Custom Cell Reorder Behavior in CollectionView

Question

I am able to reorder my collectionView like so:

However, instead of all cells shifting horizontally, I would just like to swap with the following behavior (

Answer 1

Swift 5 solution of @Losiowaty solution:

var longPressGesture : UILongPressGestureRecognizer!

override func viewDidLoad()
{
    super.viewDidLoad()

    // rest of setup
    longPressGesture = UILongPressGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(handleLongGesture))
    self.collectionView?.addGestureRecognizer(longPressGesture)
}

@objc func handleLongGesture(gesture: UILongPressGestureRecognizer)
{
    switch(gesture.state)
    {
    case UIGestureRecognizerState.began:
        guard let selectedIndexPath = self.collectionView?.indexPathForItem(at: gesture.location(in: self.collectionView)) else {
            break
        }
        collectionView?.beginInteractiveMovementForItem(at: selectedIndexPath)
    case UIGestureRecognizerState.changed:
        collectionView?.updateInteractiveMovementTargetPosition(gesture.location(in: gesture.view!))
    case UIGestureRecognizerState.ended:
        collectionView?.endInteractiveMovement()
    default:
        collectionView?.cancelInteractiveMovement()
    }
}


import UIKit

extension UIView {
    func snapshot() -> UIImage {
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(self.bounds.size)
        self.layer.render(in: UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()!)
        let image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
        return image!
    }
}

extension CGPoint {
    func distanceToPoint(p:CGPoint) -> CGFloat {
        return sqrt(pow((p.x - x), 2) + pow((p.y - y), 2))
    }
}

struct SwapDescription : Hashable {
    var firstItem : Int
    var secondItem : Int

    var hashValue: Int {
        get {
            return (firstItem * 10) + secondItem
        }
    }
}

func ==(lhs: SwapDescription, rhs: SwapDescription) -> Bool {
    return lhs.firstItem == rhs.firstItem && lhs.secondItem == rhs.secondItem
}

class SwappingCollectionView: UICollectionView {

    var interactiveIndexPath : IndexPath?
    var interactiveView : UIView?
    var interactiveCell : UICollectionViewCell?
    var swapSet : Set = Set()
    var previousPoint : CGPoint?

    static let distanceDelta:CGFloat = 2 // adjust as needed

    override func beginInteractiveMovementForItem(at indexPath: IndexPath) -> Bool
    {
        self.interactiveIndexPath = indexPath

        self.interactiveCell = self.cellForItem(at: indexPath)

        self.interactiveView = UIImageView(image: self.interactiveCell?.snapshot())
        self.interactiveView?.frame = self.interactiveCell!.frame

        self.addSubview(self.interactiveView!)
        self.bringSubviewToFront(self.interactiveView!)

        self.interactiveCell?.isHidden = true

        return true
    }

    override func updateInteractiveMovementTargetPosition(_ targetPosition: CGPoint) {

        if (self.shouldSwap(newPoint: targetPosition))
        {
            if let hoverIndexPath = self.indexPathForItem(at: targetPosition), let interactiveIndexPath = self.interactiveIndexPath {

                let swapDescription = SwapDescription(firstItem: interactiveIndexPath.item, secondItem: hoverIndexPath.item)

                if (!self.swapSet.contains(swapDescription)) {

                    self.swapSet.insert(swapDescription)

                    self.performBatchUpdates({
                        self.moveItem(at: interactiveIndexPath as IndexPath, to: hoverIndexPath)
                        self.moveItem(at: hoverIndexPath, to: interactiveIndexPath)
                        }, completion: {(finished) in
                            self.swapSet.remove(swapDescription)
                            self.dataSource?.collectionView?(self, moveItemAt: interactiveIndexPath, to: hoverIndexPath)
                            self.interactiveIndexPath = hoverIndexPath

                    })
                }
            }
        }

        self.interactiveView?.center = targetPosition
        self.previousPoint = targetPosition
    }

    override func endInteractiveMovement() {
        self.cleanup()
    }

    override func cancelInteractiveMovement() {
        self.cleanup()
    }

    func cleanup() {
        self.interactiveCell?.isHidden = false
        self.interactiveView?.removeFromSuperview()
        self.interactiveView = nil
        self.interactiveCell = nil
        self.interactiveIndexPath = nil
        self.previousPoint = nil
        self.swapSet.removeAll()
    }

    func shouldSwap(newPoint: CGPoint) -> Bool {
        if let previousPoint = self.previousPoint {
            let distance = previousPoint.distanceToPoint(p: newPoint)
            return distance < SwappingCollectionView.distanceDelta
        }

        return false
    }
}