How to embed a CollectionView in a TableView? - ios

I've put a UICollectionView in the header of my table, but when I test it all I see is a black rectangle where my collection should be. What do I have to do to be able to see it? I did some research and found a method called viewForHeaderInSection, but I haven't found any explanation for it so I don't even know if that is what I need or what to do with it.
An additional question would be where do I put the related methods for the collection? (a new file?)
If it's important, this is on an IPad screen.

in your CellForRowAtIndexPath, add something like this.
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSString* CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell* cell = (UITableViewCell *) [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
LiteratureScrollViewController* cv = [self.storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"collectionViewID"];
[cell.contentView addSubview:cv.view];
[cell setSelectionStyle:UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone];
[cv didMoveToParentViewController:self];
return cell;
}

I have had the same issue...
Select the actual collection view inside of your view in Storyboard. Check the background color. If you change it to "Clear Color" you just might see your collection view! While testing, to see your "item", select it, and set it's color to white, or something other than the view's background color.

In your UICollectionView Class do something like the method below to see which item was selected and then you can do whatever you want with selected object.
- (void)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView didSelectItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
[self performSelector:#selector(singleTapOnCell:) withObject:indexPath];
}

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How can I change custom cells label parameters in viewDidLoad?

I have custom cell called MyCustomCell, there is a label named pushLabel, in table view I get parameters of label like this:
cell.pushLabel.text = #"text";
I need to get in that label parameters in viewDidLoad (where table view is located), how this can be done?
In viewDidLoad method, UITableView still should have not been loaded so there no way you can get UITableViewCell objects.
One solution can be, maintain flag say you have
//Add in your .h file
BOOL hidePushLabel;
Now use these flag to hide intially in tableview like this:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
NSString *strCellIndentifier = #"cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:strCellIndentifier];
if (cell)
{
//By default hidePushLabel will be NO so hide pushLabel
if(!hidePushLabel)
cell.pushLabel.hidden = YES;
else
cell.pushLabel.hidden = NO;
}
return cell;
}

UITableViewCell hide content when is not visible

I have gif animated pictures in some uitableview rows,
When there is a lot of gifs in tableview CPU usage is going to be very high,
So I want to hide these gifs when their row is not visible,
How can I do that ?
How can I achieve not visible cells row's indexPath ?
After that I can hide the gif like that :
UITableViewCell *celll = [ tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
UIImageView *gif = (UIImageView*)[celll viewWithTag:30000];
gif.hidden = TRUE;
So I must get not visible cells indexPath's in a loop.
Generally, you don't need to do that as long as you properly use reusable cells.
Nevertheless, if you do want to do that, you can use tableView:didEndDisplayingCell:forRowAtIndexPath: method on UITableViewDelegate:
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didEndDisplayingCell:(UITableViewCell *)cell
forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
UIImageView *gif = (UIImageView*)[celll viewWithTag:30000];
gif.hidden = YES;
}
If you'll put the line:
NSLog(#"%#",indexPath);
as the first line of the method:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
You'll realise that it's done automatically. Only the visible cells, i.e the one that appears on the screen, are the one you present the data for.
Sorry for poor english.You had not posted code about how your cellForRowAtIndexPath implementation look like,i will suggest to make your cellForRowAtIndexPath like below.
-(UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"YOURIDENTIFIERSTRING";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeReusableCellWithIdentifier: CellIdentifier forIndexPath:indexPath];
// Configure the cell here …
return cell;
}
This way only those many cells will be created which are visible on device and once row goes out of device view it will be reuse for new row. Please check apple doc for tableview.

iOS UITableViewCell title slides completely out of view when editing

I have a simple UITableView
I'm doing my first Edit implementation, to add Delete functionality. Most of this stuff is the default apparently. Pretty much the only method I added to my Controller is
- (void) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
commitEditingStyle:(UITableViewCellEditingStyle)editingStyle
forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
Program *victim = Site.current.sortedPrograms[indexPath.row];
[Site.current removeProgram: victim];
[self.tableView
deleteRowsAtIndexPaths: #[indexPath]
withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationAutomatic];
}
When I hit the Edit button, I see
which is good. But When I hit the minus button on one with a shorter title, I see the following
The title is completely scrolled out of site! Similarly, if I use the iOS 7 swipe left gesture, even on a longer title, the title is scrolled out of view:
The code I use to create the cell is pretty simple:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"ProgramCell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier forIndexPath:indexPath];
Program *program = Site.current.sortedPrograms[indexPath.row];
cell.textLabel.text = program.name;
cell.detailTextLabel.text = [program.script prettyCycleDuration];
return cell;
}
This isn't what I want my users to see. I would rather see it scroll the title only if necessary, so that context (not whitespace) associates with the delete button. I am just using a stock UITableViewCell (not a subclass), and I'm setting the 'style' to Subtitle. I've looked at the delegate methods, and a book I have, but I don't see anything that shows how to deal with this. Is there a way? Will I need to do my own Cell subclass and handle the states more explicitly? Or is there something else I can do?
Update
Even after converting to a custom subclass, with constraint based layouts for my cell, it still slides the whole view over, rather than compress it.

UITableViewController customCell disappear and appear as they wish both on scroll and load

I have been looking for answers for more than 2 days now. It just does not seem to solve.
Here is the code for cell
- (myCustomCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
CustomData *m = (CustomData *)[self.allCustomData objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"customCell";
myCustomCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier forIndexPath:indexPath];
[cell setBackgroundColor:[UIColor colorWithRed:255.0f green:255.0f blue:255.0f alpha:1]];
[cell.customTitle setText:m.name];
[cell.customStatus setText:#"Download"];
NSLog(#"%#",cell.customTitle.text);
return cell;
}
'cell' never returns nil. the log always prints the correct text. But the cells appear empty for some reason. On load I notice the first cell appears empty, and then on scroll, randomly 2-3 cells of any order become empty. The first cell often appears back on scroll.
I can't seem to understand what the issue could be.
UPDATE
Here are two screen shots. First one is how the table loads, I have put a background color just for debugging purpose. As you see the first cell is not showing up.
The one below is the second screenshot where I changed the orientation and scrolled a bit. You see how the first cell magically appears and the second goes away.
Also for debugging purpose, I added these two methods.
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDisplayCell:(dtEditionCell *)cell forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
NSLog(#"Display %# %d %f",cell.editionTitle.text,indexPath.row,cell.frame.origin.x);
}
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didEndDisplayingCell:(dtEditionCell *)cell forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
NSLog(#"End Display %# %d %f",cell.editionTitle.text,indexPath.row,cell.frame.origin.x);
}
The log prints as expected. All cells are visible with correct text.
I don't know if it has something to do, but the method you show is not exactly the one used by the tableview. Here is how I do it with custom cells. I'm doing it a lot and works fine:
- (UITableViewCell*)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
TextCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:#"textCellId" forIndexPath:indexPath];
TextFieldContent *cellContent=[[self.dataSource objectAtIndex:indexPath.section] objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
cell.titleLabel.text=cellContent.titleLabel;
cell.textField.placeholder=cellContent.placeHolder;
cell.textField.tag=cellContent.tag;
cell.textField.keyboardType=UIKeyboardTypeDecimalPad;
cell.textField.delegate=self;
return cell;
}
TextFieldContent is a cutom object that hold all the properties of the custom cell. For easier implementation.

Error while adding UICollectionView inside UITableViewCell

So I am trying to display horizontally scrollable collection view inside tableviewcell. the code i am using is
(UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = (UITableViewCell *) [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
UICollectionViewController *cv = [self.storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"collectionViewID"];
cv.view.frame = cell.contentView.bounds;
[self addChildViewController:cv];
[cell.contentView addSubview:cv.view];
[cv didMoveToParentViewController:self];
return cell;
}
I am getting error: Object can not be nil. I'd appreciate if someone can help me out understanding the error.
I have done this in my app.
I found it much easier to subclass UITableViewCell. The I could put all the UICollectionView setup and the UICollectionView datasource and delegate inside the code for the cell.
I then provided one public property of type NSArray which I pass into the cell. The cell then uses this array as the datasource for the UICollectionView that it owns itself.
Made it a lot easier to manage.
check your UICollectionViewControlle's attribute inspector for identifier value {collectionViewID}
EDIT
[self addChildViewController:cv]; --> I think you want to add cv to the cell, isn't you?

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