Jerky Scrolling After Updating UITableViewCell in place with UITableViewAutomaticDimension

Question

I am building an app that has a feed view for user-submitted posts. This view has a UITableView with a custom UITableViewCell implementation. Insid

Answer 1

Here is the best solution I found to solve this kind of problem (scrolling problem + reloadRows + iOS 8 UITableViewAutomaticDimension);

It consists by keeping every heights in a dictionary and updating them (in the dictionary) as the tableView will display the cell.

You will then return the saved height in - (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView estimatedHeightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath method.

You should implement something like this :

Objective-C

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];

    self.heightAtIndexPath = [NSMutableDictionary new];
    self.tableView.rowHeight = UITableViewAutomaticDimension;
}

- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView estimatedHeightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    NSNumber *height = [self.heightAtIndexPath objectForKey:indexPath];
    if(height) {
        return height.floatValue;
    } else {
        return UITableViewAutomaticDimension;
    }
}

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDisplayCell:(UITableViewCell *)cell forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    NSNumber *height = @(cell.frame.size.height);
    [self.heightAtIndexPath setObject:height forKey:indexPath];
}

Swift 3

@IBOutlet var tableView : UITableView?
var heightAtIndexPath = NSMutableDictionary()

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    tableView?.rowHeight = UITableViewAutomaticDimension
}

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, estimatedHeightForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> CGFloat {
    if let height = heightAtIndexPath.object(forKey: indexPath) as? NSNumber {
        return CGFloat(height.floatValue)
    } else {
        return UITableViewAutomaticDimension
    }
}

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, willDisplay cell: UITableViewCell, forRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
    let height = NSNumber(value: Float(cell.frame.size.height))
    heightAtIndexPath.setObject(height, forKey: indexPath as NSCopying)
}