Pagination with Firebase firestore - swift 4

Question

I\'m trying to paginate data (infinitely scroll my tableview) using firestore. I\'ve integrated the code google gives for pagination as best I can, but I\'m still having problem

Answer 1

So here's the solution I've come up with! It is very likely that this solution makes multiple calls to firestore, creating a large bill for any real project, but it works as a proof of concept I guess you could say.

If you have any recommendations or edits, please feel free to share!

Here's how all the variables were initialized:

var rides = [Ride]()
var lastDocumentSnapshot: DocumentSnapshot!
var fetchingMore = false

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func scrollViewDidScroll(_ scrollView: UIScrollView) {
    let offsetY = scrollView.contentOffset.y
    let contentHeight = scrollView.contentSize.height
    //print("offsetY: \(offsetY) | contHeight-scrollViewHeight: \(contentHeight-scrollView.frame.height)")
    if offsetY > contentHeight - scrollView.frame.height - 50 {
        // Bottom of the screen is reached
        if !fetchingMore {
            paginateData()
        }
    }
}

// Paginates data
func paginateData() {

    fetchingMore = true

    var query: Query!

    if rides.isEmpty {
        query = db.collection("rides").order(by: "price").limit(to: 6)
        print("First 6 rides loaded")
    } else {
        query = db.collection("rides").order(by: "price").start(afterDocument: lastDocumentSnapshot).limit(to: 4)
        print("Next 4 rides loaded")
    }

    query.getDocuments { (snapshot, err) in
        if let err = err {
            print("\(err.localizedDescription)")
        } else if snapshot!.isEmpty {
            self.fetchingMore = false
            return
        } else {
            let newRides = snapshot!.documents.compactMap({Ride(dictionary: $0.data())})
            self.rides.append(contentsOf: newRides)

            //
            DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 1, execute: {
                self.tableView.reloadData()
                self.fetchingMore = false
            })

            self.lastDocumentSnapshot = snapshot!.documents.last
        }
    }
}