UICollectionView, full width cells, allow autolayout dynamic height?
1. Solution for iOS 13+
With Swift 5.1 and iOS 13, you can use Compositional Layout objects in order to solve your problem.
The following complete sample code shows how to display multiline UILabel
inside full-width UICollectionViewCell
:
CollectionViewController.swift
import UIKit
class CollectionViewController: UICollectionViewController {
let items = [
[
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.",
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.",
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.",
],
[
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt.",
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.",
],
[
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt.",
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.",
"Lorem ipsum. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris.",
]
]
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let size = NSCollectionLayoutSize(
widthDimension: NSCollectionLayoutDimension.fractionalWidth(1),
heightDimension: NSCollectionLayoutDimension.estimated(44)
)
let item = NSCollectionLayoutItem(layoutSize: size)
let group = NSCollectionLayoutGroup.horizontal(layoutSize: size, subitem: item, count: 1)
let section = NSCollectionLayoutSection(group: group)
section.contentInsets = NSDirectionalEdgeInsets(top: 10, leading: 10, bottom: 10, trailing: 10)
section.interGroupSpacing = 10
let headerFooterSize = NSCollectionLayoutSize(
widthDimension: .fractionalWidth(1.0),
heightDimension: .absolute(40)
)
let sectionHeader = NSCollectionLayoutBoundarySupplementaryItem(
layoutSize: headerFooterSize,
elementKind: "SectionHeaderElementKind",
alignment: .top
)
section.boundarySupplementaryItems = [sectionHeader]
let layout = UICollectionViewCompositionalLayout(section: section)
collectionView.collectionViewLayout = layout
collectionView.register(CustomCell.self, forCellWithReuseIdentifier: "CustomCell")
collectionView.register(HeaderView.self, forSupplementaryViewOfKind: UICollectionView.elementKindSectionHeader, withReuseIdentifier: "HeaderView")
}
override func numberOfSections(in collectionView: UICollectionView) -> Int {
return items.count
}
override func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, numberOfItemsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return items[section].count
}
override func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, cellForItemAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UICollectionViewCell {
let cell = collectionView.dequeueReusableCell(withReuseIdentifier: "CustomCell", for: indexPath) as! CustomCell
cell.label.text = items[indexPath.section][indexPath.row]
return cell
}
override func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, viewForSupplementaryElementOfKind kind: String, at indexPath: IndexPath) -> UICollectionReusableView {
let headerView = collectionView.dequeueReusableSupplementaryView(ofKind: UICollectionView.elementKindSectionHeader, withReuseIdentifier: "HeaderView", for: indexPath) as! HeaderView
headerView.label.text = "Header"
return headerView
}
override func viewWillTransition(to size: CGSize, with coordinator: UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator) {
super.viewWillTransition(to: size, with: coordinator)
coordinator.animate(alongsideTransition: { context in
self.collectionView.collectionViewLayout.invalidateLayout()
}, completion: nil)
}
}
HeaderView.swift
import UIKit
class HeaderView: UICollectionReusableView {
let label = UILabel()
override init(frame: CGRect) {
super.init(frame: frame)
backgroundColor = .magenta
addSubview(label)
label.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
label.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: centerXAnchor).isActive = true
label.centerYAnchor.constraint(equalTo: centerYAnchor).isActive = true
}
required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
}
}
CustomCell.swift
import UIKit
class CustomCell: UICollectionViewCell {
let label = UILabel()
override init(frame: CGRect) {
super.init(frame: frame)
label.numberOfLines = 0
backgroundColor = .orange
contentView.addSubview(label)
label.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
label.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: contentView.topAnchor).isActive = true
label.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: contentView.leadingAnchor).isActive = true
label.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: contentView.trailingAnchor).isActive = true
label.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: contentView.bottomAnchor).isActive = true
}
required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
}
}
Expected display:
2. Solution for iOS 11+
With Swift 5.1 and iOS 11, you can subclass UICollectionViewFlowLayout
and set its estimatedItemSize
property to UICollectionViewFlowLayout.automaticSize
(this tells the system that you want to deal with autoresizing UICollectionViewCell
s). You'll then have to override layoutAttributesForElements(in:)
and layoutAttributesForItem(at:)
in order to set cells width. Lastly, you'll have to override your cell's preferredLayoutAttributesFitting(_:)
method and compute its height.
The following complete code shows how to display multiline UILabel
inside full-width UIcollectionViewCell
(constrained by UICollectionView
's safe area and UICollectionViewFlowLayout
's insets):
CollectionViewController.swift
import UIKit
class CollectionViewController: UICollectionViewController {
let items = [
[
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.",
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.",
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.",
],
[
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt.",
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.",
],
[
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt.",
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.",
"Lorem ipsum. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris.",
]
]
let customFlowLayout = CustomFlowLayout()
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
customFlowLayout.sectionInsetReference = .fromContentInset // .fromContentInset is default
customFlowLayout.estimatedItemSize = UICollectionViewFlowLayout.automaticSize
customFlowLayout.minimumInteritemSpacing = 10
customFlowLayout.minimumLineSpacing = 10
customFlowLayout.sectionInset = UIEdgeInsets(top: 10, left: 10, bottom: 10, right: 10)
customFlowLayout.headerReferenceSize = CGSize(width: 0, height: 40)
collectionView.collectionViewLayout = customFlowLayout
collectionView.contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior = .always
collectionView.register(CustomCell.self, forCellWithReuseIdentifier: "CustomCell")
collectionView.register(HeaderView.self, forSupplementaryViewOfKind: UICollectionView.elementKindSectionHeader, withReuseIdentifier: "HeaderView")
}
override func numberOfSections(in collectionView: UICollectionView) -> Int {
return items.count
}
override func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, numberOfItemsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return items[section].count
}
override func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, cellForItemAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UICollectionViewCell {
let cell = collectionView.dequeueReusableCell(withReuseIdentifier: "CustomCell", for: indexPath) as! CustomCell
cell.label.text = items[indexPath.section][indexPath.row]
return cell
}
override func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, viewForSupplementaryElementOfKind kind: String, at indexPath: IndexPath) -> UICollectionReusableView {
let headerView = collectionView.dequeueReusableSupplementaryView(ofKind: UICollectionView.elementKindSectionHeader, withReuseIdentifier: "HeaderView", for: indexPath) as! HeaderView
headerView.label.text = "Header"
return headerView
}
}
CustomFlowLayout.swift
import UIKit
final class CustomFlowLayout: UICollectionViewFlowLayout {
override func layoutAttributesForElements(in rect: CGRect) -> [UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes]? {
let layoutAttributesObjects = super.layoutAttributesForElements(in: rect)?.map{ $0.copy() } as? [UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes]
layoutAttributesObjects?.forEach({ layoutAttributes in
if layoutAttributes.representedElementCategory == .cell {
if let newFrame = layoutAttributesForItem(at: layoutAttributes.indexPath)?.frame {
layoutAttributes.frame = newFrame
}
}
})
return layoutAttributesObjects
}
override func layoutAttributesForItem(at indexPath: IndexPath) -> UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes? {
guard let collectionView = collectionView else {
fatalError()
}
guard let layoutAttributes = super.layoutAttributesForItem(at: indexPath)?.copy() as? UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes else {
return nil
}
layoutAttributes.frame.origin.x = sectionInset.left
layoutAttributes.frame.size.width = collectionView.safeAreaLayoutGuide.layoutFrame.width - sectionInset.left - sectionInset.right
return layoutAttributes
}
}
HeaderView.swift
import UIKit
class HeaderView: UICollectionReusableView {
let label = UILabel()
override init(frame: CGRect) {
super.init(frame: frame)
backgroundColor = .magenta
addSubview(label)
label.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
label.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: centerXAnchor).isActive = true
label.centerYAnchor.constraint(equalTo: centerYAnchor).isActive = true
}
required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
}
}
CustomCell.swift
import UIKit
class CustomCell: UICollectionViewCell {
let label = UILabel()
override init(frame: CGRect) {
super.init(frame: frame)
label.numberOfLines = 0
backgroundColor = .orange
contentView.addSubview(label)
label.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
label.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: contentView.topAnchor).isActive = true
label.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: contentView.leadingAnchor).isActive = true
label.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: contentView.trailingAnchor).isActive = true
label.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: contentView.bottomAnchor).isActive = true
}
required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
}
override func preferredLayoutAttributesFitting(_ layoutAttributes: UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes) -> UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes {
let layoutAttributes = super.preferredLayoutAttributesFitting(layoutAttributes)
layoutIfNeeded()
layoutAttributes.frame.size = systemLayoutSizeFitting(UIView.layoutFittingCompressedSize, withHorizontalFittingPriority: .required, verticalFittingPriority: .fittingSizeLevel)
return layoutAttributes
}
}
Here are some alternative implementations for preferredLayoutAttributesFitting(_:)
:
override func preferredLayoutAttributesFitting(_ layoutAttributes: UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes) -> UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes {
let targetSize = CGSize(width: layoutAttributes.frame.width, height: 0)
layoutAttributes.frame.size = contentView.systemLayoutSizeFitting(targetSize, withHorizontalFittingPriority: .required, verticalFittingPriority: .fittingSizeLevel)
return layoutAttributes
}
override func preferredLayoutAttributesFitting(_ layoutAttributes: UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes) -> UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes {
label.preferredMaxLayoutWidth = layoutAttributes.frame.width
layoutAttributes.frame.size.height = contentView.systemLayoutSizeFitting(UIView.layoutFittingCompressedSize).height
return layoutAttributes
}
Expected display:
UICollectionView with full height, allow autolayout dynamic width?
To my knowledge UICollectionView doesn't handle width automatically.
However you can easily set the width via the delegate. I refer you to this post : Dynamic cell width of UICollectionView depending on label width
It was UILabels instead of UIImageViews but the method should be similar using UIImage size property instead of sizeWithAttributes of NSString.
EDIT : After some tests it turns out UICollectionView does handle cell width automatically the same way as automatic height. So the delegate is not necessary. (see this tutorial for detailed info)
However, if the images are not available immediately (remotely fetched for instance) then you should wait until all images are downloaded and then display the collection. Otherwise you will need to invalidate the layout after each image is displayed which can lead to visual glitches.
UICollectionView Self Sizing Cells with Auto Layout
This answer is outdated from iOS 14 with the addition of compositional layouts. Please consider updating the new API
Updated for Swift 5
preferredLayoutAttributesFittingAttributes
renamed to preferredLayoutAttributesFitting
and use auto sizing
Updated for Swift 4
systemLayoutSizeFittingSize
renamed to systemLayoutSizeFitting
Updated for iOS 9
After seeing my GitHub solution break under iOS 9 I finally got the time to investigate the issue fully. I have now updated the repo to include several examples of different configurations for self sizing cells. My conclusion is that self sizing cells are great in theory but messy in practice. A word of caution when proceeding with self sizing cells.
TL;DR
Check out my GitHub project
Self sizing cells are only supported with flow layout so make sure thats what you are using.
There are two things you need to setup for self sizing cells to work.
#1. Set estimatedItemSize
on UICollectionViewFlowLayout
Flow layout will become dynamic in nature once you set the estimatedItemSize
property.
self.flowLayout.estimatedItemSize = UICollectionViewFlowLayout.automaticSize
#2. Add support for sizing on your cell subclass
This comes in 2 flavours; Auto-Layout or custom override of preferredLayoutAttributesFittingAttributes
.
Create and configure cells with Auto Layout
I won't go to in to detail about this as there's a brilliant SO post about configuring constraints for a cell. Just be wary that Xcode 6 broke a bunch of stuff with iOS 7 so, if you support iOS 7, you will need to do stuff like ensure the autoresizingMask is set on the cell's contentView and that the contentView's bounds is set as the cell's bounds when the cell is loaded (i.e. awakeFromNib
).
Things you do need to be aware of is that your cell needs to be more seriously constrained than a Table View Cell. For instance, if you want your width to be dynamic then your cell needs a height constraint. Likewise, if you want the height to be dynamic then you will need a width constraint to your cell.
Implement preferredLayoutAttributesFittingAttributes
in your custom cell
When this function is called your view has already been configured with content (i.e. cellForItem
has been called). Assuming your constraints have been appropriately set you could have an implementation like this:
//forces the system to do one layout pass
var isHeightCalculated: Bool = false
override func preferredLayoutAttributesFitting(_ layoutAttributes: UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes) -> UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes {
//Exhibit A - We need to cache our calculation to prevent a crash.
if !isHeightCalculated {
setNeedsLayout()
layoutIfNeeded()
let size = contentView.systemLayoutSizeFitting(layoutAttributes.size)
var newFrame = layoutAttributes.frame
newFrame.size.width = CGFloat(ceilf(Float(size.width)))
layoutAttributes.frame = newFrame
isHeightCalculated = true
}
return layoutAttributes
}
NOTE On iOS 9 the behaviour changed a bit that could cause crashes on your implementation if you are not careful (See more here). When you implement preferredLayoutAttributesFittingAttributes
you need to ensure that you only change the frame of your layout attributes once. If you don't do this the layout will call your implementation indefinitely and eventually crash. One solution is to cache the calculated size in your cell and invalidate this anytime you reuse the cell or change its content as I have done with the isHeightCalculated
property.
Experience your layout
At this point you should have 'functioning' dynamic cells in your collectionView. I haven't yet found the out-of-the box solution sufficient during my tests so feel free to comment if you have. It still feels like UITableView
wins the battle for dynamic sizing IMHO.
##Caveats
Be very mindful that if you are using prototype cells to calculate the estimatedItemSize - this will break if your XIB uses size classes. The reason for this is that when you load your cell from a XIB its size class will be configured with Undefined
. This will only be broken on iOS 8 and up since on iOS 7 the size class will be loaded based on the device (iPad = Regular-Any, iPhone = Compact-Any). You can either set the estimatedItemSize without loading the XIB, or you can load the cell from the XIB, add it to the collectionView (this will set the traitCollection), perform the layout, and then remove it from the superview. Alternatively you could also make your cell override the traitCollection
getter and return the appropriate traits. It's up to you.
Let me know if I missed anything, hope I helped and good luck coding
Is it possible to create cells with dynamic width but fixed height using Compositional Layout
You can build the "section 2" layout using UICollectionViewCompositionalLayout
. Here's how:
let layoutSize = NSCollectionLayoutSize(
widthDimension: .estimated(100),
heightDimension: .absolute(32)
)
let group = NSCollectionLayoutGroup.horizontal(
layoutSize: .init(
widthDimension: .fractionalWidth(1.0),
heightDimension: layoutSize.heightDimension
),
subitems: [.init(layoutSize: layoutSize)]
)
group.interItemSpacing = .fixed(8)
let section = NSCollectionLayoutSection(group: group)
section.contentInsets = .init(top: 0, leading: 16, bottom: 0, trailing: 16)
section.interGroupSpacing = 8
return .init(section: section)
The important part is that the group takes up the available width using .fractionalWidth(1.0)
, but the subitems have an estimated width. Just make sure your collection view cell can be self-sized by overriding sizeThatFits(_:)
, preferredLayoutAttributesFitting(_:)
or using Auto Layout. The result will be a layout that looks like this:
To use "section 1" and "section 2" in the same UICollectionViewCompositionalLayout
, just create your layout using init(sectionProvider:)
, where you return the appropriate NSCollectionLayoutSection
for the current section identifier:
func createCollectionViewLayout() -> UICollectionViewCompositionalLayout {
.init(sectionProvider: { [weak self] sectionIndex, _ in
guard let sectionIdentifier = self?.dataSource.snapshot().sectionIdentifiers[sectionIndex] else { return nil }
switch sectionIdentifier {
case .section1: return self?.createSection1()
case .section2: return self?.createSection2()
}
})
}
It's worth noting you may see some odd behavior with this layout if your view controller is presented using the default pageSheet
style on iOS 13+. I have a related question about that here (using a slightly different layout).
UICollectionViewCell With 2 column grid and dynamic height
Not sure what you mean by "its column grid fails".
Anyway, you need to write a custom collection view layout. The default one (UICollectionViewFlowLayout) allows you to change height of the cells by providing the sizeForItemAt
, but that won't change the behavior of the layout that will always arrange cells in rows of the same height (the height of the highest cell).
If I understood correctly, you just want the same layout of this raywenderlich tutorial.
Basically:
- Create a subclass of
UICollectionViewLayout
implementing it's methods: collectionViewContentSize
: return width and height of the collection view contentprepare
: where you can calculate the sizes of cells and
collectionView contentlayoutAttributesForElements
: where you
return an array ofUICollectionViewLayoutAttributes
in the given
rectlayoutAttributesForItem
: where you return the same kind
of attributes, this time specific for an item- assign an object of this class to the collection view layout property
CollectionView dynamic height with Swift 3 in iOS
Use the following code to change the height according to the text displayed:
func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, layout collectionViewLayout: UICollectionViewLayout, minimumLineSpacingForSectionAt section: Int) -> CGFloat {
return 0
}
func collectionView(collectionView: UICollectionView, layout collectionViewLayout: UICollectionViewLayout, sizeForItemAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> CGSize {
return CGSizeMake(view.frame.width , 64)
}
override func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, layout collectionViewLayout: UICollectionViewLayout, sizeForItemAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> CGSize
{
let approximateWidthOfContent = view.frame.width - x
// x is the width of the logo in the left
let size = CGSize(width: approximateWidthOfContent, height: 1000)
//1000 is the large arbitrary values which should be taken in case of very high amount of content
let attributes = [NSFontAttributeName: UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 15)]
let estimatedFrame = NSString(string: user.bioText).boundingRect(with: size, options: .usesLineFragmentOrigin, attributes: attributes, context: nil)
return CGSize(width: view.frame.width, height: estimatedFrame.height + 66)
}
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