UICollectionView horizontal paging - can I use Flow Layout?

Question

This is related to but distinct from To use Flow Layout, or to Customize?.

Here is an illustration of what I’m trying to do:

Answer 1

Converted vilanovi code to Swift in case someone, needs it in the future.

public class HorizontalCollectionViewLayout : UICollectionViewLayout {
private var cellWidth = 90 // Don't kow how to get cell size dynamically
private var cellHeight = 90

public override func prepareLayout() {
}

public override func collectionViewContentSize() -> CGSize {
    let numberOfPages = Int(ceilf(Float(cellCount) / Float(cellsPerPage)))
    let width = numberOfPages * Int(boundsWidth)
    return CGSize(width: CGFloat(width), height: boundsHeight)
}

public override func layoutAttributesForElementsInRect(rect: CGRect) -> [AnyObject]? {
    var allAttributes = [UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes]()

    for (var i = 0; i < cellCount; ++i) {
        let indexPath = NSIndexPath(forRow: i, inSection: 0)
        let attr = createLayoutAttributesForCellAtIndexPath(indexPath)
        allAttributes.append(attr)
    }

    return allAttributes
}

public override func layoutAttributesForItemAtIndexPath(indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes! {
    return createLayoutAttributesForCellAtIndexPath(indexPath)
}

public override func shouldInvalidateLayoutForBoundsChange(newBounds: CGRect) -> Bool {
    return true
}

private func createLayoutAttributesForCellAtIndexPath(indexPath:NSIndexPath)
    -> UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes {
        let layoutAttributes = UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes(forCellWithIndexPath: indexPath)
        layoutAttributes.frame = createCellAttributeFrame(indexPath.row)
        return layoutAttributes
}

private var boundsWidth:CGFloat {
    return self.collectionView!.bounds.size.width
}

private var boundsHeight:CGFloat {
    return self.collectionView!.bounds.size.height
}

private var cellCount:Int {
    return self.collectionView!.numberOfItemsInSection(0)
}

private var verticalCellCount:Int {
    return Int(floorf(Float(boundsHeight) / Float(cellHeight)))
}

private var horizontalCellCount:Int {
    return Int(floorf(Float(boundsWidth) / Float(cellWidth)))
}

private var cellsPerPage:Int {
    return verticalCellCount * horizontalCellCount
}

private func createCellAttributeFrame(row:Int) -> CGRect {
    let frameSize = CGSize(width:cellWidth, height: cellHeight )
    let frameX = calculateCellFrameHorizontalPosition(row)
    let frameY = calculateCellFrameVerticalPosition(row)
    return CGRectMake(frameX, frameY, frameSize.width, frameSize.height)
}

private func calculateCellFrameHorizontalPosition(row:Int) -> CGFloat {
    let columnPosition = row % horizontalCellCount
    let cellPage = Int(floorf(Float(row) / Float(cellsPerPage)))
    return CGFloat(cellPage * Int(boundsWidth) + columnPosition * Int(cellWidth))
}

private func calculateCellFrameVerticalPosition(row:Int) -> CGFloat {
    let rowPosition = (row / horizontalCellCount) % verticalCellCount
    return CGFloat(rowPosition * Int(cellHeight))
}

}