I have a UICollectionView with a custom UICollectionViewCell class which adds another UIView (thumbnailView) to its contentView. This other view has a UIImageView property (
The UITableViewDelegate and UICollectionViewDelegate method -tableView:didEndDisplayingCell:forRowAtIndexPath: is the best place to update your UITableView | UICollectionView cells after it has disappeared. You can cancel the cell downloads there.