Question

Only my second time using UICollectionView’s and perhaps I have bitten off more than I can chew but nevertheless:

I am implementing a UICollectionView (myCollectionView) that uses custom UICollectionViewCell’s that I have subclassed. The subclassed cells (FullReceiptCell) contain UITableView’s and are the size of the viewcontroller. I am trying to allow for horizontal scrolling between the FullReceiptCells.

The subclassed UICollectionViewController that contains myCollectionView is being pushed on to a nav controller stack. Currently, myCollectionView loas and horizontal scrolling is enabled. However, no cells are visible. I have confirmed that

- (NSInteger)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView numberOfItemsInSection:(NSInteger)section

has run and is returning an integer greater than 0. I have also confirmed that myCollectionView’s delegate and datasource are properly set in IB to the subclassed UICollectionViewController.

The method where the cells are to be loaded:

- (UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath

is not being called.

Here is where I push the UICollectionViewController and my viewDidLoad method within that controller (NOTE: initWithBill is an override of the normal initializer):

In the prior ViewControllers .m file:

FullReceiptViewController *test = [[FullReceiptViewController alloc] initWithBill:currentBill];
test.title = @"Review";
[self.navigationController pushViewController:test animated:YES];

In FullReceiptViewController.m:

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    // Do any additional setup after loading the view from its nib.
    [self.myCollectionView registerClass:[FullReceiptCell class] forCellWithReuseIdentifier:@"FullReceiptCellIdentifier"];
    self.myCollectionView.pagingEnabled = YES;
    // Setup flowlayout

    self.myCollectionViewFlowLayout = [[UICollectionViewFlowLayout alloc] init];
    [self.myCollectionViewFlowLayout setItemSize:CGSizeMake(320, 548)];
    [self.myCollectionViewFlowLayout setSectionInset:UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, 0, 0)];
    [self.myCollectionViewFlowLayout setScrollDirection:UICollectionViewScrollDirectionHorizontal];
    self.myCollectionViewFlowLayout.minimumLineSpacing = 0;
    self.myCollectionViewFlowLayout.minimumInteritemSpacing = 0;
    [self.myCollectionView setCollectionViewLayout:myCollectionViewFlowLayout];
    //testing to see if the collection view is loading
    self.myCollectionView.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithWhite:0.25f alpha:1.0f];

Any clue as to why it is not being called?

Answer 1

For those who stumble here later…. the reason:

- (UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath

was not being called was because of the itemSize for the collectionViewFlowLayout’s height was too big.

[self.myCollectionViewFlowLayout setItemSize:CGSizeMake(320, 548)];

If I change the height to 410, it will execute cellForItemAtIndexPath.