UICollectionView with dynamic height not getting same space between cell

Question

I am having similar problem like this

I am generating height of view at run time.Here is my code

@interface CollectionViewController ()
{
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Answer 1

I've got the general solution for this kind of problem:

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    [cView registerNib:[UINib nibWithNibName:@"CViewCell" bundle:nil] forCellWithReuseIdentifier:kCellID];

    CViewFlowLayout *fl = [[CViewFlowLayout alloc] init];
    fl.minimumInteritemSpacing = 10;
    fl.scrollDirection = UICollectionViewScrollDirectionVertical;
    self.cView.collectionViewLayout = fl;

    NSString *strJson = MY FUNCTION WHICH RETURNS JSON STRING;
    SBJSON *parser = [[SBJSON alloc] init];

    self.arrMain = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
    self.arrMain = [parser objectWithString:strJson error:nil];
    for (int i=0; i<[self.arrMain count]; i++) {
    NSDictionary *dic = [self.arrMain objectAtIndex:i];
    [self setTags:[[UIView alloc] init] selDictionary:dic];  // This function generates height and save it to the dictionary
}
    [cView reloadData];

}

Then, update the code in CViewFlowLayout.m, which is a subclass of UICollectionViewFlowLayout.

Here is the code:

#define numColumns 3
@implementation CViewFlowLayout
@synthesize numOfColumnsToDisplay;
- (NSArray *)layoutAttributesForElementsInRect:(CGRect)rect
{
    NSArray* attributesToReturn = [super layoutAttributesForElementsInRect:rect];
    for (UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes* attributes in attributesToReturn)
    {
        if (nil == attributes.representedElementKind)
        {
            NSIndexPath* indexPath = attributes.indexPath;
            attributes.frame = [self layoutAttributesForItemAtIndexPath:indexPath].frame;
        }
    }
    return attributesToReturn;
}

- (UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes *)layoutAttributesForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes* currentItemAttributes = [super layoutAttributesForItemAtIndexPath:indexPath];

    if (indexPath.item < numColumns){
        CGRect f = currentItemAttributes.frame;
        f.origin.y = 0;
        currentItemAttributes.frame = f;
        return currentItemAttributes;
    }
    NSIndexPath* ipPrev = [NSIndexPath indexPathForItem:indexPath.item-numColumns inSection:indexPath.section];
    CGRect fPrev = [self layoutAttributesForItemAtIndexPath:ipPrev].frame;
    CGFloat YPointNew = fPrev.origin.y + fPrev.size.height + 10;
    CGRect f = currentItemAttributes.frame;
    f.origin.y = YPointNew;
    currentItemAttributes.frame = f;
    return currentItemAttributes;
}

This solution will work for vertical scrolling only. If you want to display more or less columns, just change the numColumns.