README.md

Collection Layout Attributes

Allows passing layout attributes to the cells and supplementary views.

Design & API Documentation

• API: MDCCollectionViewLayoutAttributes

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Installation

Requirements

• Xcode 7.0 or higher.
• iOS SDK version 7.0 or higher.

Installation with CocoaPods

To add this component to your Xcode project using CocoaPods, add the following to your Podfile:

pod 'MaterialComponents/CollectionLayoutAttributes'

Then, run the following command:

pod install

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Usage

Importing

Before using Collection Layout Attributes, you'll need to import it:

Swift

import MaterialComponents.MaterialCollectionLayoutAttributes

Objective-C

#import "MaterialCollectionLayoutAttributes.h"

The MDCCollectionViewLayoutAttributes class allows passing properties to a cell from a collection view layout. Override the -applyLayoutAttributes method of any UICollectionReusableView or UICollectionViewCell subclasses, then apply any of the properties of the attributes class.

Swift

override func apply(_ layoutAttributes: UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes) {
  super.apply(layoutAttributes)
  if let attr = layoutAttributes as? MDCCollectionViewLayoutAttributes {
    if (attr.representedElementCategory == .cell) {

      // Example to set a background image to the cell background view.
      self.backgroundView = UIImageView(image: attr.backgroundImage)
    }
  }
}

Objective-C

- (void)applyLayoutAttributes:(UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes *)layoutAttributes {
  [super applyLayoutAttributes:layoutAttributes];
  if ([layoutAttributes isKindOfClass:[MDCCollectionViewLayoutAttributes class]]) {
    MDCCollectionViewLayoutAttributes *attr = (MDCCollectionViewLayoutAttributes *)layoutAttributes;
    if (attr.representedElementCategory == UICollectionElementCategoryCell) {

      // Example to set a background image to the cell background view.
      self.backgroundView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:attr.backgroundImage];
    }
  }
}