Change the flow layout of a UICollectionView

Question

Based on filter results, I need to change the flow layout of a collection view and reload the data using a different kind of cell. However you can't just do this: ``` myCollectionView.flowLayout = ... ``` So how is it possible to change the flow layout of a collection view?

Accepted Answer

SHORT AND SIMPLE ANSWER

You can access/set the flowLayout like this:

```
collectionView.collectionViewLayout = ...
```

LONG ANSWER

You said:

However you can't just do this:

```
myCollectionView.flowLayout = ...
```

But in fact you can set the collection view’s `collectionViewLayout`, and it does just what you want:

Assigning a new layout object to this property causes the new layout to be applied ... to the collection view’s items.

Change the flow layout of a UICollectionView

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