How to create and use UIcollectionView programmatically?
ios, iphone, uicollectionview
Solution
There is not alternative to create or allocate cells in itemAtIndex method. We need to register the customised class to create any views inside the custom class. something like this :
[UICollectionView registerClass:[CustomCollectionViewClass class] forCellWithReuseIdentifier:@"cellIdentifier"];
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Problem
I have searched a lot for creating a `UICollectionView` programatically but none of them suggest the simplest way to use it, how to add a label or an image to the `UICollectionViewCell`. Most of the sites suggest that implementation of `UICollectionView` is same as `UITableView`, but the major difference comes when we try to add any image. In `UITableView` we can allocate the imageViews in `cellForRow` method where `cell == nil` and assign images where (`cell != nil`). but here in case of `UICollectionView ItemAtIndexPath` method, there is no condition (`cell == nil`) as in `UITableView`'s `CellForRow`. As a result we can't effectively allocate variables of `UImageView`s or Labels etc in `itemAtIndexPath` method. I Want to know whether there is any alternative other than subclassing the `UICollectionViewCell` and allocating variables in that custom Class? Can any one help, any help is appreciated.