How to redraw non-visible UICollectionViewCell's ready for when reuse occurs???
One approach I thought of was per the code in the Layout Cell prepareForReuse function, however whilst it works it non-optimal as it causes more re-drawing then required.
Background: Need to trigger drawRect
for cells after an orientation change that are not current visible, but pop up to be used and haven't been redraw, so so far I can only see that prepareForReuse
would be appropriate. Issue is I'm re-drawing all "reuse" cells, whereas I really only want to redraw those that initially pop up that were created during the previous orientation position of the device.
ADDITIONAL INFO: So currently I'm doing this:
In ViewController:
override func viewWillLayoutSubviews() {
// Clear cached layout attributes (to ensure new positions are calculated)
(self.cal.collectionViewLayout as! GCCalendarLayout).resetCache()
self.cal.collectionViewLayout.invalidateLayout()
// Trigger cells to redraw themselves (to get new widths etc)
for cell in self.cal?.visibleCells() as! [GCCalendarCell] {
cell.setNeedsDisplay()
}
// Not sure how to "setNeedsDisplay" on non visible cells here?
}
In Layout Cell class:
override func prepareForReuse() {
super.prepareForReuse()
// Ensure "drawRect" is called (only way I could see to handle change in orientation
self.setNeedsDisplay()
// ISSUE: It does this also for subsequent "prepareForReuse" after all
// non-visible cells have been re-used and re-drawn, so really
// not optimal
}
Example of what happens without the code in prepareForReuse above. Snapshot taken after an orientation change, and just after scrolling up a little bit:
I think I have it now here:
import UIKit
@IBDesignable class GCCalendarCell: UICollectionViewCell {
var prevBounds : CGRect?
override func layoutSubviews() {
if let prevBounds = prevBounds {
if !( (prevBounds.width == bounds.width) && (prevBounds.height == bounds.height) ) {
self.setNeedsDisplay()
}
}
}
override func drawRect(rect: CGRect) {
// Do Stuff
self.prevBounds = self.bounds
}
}
Noted this check didn't work in "prepareForReuse" as at this time the cell had not had the rotation applied. Seems to work in "layoutSubviews" however.
You can implement some kind of communication between the cells and the view controller holding the collection view ( protocol and delegate or passed block or even direct reference to the VC ). Then You can ask the view controller for rotation changes.
Its a bit messy, but if You have some kind of rotation tracking in Your view controller You can filter the setNeedsDisplay with a simple if statement.
I had similar challenged updating cells that were already displayed and off the screen. While cycling through ALLL cells may not be possible - refreshing / looping through non-visible ones is.
IF this is your use case - then read on. Pre - Warning - if you're adding this sort of code - explain why you're doing it. It's kind of anti pattern - but can help fix that bug and help ship your app albeit adding needless complexity. Don't use this in multiple spots in app.
Any collectionviewcell that's de-initialized (off the screen and being recylced) should be unsubscribed automatically.
Notification Pattern
let kUpdateButtonBarCell = NSNotification.Name("kUpdateButtonBarCell")
class Notificator {
static func fireNotification(notificationName: NSNotification.Name) {
NotificationCenter.default.post(name: notificationName, object: nil)
}
}
extension UICollectionViewCell{
func listenForBackgroundChanges(){
NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self, name: kUpdateButtonBarCell, object: nil)
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(forName:kUpdateButtonBarCell, object: nil, queue: OperationQueue.main, using: { (note) in
print( " contentView: ",self.contentView)
})
}
}
override func collectionView(collectionView: UICollectionView!, cellForItemAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath!) -> UICollectionViewCell! {
let cell = collectionView.dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier("die", forIndexPath: indexPath) as UICollectionViewCell
cell.listenForBackgroundChanges()
return cell
}
// Where appropriate broadcast notification to hook into all cells past and present
Notificator.fireNotification(notificationName: kUpdateButtonBarCell)
Delegate Pattern
It's possible to simplify this.... an exercise for the reader. just do not retain the cells (use a weak link) - otherwise you'll have memory leaks.