I'm coming from the iOS development and I am wondering if there is a way to set up a NSCollectionView
programmatically like a UICollectionView
in iOS? And add the NSCollectionViewItems
in code. Or is the only way to set up a NSCollectionView
to use bindings?
Thank You!
Thanks to @stevesliva for pointing me to this SO answer. I converted it to Swift. This is what I got.
I am creating a NSCollectionView
in the ViewController
:
import Cocoa
class ViewController: NSViewController {
var titles = [String]()
var collectionView: NSCollectionView?
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
self.titles = ["Banana", "Apple", "Strawberry", "Cherry", "Pear", "Pineapple", "Grape", "Melon"]
collectionView = NSCollectionView(frame: self.view.frame)
collectionView!.itemPrototype = CollectionViewItem()
collectionView!.content = self.titles
collectionView!.autoresizingMask = NSAutoresizingMaskOptions.ViewWidthSizable | NSAutoresizingMaskOptions.ViewMaxXMargin | NSAutoresizingMaskOptions.ViewMinYMargin | NSAutoresizingMaskOptions.ViewHeightSizable | NSAutoresizingMaskOptions.ViewMaxYMargin
var index = 0
for title in titles {
var item = self.collectionView!.itemAtIndex(index) as! CollectionViewItem
item.getView().button?.title = self.titles[index]
index++
}
self.view.addSubview(collectionView!)
}
}
The created CollectionViewItem in the ViewController just load a view, where I set up the item view itself.
import Cocoa
class CollectionViewItem: NSCollectionViewItem {
var itemView: ItemView?
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Do view setup here.
}
override func loadView() {
self.itemView = ItemView(frame: NSZeroRect)
self.view = self.itemView!
}
func getView() -> ItemView {
return self.itemView!
}
}
The view itself:
import Cocoa
class ItemView: NSView {
let buttonSize: NSSize = NSSize(width: 100, height: 20)
let itemSize: NSSize = NSSize(width: 120, height: 40)
let buttonOrigin: NSPoint = NSPoint(x: 10, y: 10)
var button: NSButton?
override func drawRect(dirtyRect: NSRect) {
super.drawRect(dirtyRect)
// Drawing code here.
}
override init(frame frameRect: NSRect) {
super.init(frame: NSRect(origin: frameRect.origin, size: itemSize))
let newButton = NSButton(frame: NSRect(origin: buttonOrigin, size: buttonSize))
newButton.bezelStyle = NSBezelStyle.RoundedBezelStyle
self.addSubview(newButton)
self.button = newButton;
}
required init?(coder: NSCoder) {
fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
}
func setButtonTitle(title: String) {
self.button!.title = title
}
}
To set the button title, I am using kind of a hack. (the for-loop in the ViewController) If there is a better way to set the title please feel free to leave a comment.