Paging UICollectionView by cells, not screen

Question

I have UICollectionView with horizontal scrolling and there are always 2 cells side-by-side per the entire screen. I need the scrolling to stop at the begining

Answer 1

Here's my implementation in Swift 5 for vertical cell-based paging:

override func targetContentOffset(forProposedContentOffset proposedContentOffset: CGPoint, withScrollingVelocity velocity: CGPoint) -> CGPoint {

    guard let collectionView = self.collectionView else {
        let latestOffset = super.targetContentOffset(forProposedContentOffset: proposedContentOffset, withScrollingVelocity: velocity)
        return latestOffset
    }

    // Page height used for estimating and calculating paging.
    let pageHeight = self.itemSize.height + self.minimumLineSpacing

    // Make an estimation of the current page position.
    let approximatePage = collectionView.contentOffset.y/pageHeight

    // Determine the current page based on velocity.
    let currentPage = velocity.y == 0 ? round(approximatePage) : (velocity.y < 0.0 ? floor(approximatePage) : ceil(approximatePage))

    // Create custom flickVelocity.
    let flickVelocity = velocity.y * 0.3

    // Check how many pages the user flicked, if <= 1 then flickedPages should return 0.
    let flickedPages = (abs(round(flickVelocity)) <= 1) ? 0 : round(flickVelocity)

    let newVerticalOffset = ((currentPage + flickedPages) * pageHeight) - collectionView.contentInset.top

    return CGPoint(x: proposedContentOffset.x, y: newVerticalOffset)
}

Some notes:

• Doesn't glitch
• SET PAGING TO FALSE! (otherwise this won't work)
• Allows you to set your own flickvelocity easily.
• If something is still not working after trying this, check if your itemSize actually matches the size of the item as that's often a problem, especially when using collectionView(_:layout:sizeForItemAt:), use a custom variable with the itemSize instead.
• This works best when you set self.collectionView.decelerationRate = UIScrollView.DecelerationRate.fast.

Here's a horizontal version (haven't tested it thoroughly so please forgive any mistakes):

override func targetContentOffset(forProposedContentOffset proposedContentOffset: CGPoint, withScrollingVelocity velocity: CGPoint) -> CGPoint {

    guard let collectionView = self.collectionView else {
        let latestOffset = super.targetContentOffset(forProposedContentOffset: proposedContentOffset, withScrollingVelocity: velocity)
        return latestOffset
    }

    // Page width used for estimating and calculating paging.
    let pageWidth = self.itemSize.width + self.minimumInteritemSpacing

    // Make an estimation of the current page position.
    let approximatePage = collectionView.contentOffset.x/pageWidth

    // Determine the current page based on velocity.
    let currentPage = velocity.x == 0 ? round(approximatePage) : (velocity.x < 0.0 ? floor(approximatePage) : ceil(approximatePage))

    // Create custom flickVelocity.
    let flickVelocity = velocity.x * 0.3

    // Check how many pages the user flicked, if <= 1 then flickedPages should return 0.
    let flickedPages = (abs(round(flickVelocity)) <= 1) ? 0 : round(flickVelocity)

    // Calculate newHorizontalOffset.
    let newHorizontalOffset = ((currentPage + flickedPages) * pageWidth) - collectionView.contentInset.left

    return CGPoint(x: newHorizontalOffset, y: proposedContentOffset.y)
}

This code is based on the code I use in my personal project, you can check it out here by downloading it and running the Example target.

Answer 2

final class PagingFlowLayout: UICollectionViewFlowLayout {
    private var currentIndex = 0

    override func targetContentOffset(forProposedContentOffset proposedContentOffset: CGPoint, withScrollingVelocity velocity: CGPoint) -> CGPoint {
        let count = collectionView!.numberOfItems(inSection: 0)
        let currentAttribute = layoutAttributesForItem(
            at: IndexPath(item: currentIndex, section: 0)
            ) ?? UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes()

        let direction = proposedContentOffset.x > currentAttribute.frame.minX
        if collectionView!.contentOffset.x + collectionView!.bounds.width < collectionView!.contentSize.width || currentIndex < count - 1 {
            currentIndex += direction ? 1 : -1
            currentIndex = max(min(currentIndex, count - 1), 0)
        }

        let indexPath = IndexPath(item: currentIndex, section: 0)
        let closestAttribute = layoutAttributesForItem(at: indexPath) ?? UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes()

        let centerOffset = collectionView!.bounds.size.width / 2
        return CGPoint(x: closestAttribute.center.x - centerOffset, y: 0)
    }
}

Answer 3

just override the method:

- (void)scrollViewWillEndDragging:(UIScrollView *)scrollView withVelocity:(CGPoint)velocity targetContentOffset:(inout CGPoint *)targetContentOffset {
    *targetContentOffset = scrollView.contentOffset; // set acceleration to 0.0
    float pageWidth = (float)self.articlesCollectionView.bounds.size.width;
    int minSpace = 10;

    int cellToSwipe = (scrollView.contentOffset.x)/(pageWidth + minSpace) + 0.5; // cell width + min spacing for lines
    if (cellToSwipe < 0) {
        cellToSwipe = 0;
    } else if (cellToSwipe >= self.articles.count) {
        cellToSwipe = self.articles.count - 1;
    }
    [self.articlesCollectionView scrollToItemAtIndexPath:[NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:cellToSwipe inSection:0] atScrollPosition:UICollectionViewScrollPositionLeft animated:YES];
}

Answer 4

Ok so the proposed answers did'nt worked for me because I wanted to scroll by sections instead, and thus, have variable width page sizes

I did this (vertical only):

   var pagesSizes = [CGSize]()
   func scrollViewDidScroll(_ scrollView: UIScrollView) {
        defer {
            lastOffsetY = scrollView.contentOffset.y
        }
        if collectionView.isDecelerating {
            var currentPage = 0
            var currentPageBottom = CGFloat(0)
            for pagesSize in pagesSizes {
                currentPageBottom += pagesSize.height
                if currentPageBottom > collectionView!.contentOffset.y {
                    break
                }
                currentPage += 1
            }
            if collectionView.contentOffset.y > currentPageBottom - pagesSizes[currentPage].height, collectionView.contentOffset.y + collectionView.frame.height < currentPageBottom {
                return // 100% of view within bounds
            }
            if lastOffsetY < collectionView.contentOffset.y {
                if currentPage + 1 != pagesSizes.count {
                    collectionView.setContentOffset(CGPoint(x: 0, y: currentPageBottom), animated: true)
                }
            } else {
                collectionView.setContentOffset(CGPoint(x: 0, y: currentPageBottom - pagesSizes[currentPage].height), animated: true)
            }
        }
    }

In this case, I calculate each page size beforehand using the section height + header + footer, and store it in the array. That's the pagesSizes member