Get the indexPath of cell in the center of collectionView in swift?

Question

I have tried this to get the index of a cell in the center of a collection view by using an extension of uicollectionview, but I always get nil instead of the index. How can I fix this?

extension UICollectionView {
    var centerPoint : CGPoint {
        get {
            return CGPoint(x: self.center.x + self.contentOffset.x, y: self.center.y + self.contentOffset.y);
        }
    }

    var centerCellIndexPath: NSIndexPath? {
        if let centerIndexPath: NSIndexPath  = self.indexPathForItemAtPoint(self.centerPoint) {
            return centerIndexPath
        }

        return nil
    }
}

then: in a UIViewController in a random method I have this:

if let centerCellIndexPath: NSIndexPath  = collectionTemp!.centerCellIndexPath {
    print(centerCellIndexPath)
} else {
    println("nil")
}

the index path is always nil, and I don't get it why, because the cells display in order, everything is fine except this.

any updates on this? – Joel García Verástica Jan 24 '16 at 06:03 — Joel García Verástica, Jan 24 '16 at 06:03

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 24 '16 at 09:48

I've managed to solve my problem by using a custom layout that always keeps a cell in the center. Using this the indexPath in the center can never be nil.

 class CenterFlowLayout: UICollectionViewFlowLayout {

 override func targetContentOffsetForProposedContentOffset(proposedContentOffset: CGPoint, withScrollingVelocity velocity: CGPoint) -> CGPoint {
     if let cv = self.collectionView {
        let cvBounds = cv.bounds
        let halfWidth = cvBounds.size.width * 0.5
        let proposedContentOffsetCenterX = proposedContentOffset.x + halfWidth
     if let attributesForVisibleCells = self.layoutAttributesForElementsInRect(cvBounds) as [UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes]! {
        var candidateAttributes: UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes?
        for attributes in attributesForVisibleCells {
      // == Skip comparison with non-cell items (headers and footers) == //
      if attributes.representedElementCategory != UICollectionElementCategory.Cell {
        continue
      }
      if let candAttrs = candidateAttributes {
        let a = attributes.center.x - proposedContentOffsetCenterX
        let b = candAttrs.center.x - proposedContentOffsetCenterX
            if fabsf(Float(a)) < fabsf(Float(b)) {
               candidateAttributes = attributes
            }
      } else { // == First time in the loop == //
        candidateAttributes = attributes
        continue
      }
    }
    return CGPoint(x : candidateAttributes!.center.x - halfWidth, y : proposedContentOffset.y)
  }
}
// Fallback
    return super.targetContentOffsetForProposedContentOffset(proposedContentOffset)
 }
}

Add this as the subclass of the UICollectionFlowLayout.

Get the indexPath of cell in the center of collectionView in swift?

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