UICollectionView Self Sizing Cells with Auto Layout

Question

I\'m trying to get self sizing UICollectionViewCells working with Auto Layout, but I can\'t seem to get the cells to size themselves to the content. I\'m having

Answer 1

The example method above does not compile. Here is a corrected version (but untested as to whether or not it works.)

override func preferredLayoutAttributesFittingAttributes(layoutAttributes: UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes) -> UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes 
{
    let attr: UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes = layoutAttributes.copy() as! UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes

    var newFrame = attr.frame
    self.frame = newFrame

    self.setNeedsLayout()
    self.layoutIfNeeded()

    let desiredHeight: CGFloat = self.contentView.systemLayoutSizeFittingSize(UILayoutFittingCompressedSize).height
    newFrame.size.height = desiredHeight
    attr.frame = newFrame
    return attr
}