UICollectionView effective drag and drop

Question

I am currently trying to implement the UITableView reordering behavior using UICollectionView.

Let\'s call a UItableView TV and a UICollectionVi

Answer 1

As of iOS 9, UICollectionView now supports reordering.

For UICollectionViewControllers, just override collectionView(collectionView: UICollectionView, moveItemAtIndexPath sourceIndexPath: NSIndexPath, toIndexPath destinationIndexPath: NSIndexPath)

For UICollectionViews, you'll have to handle the gestures yourself in addition to implementing the UICollectionViewDataSource method above.

Here's the code from the source:

private var longPressGesture: UILongPressGestureRecognizer!

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    longPressGesture = UILongPressGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "handleLongGesture:")
    self.collectionView.addGestureRecognizer(longPressGesture)
}

func handleLongGesture(gesture: UILongPressGestureRecognizer) {

    switch(gesture.state) {

    case UIGestureRecognizerState.Began:
        guard let selectedIndexPath = self.collectionView.indexPathForItemAtPoint(gesture.locationInView(self.collectionView)) else {
            break
        }
        collectionView.beginInteractiveMovementForItemAtIndexPath(selectedIndexPath)
    case UIGestureRecognizerState.Changed:
        collectionView.updateInteractiveMovementTargetPosition(gesture.locationInView(gesture.view!))
    case UIGestureRecognizerState.Ended:
        collectionView.endInteractiveMovement()
    default:
        collectionView.cancelInteractiveMovement()
    }
}

Sources: https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/UIKit/Reference/UICollectionView_class/#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40012177-CH1-SW67

http://nshint.io/blog/2015/07/16/uicollectionviews-now-have-easy-reordering/