pre select/highlight UICollectionViewCell on first load of view

Question

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

self.dateCollectionView.allowsMultipleSelection=NO;

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Answer 1

    [self.collectionView reloadData];
    [self.collectionView layoutIfNeeded]; //important
    NSIndexPath *indexPath = [NSIndexPath indexPathForItem:0 inSection:0];
    [self.collectionView selectItemAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:NO scrollPosition:UICollectionViewScrollPositionNone];
    [self collectionView:self.collectionView didSelectItemAtIndexPath:indexPath];