UITableView load more when scrolling to bottom like Facebook application

Question

I am developing an application that uses SQLite. I want to show a list of users (UITableView) using a paginating mechanism. Could any one please tell me how to load more dat

Answer 1

Swift

Method 1: Did scroll to bottom

Here is the Swift version of Pedro Romão's answer. When the user stops scrolling it checks if it has reached the bottom.

func scrollViewDidEndDragging(scrollView: UIScrollView, willDecelerate decelerate: Bool) {

    // UITableView only moves in one direction, y axis
    let currentOffset = scrollView.contentOffset.y
    let maximumOffset = scrollView.contentSize.height - scrollView.frame.size.height

    // Change 10.0 to adjust the distance from bottom
    if maximumOffset - currentOffset <= 10.0 {
        self.loadMore()
    }
}

Method 2: Reached last row

And here is the Swift version of shinyuX's answer. It checks if the user has reached the last row.

func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {

    // set up cell
    // ...

    // Check if the last row number is the same as the last current data element
    if indexPath.row == self.dataArray.count - 1 {
        self.loadMore()
    }

}

Example of a loadMore() method

I set up these three class variables for fetching batches of data.

// number of items to be fetched each time (i.e., database LIMIT)
let itemsPerBatch = 50

// Where to start fetching items (database OFFSET)
var offset = 0

// a flag for when all database items have already been loaded
var reachedEndOfItems = false

This is the function to load more items from the database into the table view.

func loadMore() {

    // don't bother doing another db query if already have everything
    guard !self.reachedEndOfItems else {
        return
    }

    // query the db on a background thread
    DispatchQueue.global(qos: .background).async {

        // determine the range of data items to fetch
        var thisBatchOfItems: [MyObjects]?
        let start = self.offset
        let end = self.offset + self.itemsPerBatch

        // query the database
        do {
            // SQLite.swift wrapper
            thisBatchOfItems = try MyDataHelper.findRange(start..