:layout];
self.collectionView.dataSource = self;
self.collectionView.delegate = self;
layout.scrollDirection = UICollectionViewScrollDirectionHorizontal;
self.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
[self.view addSubview:self.collectionView];
[self.collectionView registerClass:[UICollectionViewCell class] forCellWithReuseIdentifier:#"Cell"];
[self.collectionView reloadData];
}
- (NSInteger)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)view numberOfItemsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
return [self.theData[section] count];
}
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInCollectionView: (UICollectionView *)collectionView {
return [self.theData count];
}
- (UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
UICollectionViewCell *cell = [collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:#"Cell" forIndexPath:indexPath];
[cell.contentView.subviews.lastObject removeFromSuperview]; //removes the label from a dequeued cell so we can make a new one of the right size.
UILabel *label;
if (indexPath.row == 0) {
label = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10, 15, 100, 30)];
}else{
label = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10, 15, 40, 30)];
}
label.backgroundColor = [UIColor yellowColor];
label.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentCenter;
label.text = self.theData[indexPath.section][indexPath.row];
[cell.contentView addSubview:label];
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor orangeColor];
return cell;
}
- (void)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView didSelectItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
UICollectionViewCell *item = [collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:indexPath];
NSLog(#"%#",[(UILabel *)item.contentView.subviews.lastObject text]);
}
So, my data is set up as an array of arrays, with each subarray being one player and his scores. This layout does seem to keep each players cells in a horizontal line. I made the first cell of each line bigger to hold the players name -- I'm not sure what's the best way to deal with this one larger cell. I've hard coded some numbers, but that's probably not the best way.
I welcome any suggestions for improvement, or fixes.
I haven't used this personally, but it seems to be recommended on other SO posts:
https://github.com/TheVole/HorizontalTable
Perhaps this might work better than a UICollectionView ?
(See this post also: How to make a horizontal UI table view on iPhone?)
Good luck!
UICollectionView is so powerfull and easy to extend because it adds a new feature: UICollectionViewFlowLayout. I'm afraid you cannot get perfect solution for what you need by default implement in Cocoa, but it is so esay to extend the UICollectionViewFlowLayout to a new layout in your case maybe a snake layout.
If any help, maybe you can see this github url: KMCollectionViewSnakeLayout to get some tips. It's not the style like:
Player 1 cell 1 cell 2 cell3
cell 4 cell 6 cell 7 ...
Player 2 cell 1 cell 2 cell4
cell 4...
but is a style like:
Player 1 cell 1 cell 2 | Player 2 cell 1 cell 2
cell3 cell 4 cell 6 | cell3 cell 4 cell6
cell 7 ... | cell7
Take a while to read it or the Apple Doc, you will got a lot!

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