How to implement delegate and datasource methods f

Question

Note : I don't want to use any third party libraries

• I have tableview with with a custom table view cell (table view working fine).
• Now inside the table view cell I want to implement a collection view.
• Now my problem is , where should I implement the delegate methods and data source methods for the collection view, which is inside the custom table view cell . below is what I have tried.

Tabel View Controller implementation

- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView
{
    return 1;
}

- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
    return 5;
}

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    FirstTableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"tvcell"];

    return cell;
}

working properly

now inside this FirstTableViewCell there is a collection view.

This is my FirstTableViweCell.h File

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface FirstTableViewCell : UITableViewCell<UICollectionViewDelegate,UICollectionViewDataSource>
@property (weak, nonatomic, nullable) IBOutlet UICollectionView *insideCollectionView;

@property (strong, nonnull,nonatomic) NSArray *mycollectionData;
- (void)setColletionData :(nonnull NSArray *)collectionData;

@end

and this is my FirstTableViewCell.m File

#import "FirstTableViewCell.h"

@implementation FirstTableViewCell

- (void)awakeFromNib {
    [super awakeFromNib];
    self.insideCollectionView.delegate = self;

    // Initialization code
}

- (void)setSelected:(BOOL)selected animated:(BOOL)animated {
    [super setSelected:selected animated:animated];

    // Configure the view for the selected state
}

- (void)setColletionData:(NSArray *)collectionData
{
    self.mycollectionData = collectionData;
    [self.insideCollectionView reloadData];
}


- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInCollectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView
{
    return 1;
}

- (NSInteger)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView numberOfItemsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
    return 10;
}

- (UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    UICollectionViewCell *ccell = [collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:@"cvcell" forIndexPath:indexPath];
    return ccell;
}

@end

following method

- (void)setColletionData:(NSArray *)collectionData
    {
        self.mycollectionData = collectionData;
        [self.insideCollectionView reloadData];
    }

I used to set the array for collectionView, in cellforrowatindexpath in tableview

So what is the correct way to implement DataSource and Delegate methods for the CollectionView which is inside the Custom Table View Cell.

Answer 1

Horraaaaaaaay ..... =D This is the completed answer for this.

Table View Implementation .m file

#import "ViewController.h"
#import "FirstTableViewCell.h"

@interface ViewController ()

@end

@implementation ViewController
{
    NSArray *bbarray;

}

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];

    bbarray = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"33",@"44", nil];
    // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
}

- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning {
    [super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
    // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}

- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView
{
    return 1;
}

- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
    return 5;
}

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    FirstTableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"tvcell"];

    [cell setColletionData:bbarray];

    return cell;
}

@end

Implementation inside the Custom Table View cell

custom table view .h file

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
@interface FirstTableViewCell : UITableViewCell<UICollectionViewDelegate,UICollectionViewDataSource>
@property (weak, nonatomic, nullable) IBOutlet UICollectionView *insideCollectionView;

@property (strong, nonnull,nonatomic) NSArray *mycollectionData;
- (void)setColletionData :(nonnull NSArray *)collectionData;

@end

custom table view .m file

#import "FirstTableViewCell.h"

@implementation FirstTableViewCell


- (void)awakeFromNib {
    [super awakeFromNib];

    // These two are very important.
    self.insideCollectionView.delegate = self;
    self.insideCollectionView.dataSource = self;

    // Initialization code
}

- (void)setSelected:(BOOL)selected animated:(BOOL)animated {
    [super setSelected:selected animated:animated];

    // Configure the view for the selected state
}


//this method is used to set the data , call it in cell for row at index path in table view implementation.
    - (void)setColletionData:(NSArray *)collectionData
    {
        self.mycollectionData = collectionData;
        [self.insideCollectionView reloadData];
    }


- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInCollectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView
{
    return 1;
}

- (NSInteger)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView numberOfItemsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
    NSLog(@"%lu", (unsigned long)self.mycollectionData.count);
    return [self.mycollectionData count];
}

- (UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    UICollectionViewCell *ccell = [collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:@"cvcell" forIndexPath:indexPath];
    return ccell;
}

@end

Answer 2

What you have is essentially correct. The only real change you need is to update the collection view data source and delegate methods in the custom cell class so they properly reference self.mycollectionData.

For example. Change numberOfItemsInSection to:

- (NSInteger)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView numberOfItemsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
    return self.mycollectionData.count;
}