Keeping the contentOffset in a UICollectionView while rotating Interface Orientation

Question

I\'m trying to handle interface orientation changes in a UICollectionViewController. What I\'m trying to achieve is, that I want to have the same contentOffset afte

Answer 1

This problem bothered me for a bit as well. The highest voted answered seemed a bit too hacky for me so I just dumbed it down a bit and just change the alpha of the collection view respectively before and after rotation. I also don't animate the content offset update.

- (void)willRotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)toInterfaceOrientation duration:(NSTimeInterval)duration
{
self.collectionView.alpha = 0;
[self.collectionView.collectionViewLayout invalidateLayout];

self.scrollPositionBeforeRotation = CGPointMake(self.collectionView.contentOffset.x / self.collectionView.contentSize.width,
                                                self.collectionView.contentOffset.y / self.collectionView.contentSize.height);
}

- (void)didRotateFromInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)fromInterfaceOrientation;
{
CGPoint newContentOffset = CGPointMake(self.scrollPositionBeforeRotation.x * self.collectionView.contentSize.width,
                                       self.scrollPositionBeforeRotation.y * self.collectionView.contentSize.height);

[self.collectionView setContentOffset:newContentOffset animated:NO];
self.collectionView.alpha = 1;
}

Fairly smooth and less hacky.