I am new to Swift and I am trying to create a UICollectionViewCell
. It builds successfully but the cells are not the size that I thought I was creating. There are supposed to be two columns and and it is supposed to contain an image, description and price. I know it is something simple but I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong. See the image below. I assume I need to fix something in the size inspector but I cannot figure out what.
import UIKit
class ProductsVC: UIViewController, UICollectionViewDelegate, UICollectionViewDataSource, UICollectionViewDelegateFlowLayout{
@IBOutlet weak var productsCollection: UICollectionView!
private(set) public var products = [Product]()
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
productsCollection.dataSource = self
productsCollection.delegate = self
}
func initProducts(category: Category){
products = DataService.instance.getProducts(forCategoryTitle: category.title)
}
func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, numberOfItemsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return products.count
}
func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, cellForItemAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UICollectionViewCell {
if let cell = collectionView.dequeueReusableCell(withReuseIdentifier: "ProductCell", for: indexPath) as? ProductCell {
let product = products[indexPath.row]
cell.updateViews(product: product)
return cell
}
return ProductCell()
}
func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, layout collectionViewLayout: UICollectionViewLayout, sizeForItemAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> CGSize {
let height: CGFloat = 280
return CGSize(width: (collectionView.frame.size.width - 10) / 2, height: height)
//10 is minimum line spacing between two columns
}
func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, layout collectionViewLayout: UICollectionViewLayout, minimumLineSpacingForSectionAt section: Int) -> CGFloat {
return 10
}
}
Try this:
// MARK: - UICollectionViewDelegateFlowLayout
extension ViewController: UICollectionViewDelegateFlowLayout {
func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, layout collectionViewLayout: UICollectionViewLayout, sizeForItemAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> CGSize {
// You can change collection view cell height here, It's up to your design
let height: CGFloat = 150
let width: CGFloat = (collectionView.frame.size.width - 10 - a) / 2 // a is extra spacing of collection view (like leading or trailing constraints)
// Converting CGFloat to Int make sure the width of total cells are less than or equal the screen width
return CGSize(width: Int(width), height: Int(height)) // 10 is minimum line spacing between two columns
}
func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, layout collectionViewLayout: UICollectionViewLayout, minimumLineSpacingForSectionAt section: Int) -> CGFloat {
return 10
}
}
Please check extra spacings example with the below photo: