UICollectionView not calling intrinsicContentSize

Question

I have a UICollectionViewController which generates cells with a random color for testing purposes. Now that the UICollectionViewController is embedded in a UIScrollView, I want the scrollView to be the same size as it's contentSize.

I made a subclass of UICollectionView, implemented intrinsicContentSize method, and set the UICollectionView's class to my custom class in IB. However intrinsicContentSize never gets called. I have the exact same setup with an UITableView and there it works flawlessly.

Any ideas on this?

- (CGSize)intrinsicContentSize {
    [self layoutIfNeeded];
    return CGSizeMake(UIViewNoIntrinsicMetric, self.contentSize.height);
}

Answer 1

I'm not sure why it's happening. Here's another solution to this problem. Set up a height constraint on UICollectionView object. Then set its constant to be equal to self.collectionView.contentSize.height. I use a similar approach in my app, though I've got UITextView instead of UICollectionView.

UPDATE: I've found a way to do this with intrinsicContentSize: UITextView in UIScrollView using auto layout