iOS UICollectionView prototype cell size property ignored

Question

I\'m using a UICollectionView with two prototype cells. The prototype cells have different widths and contain different controls (image view and web view). I\'m definitely ret

Answer 1

In Swift you can call sizeForItemAtIndexPath delegate method to set the size for each cell.

func collectionView(collectionView: UICollectionView, layout collectionViewLayout: UICollectionViewLayout, sizeForItemAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> CGSize {

        if indexPath.row == 0 {
                // Set the size for cell no. 0
         }else if indexPath.row == 1 {
               // Set the size for cell no. 1
        }
    }

I hope that helps. Thanks!

Answer 2

I had a Similar Issue, I set a breakpoint on the sizeForItemAt and it was being called for every cell I had on my collection, however, the size set in code was never being reflected on the device.

While looking at other collections in my project I noticed the Collection View Flow Layout was slightly different in the collection with the issue.

By Selecting the Flow Layout in the Storyboard

And then Setting the Cell Size & Estimate Size in the Size Inspector

This helped me solve my issue.

However the size of the cell will not be dynamic with what is in your sizeForItemAt

Answer 3

If all your cells are the same size, you should simply set the UICollectionView's Cell size properties to the same as the UICollectionViewCell's size properties.