Either implement the following delegate methods:
– collectionView:layout:sizeForItemAtIndexPath:
– collectionView:layout:insetForSectionAtIndex:
– collectionView:layout:minimumLineSpacingForSectionAtIndex:
– collectionView:layout:minimumInteritemSpacingForSectionAtIndex:
– collectionView:layout:referenceSizeForHeaderInSection:
– collectionView:layout:referenceSizeForFooterInSection:
In your view controller that has your :cellForItemAtIndexPath
method (just return the correct values). Or, instead of using the delegate methods, you may also set these values directly in your layout object, e.g. [layout setItemSize:size];
.
Using either of these methods will enable you to set your settings in Code rather than IB as they're removed when you set a Custom Layout. Remember to add <UICollectionViewDelegateFlowLayout>
to your .h file, too!
Create a new Subclass of UICollectionViewFlowLayout
, call it whatever you want, and make sure the H file has:
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
@interface YourSubclassNameHere : UICollectionViewFlowLayout
@end
Inside the Implementation File make sure it has the following:
- (NSArray *) layoutAttributesForElementsInRect:(CGRect)rect {
NSMutableArray *answer = [[super layoutAttributesForElementsInRect:rect] mutableCopy];
UICollectionView * const cv = self.collectionView;
CGPoint const contentOffset = cv.contentOffset;
NSMutableIndexSet *missingSections = [NSMutableIndexSet indexSet];
for (UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes *layoutAttributes in answer) {
if (layoutAttributes.representedElementCategory == UICollectionElementCategoryCell) {
[missingSections addIndex:layoutAttributes.indexPath.section];
}
}
for (UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes *layoutAttributes in answer) {
if ([layoutAttributes.representedElementKind isEqualToString:UICollectionElementKindSectionHeader]) {
[missingSections removeIndex:layoutAttributes.indexPath.section];
}
}
[missingSections enumerateIndexesUsingBlock:^(NSUInteger idx, BOOL *stop) {
NSIndexPath *indexPath = [NSIndexPath indexPathForItem:0 inSection:idx];
UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes *layoutAttributes = [self layoutAttributesForSupplementaryViewOfKind:UICollectionElementKindSectionHeader atIndexPath:indexPath];
[answer addObject:layoutAttributes];
}];
for (UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes *layoutAttributes in answer) {
if ([layoutAttributes.representedElementKind isEqualToString:UICollectionElementKindSectionHeader]) {
NSInteger section = layoutAttributes.indexPath.section;
NSInteger numberOfItemsInSection = [cv numberOfItemsInSection:section];
NSIndexPath *firstCellIndexPath = [NSIndexPath indexPathForItem:0 inSection:section];
NSIndexPath *lastCellIndexPath = [NSIndexPath indexPathForItem:MAX(0, (numberOfItemsInSection - 1)) inSection:section];
NSIndexPath *firstObjectIndexPath = [NSIndexPath indexPathForItem:0 inSection:section];
NSIndexPath *lastObjectIndexPath = [NSIndexPath indexPathForItem:MAX(0, (numberOfItemsInSection - 1)) inSection:section];
UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes *firstObjectAttrs;
UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes *lastObjectAttrs;
if (numberOfItemsInSection > 0) {
firstObjectAttrs = [self layoutAttributesForItemAtIndexPath:firstObjectIndexPath];
lastObjectAttrs = [self layoutAttributesForItemAtIndexPath:lastObjectIndexPath];
} else {
firstObjectAttrs = [self layoutAttributesForSupplementaryViewOfKind:UICollectionElementKindSectionHeader
atIndexPath:firstObjectIndexPath];
lastObjectAttrs = [self layoutAttributesForSupplementaryViewOfKind:UICollectionElementKindSectionFooter
atIndexPath:lastObjectIndexPath];
}
CGFloat headerHeight = CGRectGetHeight(layoutAttributes.frame);
CGPoint origin = layoutAttributes.frame.origin;
origin.y = MIN(
MAX(
contentOffset.y + cv.contentInset.top,
(CGRectGetMinY(firstObjectAttrs.frame) - headerHeight)
),
(CGRectGetMaxY(lastObjectAttrs.frame) - headerHeight)
);
layoutAttributes.zIndex = 1024;
layoutAttributes.frame = (CGRect){
.origin = origin,
.size = layoutAttributes.frame.size
};
}
}
return answer;
}
- (BOOL) shouldInvalidateLayoutForBoundsChange:(CGRect)newBound {
return YES;
}
Choose "Custom" in Interface Builder for the Flow Layout, choose your "YourSubclassNameHere" Class that you just created. And Run!
(Note: the code above may not respect contentInset.bottom values, or especially large or small footer objects, or collections that have 0 objects but no footer.)