How do i get conversation to display at the bottom by default where recent messages are present when entering chat screen?

Question

After tapping on a conversation, the chat screen will start at the top and then scroll all the way to the bottom. How can i bypass starting at the top and the scrolling to immediately displaying the most recent message at the bottom. This line of code is the closest thing i have found to doing what i want

messagesCollectionView.scrollToLastItem(animated: true)

This is how it's currently displaying and then it will scroll to the bottom when i enter into the conversation (notice date)

This is how i want it do display upon entering the conversation (notice date)

 private func listenForMessages(id: String) {
        Networking.shared.getComments(requestId: 15836, completionHandler: { [weak self] (result) in
            switch result {
            case .success(let comments):
                guard !comments.isEmpty else {
                    return
                }
                
                self?.messages = comments
                DispatchQueue.main.async {
                    self?.messagesCollectionView.reloadData()
                    self?.messagesCollectionView.scrollToLastItem()
                    
                } 
            case .failure(let error):
                print("failed to get messages: \(error)")
            }
    })
        }

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 25 '21 at 19:54

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You would probably just be able to say animated: false in that line.

answered Aug 25 '21 at 19:54

goatofanerd

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hmm no still does it – Aug 25 '21 at 19:58
Can you include more code? Like where is that `scrollToBottom` line? – goatofanerd Aug 25 '21 at 19:59
@goatfanerd yep just included a snippet – Aug 25 '21 at 20:03

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 25 '21 at 20:33

You've not posted what you're doing in scrollToLastItem, you can try this though:

 let lastItemIndex = IndexPath(item: collectionArray.count - 1, section: 0)
            self.collectionView.scrollToItem(at: lastItemIndex, at: .bottom, animated: false)

How do i get conversation to display at the bottom by default where recent messages are present when entering chat screen?

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