How do I define the size of a CollectionView on rotate

Question

I have a viewcontroller with 2 CollectionView Controllers.

I would like on rotation that only one of the collection views resize to a custom size while the other re

Answer 1

The Verified Answer Is Not Efficient

The Problem - Invalidating the layout in viewWillLayoutSubviews() is heavy work. viewWillLayoutSubviews() gets called multiple times when a ViewController is instantiated.

My Solution (Swift) - Embed your size manipulation within the UICollectionViewDelegateFlowLayout.

// Keep a local property that we will always update with the latest 
// view size.
var updatedSize: CGSize!

// Use the UICollectionViewDelegateFlowLayout to set the size of our        
// cells.
func collectionView(collectionView: UICollectionView, layout collectionViewLayout: UICollectionViewLayout, sizeForItemAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> CGSize {
    // We will set our updateSize value if it's nil.
    if updateSize == nil {
        // At this point, the correct ViewController frame is set.
        self.updateSize = self.view.frame.size
    }

    // If your collectionView is full screen, you can use the 
    // frame size to judge whether you're in landscape.
    if self.updateSize.width > self.updateSize.height {
        return CGSize(width: 170, 170)
    } else {
        return CGSize(width: 192, 192)
    }
}

// Finally, update the size of the updateSize property, every time 
// viewWillTransitionToSize is called.  Then performBatchUpdates to
// adjust our layout.
override func viewWillTransitionToSize(size: CGSize, withTransitionCoordinator coordinator: UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator) {
    super.viewWillTransitionToSize(size, withTransitionCoordinator: coordinator)
    self.updateSize = size
    self.collectionView!.performBatchUpdates(nil, completion: nil)
}