how to get indexPath for cell which is located in the center of UICollectionView

Question

How can i find indexPath for cell in the middle of UICollectionView?

I have horizontal scrolling and only one big cell<

Answer 1

Here's what I did in Swift 3

private func findCenterIndex() {
    let center = self.view.convert(self.collectionView.center, to: self.collectionView)
    let index = collectionView!.indexPathForItem(at: center)
    print(index ?? "index not found")
}

Answer 2

Swift:

extension UICollectionView {

var centerPoint : CGPoint {

    get {
        return CGPoint(x: self.center.x + self.contentOffset.x, y: self.center.y + self.contentOffset.y);
    }
}

var centerCellIndexPath: IndexPath? {

    if let centerIndexPath: IndexPath  = self.indexPathForItemAtPoint(self.centerPoint) {
        return centerIndexPath
    }
    return nil
}
}

Usage :

if let centerCellIndexPath: IndexPath  = collectionView.centerCellIndexPath {
                print(centerCellIndexPath)
            }

Swift 3:

extension UICollectionView {

var centerPoint : CGPoint {

    get {
        return CGPoint(x: self.center.x + self.contentOffset.x, y: self.center.y + self.contentOffset.y);
    }
}

var centerCellIndexPath: IndexPath? {

    if let centerIndexPath = self.indexPathForItem(at: self.centerPoint) {
        return centerIndexPath
    }
    return nil
}
}

Answer 3

Swift 4

func scrollViewDidEndDecelerating(_ scrollView: UIScrollView) {
    let indexPath = collectionView.indexPathForItem(at: collectionView.bounds.center)        
}

Answer 4

Like you did yourself, indexPathForItemAtPoint is a good way of finding the index path of the element you're interested in. If your question is: how do i know the coordinates of this point? Then you should try with (using the same name you gave it in your code snippet):

initialPinchPoint = CGPointMake(self.collectionView.center.x + self.collectionView.contentOffset.x, 
                                self.collectionView.center.y + self.collectionView.contentOffset.y);

Answer 5

For some of you that might be experiencing some troubles on getting the center, please look at this potential solution:

 func centerCell()->UICollectionViewCell? {
      // Asuming your scrolling is horizontal
      let viewHorizontalCenter =  self.view.bounds.width / 2
      let center = CGPoint(x: viewHorizontalCenter, y: self.collectionView.center.y)

      let convertedPoint = self.view.convert(center, to: self.unitsCollectionView)

      let center = CGPoint(x: self.view.bounds.width / 2, y: self.unitsCollectionView.center.y)
      let convertedPoint = self.view.convert(center, to: self.unitsCollectionView)
      for cell in unitsCollectionView.visibleCells {
          if cell.frame.contains(convertedPoint) {
              print("Hello")
              return cell
          }
      }
      return nil
    }

Answer 6

Try this protocol...

protocol CollectionVisibleMidCell {}
extension CollectionVisibleMidCell where Self: UICollectionView {

    func getMidVisibleIndexPath() -> IndexPath? {
        var visibleRect = CGRect()
        visibleRect.origin = self.contentOffset
        visibleRect.size = self.bounds.size
        let visiblePoint = CGPoint(x: visibleRect.midX, y: visibleRect.midY)
        guard let indexPath = self.indexPathForItem(at: visiblePoint) else { return nil }
        return indexPath
    }
}

extension UICollectionView: CollectionVisibleMidCell {}