Adding to UICollectionViewCell contentView via nib

Question

Is there any way to add subviews from UICollectionViewCell to contentView via xib? Because I think this is the right way to do it right? I think when I drag the UI through xib, it is dropped into the view instead of the contentView

Answer 1

When you drag any views into the UICollectionViewCell XIB, you drag the cell.contentView element, not the cell.view.

Please check in didSelect, you will see all the subheadings

- (void)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView didSelectItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
    MyCell *cell = (MyCell*)[collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:indexPath];
    NSArray *views = [cell.contentView subviews];
    NSLog(@"Select %@",views);
}

Answer 2

You can do this in the same way as you do to populate a TableViewCell via nib.

• Create thread

• Collectionview

  UINib * cellNib = [UINib nibWithNibName: @ "ECVCell": [NSBundle mainBundle]];   [self.collectionView registerNib: cellNib forCellWithReuseIdentifier: @ "ECVCell" ];

• viewWithTag:, cellForItemAtIndexPath

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