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Change the flow layout of a UICollectionView

Based on filter results, I need to change the flow layout of a collection view and reload the data using a different kind of cell. However you can't just do this:

myCollectionView.flowLayout = ...

So how is it possible to change the flow layout of a collection view?

Solution

  • SHORT AND SIMPLE ANSWER

    You can access/set the flowLayout like this:

    collectionView.collectionViewLayout = ...

    LONG ANSWER

    You said:

    However you can't just do this:

    myCollectionView.flowLayout = ...

    But in fact you can set the collection view’s collectionViewLayout, and it does just what you want:

    Assigning a new layout object to this property causes the new layout to be applied ... to the collection view’s items.