I have a Collection View that can show about 3.5 cells at a time, and I want it to be paging-enabled. But I'd like it to snap to each cell (just like the App Store app does), and not scroll the full width of the view. How can I do that?
I have a Collection View that can show about 3.5 cells at a time, and I want it to be paging-enabled. But I'd like it to snap to each cell (just like the App Store app does), and not scroll the full width of the view. How can I do that?
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:
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.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.
I developed my solution before looking at the ones here. I also went with creating a custom UICollectionViewFlowLayout and override the targetContentOffset method.
It seems to work fine for me (i.e. I get the same behavior as in the AppStore) even though I got much less code. Here it is, feel free to point me any drawback you can think of:
override func targetContentOffset(forProposedContentOffset proposedContentOffset: CGPoint, withScrollingVelocity velocity: CGPoint) -> CGPoint {
let inset: Int = 10
let vcBounds = self.collectionView!.bounds
var candidateContentOffsetX: CGFloat = proposedContentOffset.x
for attributes in self.layoutAttributesForElements(in: vcBounds)! as [UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes] {
if vcBounds.origin.x < attributes.center.x {
candidateContentOffsetX = attributes.frame.origin.x - CGFloat(inset)
break
}
}
return CGPoint(x: candidateContentOffsetX, y: proposedContentOffset.y)
}