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

The class that you inherited from UICollectionViewFlowLayout must contain methods :

- (CGSize)collectionViewContentSize
{
    return CGSizeMake(200, 200) // as per your cell size
}

- (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 (!currentItemAttributes)
    {
        currentItemAttributes = [UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes
                                 layoutAttributesForCellWithIndexPath:indexPath];
    }
    return currentItemAttributes;
}

And in Your CollectionViewController add

#pragma mark - Collection View Datasource

- (CGSize)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView
                  layout:(UICollectionViewLayout  *)collectionViewLayout
  sizeForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    // Adjust cell size for orientation
    if (UIDeviceOrientationIsLandscape([[UIApplication sharedApplication] statusBarOrientation]))
    {
        return CGSizeMake(150, 230);
    }
    return CGSizeMake(150, 230);
}

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

You can set the size with a property:

flowLayout.headerReferenceSize = CGSizeMake(0, 100);//constant height for all the items header

If Dynamic :

- (CGSize)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView layout:(UICollectionViewLayout*)collectionViewLayout referenceSizeForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section {
    if (section == albumSection) {
        return CGSizeMake(0, 100);
    }

    return CGSizeZero;
}

Answer 4

Try this:

- (CGSize)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView layout:(UICollectionViewLayout*)collectionViewLayout sizeForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{

    return CGSizeMake(250, 150);
}

Answer 5

Using following method

//Swift

func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView,
    layout collectionViewLayout: UICollectionViewLayout,
    sizeForItemAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> CGSize{
 return CGSizeMake(250, 150);
}

//Objective C

-(CGSize)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView layout:(UICollectionViewLayout *)collectionViewLayout sizeForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
return CGSizeMake(250, 150);
}

Answer 6

See this in Storybord or xib set values!