pre select/highlight UICollectionViewCell on first load of view

Question

Im trying to preselect the first object/UICollectionViewCell in the UICollectionView? I have tried:

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Answer 1

I solved this by subclassing UICollectionView and selecting needed item in layoutSubviews:

class InitialSelectionCollectionView: UICollectionView {

   var initialSetupPerformed: Bool = false
   var initialSelectedIndexPath: IndexPath!

   override func layoutSubviews() {
       super.layoutSubviews()

       if !initialSetupPerformed && initialSelectedIndex != nil{
           selectItem(at: initialSelectedIndexPath, animated: false, scrollPosition: .centeredHorizontally)

           initialSetupPerformed = true
       }
   }
}

Then, when you init your custom collection view, just set needed IndexPath to initialSelectedIndexPath