How to center align the cells of a UICollectionView?

Question

I am currently using UICollectionView for the user interface grid, and it works fine. However, I\'d like to be enable horizontal scrolling. The grid supports 8

Answer 1

This is how i obtained a collection view that was center aligned with a fixed Interitem spacing

#define maxInteritemSpacing 6
#define minLineSpacing 3

@interface MyFlowLayout()

@end

@implementation MyFlowLayout

- (instancetype)init
{
    self = [super init];
    if (self) {
        self.minimumInteritemSpacing = 3;
        self.minimumLineSpacing = minLineSpacing;
        self.scrollDirection = UICollectionViewScrollDirectionVertical;
    }
    return self;
}

- (NSArray *) layoutAttributesForElementsInRect:(CGRect)rect {
    NSArray *answer = [super layoutAttributesForElementsInRect:rect];

    if (answer.count > 0) {
        NSMutableArray *> *rows = [NSMutableArray array];
        CGFloat maxY = -1.0f;
        NSInteger currentRow = 0;

        //add first item to row and set its maxY
        [rows addObject:[@[answer[0]] mutableCopy]];
        maxY = CGRectGetMaxY(((UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes *)answer[0]).frame);

        for(int i = 1; i < [answer count]; ++i) {
            //handle maximum spacing
            UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes *currentLayoutAttributes = answer[i];
            UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes *prevLayoutAttributes = answer[i - 1];
            NSInteger maximumSpacing = maxInteritemSpacing;
            NSInteger origin = CGRectGetMaxX(prevLayoutAttributes.frame);

            if(origin + maximumSpacing + currentLayoutAttributes.frame.size.width < self.collectionViewContentSize.width) {
                CGRect frame = currentLayoutAttributes.frame;
                frame.origin.x = origin + maximumSpacing;
                currentLayoutAttributes.frame = frame;
            }

            //handle center align
            CGFloat currentY = currentLayoutAttributes.frame.origin.y;
            if (currentY >= maxY) {
                [self shiftRowToCenterForCurrentRow:rows[currentRow]];

                //next row
                [rows addObject:[@[currentLayoutAttributes] mutableCopy]];
                currentRow++;
            }
            else {
                //same row
                [rows[currentRow] addObject:currentLayoutAttributes];
            }

            maxY = MAX(CGRectGetMaxY(currentLayoutAttributes.frame), maxY);
        }

        //mark sure to shift 1 row items
        if (currentRow == 0) {
            [self shiftRowToCenterForCurrentRow:rows[currentRow]];
        }
    }

    return answer;
}

- (void)shiftRowToCenterForCurrentRow:(NSMutableArray *)currentRow
{
    //shift row to center
    CGFloat endingX = CGRectGetMaxX(currentRow.lastObject.frame);
    CGFloat shiftX = (self.collectionViewContentSize.width - endingX) / 2.f;
    for (UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes *attr in currentRow) {
        CGRect shiftedFrame = attr.frame;
        shiftedFrame.origin.x += shiftX;
        attr.frame = shiftedFrame;
    }
}

@end