UICollectionViewCell with UIScrollView cancels didSelectItemAtIndexPath

Question

I have a UICollectionView that horizontally scrolls to show one UICollectionViewCell at a time. Each UICollectionViewCell the has a ve

Answer 1

I found that the most effective approach is to steal the panGestureRecognizer, exposed by UIScrollView and disable userInteraction on the scrollView. That way, you get the behavior of the scrollview but maintain the interaction on the collection view. On your UICollectionViewCell subclass:

self.scrollView.userInteractionEnabled = NO;
[self.contentView addGestureRecognizer:self.scrollView.panGestureRecognizer];

This is a method Apple recommends and demonstrates in WWDC 2014 session 235 (Advanced Scrollviews and Touch Handling Techniques)