In this tutorial, I will cover how to reorder cells in using drag & drop. I have seen many different approaches on how to do this, some are working decent and some are not. That's why I will show you the approach that is tested and working 100%. UICollectionView To make this shorter, I will only present how to do the reordering and won't show all the required delegate methods. Since you got here, I count that you already know the UICollectionView basics. tutorial UICollectionViewDelegate We will start by using two delegate methods from the protocol. UICollectionViewDelegate 1 Enable the use of moving items in the UICollectionView by calling delegate method. Passing will enable this feature. canMoveItemAt true func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, canMoveItemAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> Bool {return true} 2 Next, we will implement the delegate method where you will intercept the starting index and the ending index of the both items that are switching places. moveItemAt func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, moveItemAt sourceIndexPath: IndexPath, to destinationIndexPath: IndexPath) {print(“Starting Index: \(sourceIndexPath.item)”)print(“Ending Index: \(destinationIndexPath.item)”)} UILongPressGestureRecognizer For a better control of the gestures in the UICollectionView we will implement a . UILongPressGestureRecognizer Note that these interactive functions work for iOS 9 and above. That’s it from this tutorial and if it helped you please 👏 or share this story so others like you can find it. Thank you for your attention! 🚀 Check out my latest project: _This app is only available on the App Store for iOS devices. Increase your profits by following our professional BET…_apple.co VIP Sports Bet Tips & Scores on the App Store Read more of my writing on Medium: _Forget MVC, now!_hackernoon.com Introducing Clean Swift Architecture (VIP) _Many iOS apps use Google Maps. This is a very common feature, so I have decided to prepare an ultimate guide on the…_medium.freecodecamp.org Your ultimate guide to the Google Maps SDK on iOS, using Swift 4 _Custom UIView with XIB file is a very common practice in iOS Development. Custom UIView classes don’t contain XIB files…_medium.com SWIFT — Custom UIView with XIB file _A Swift tutorial that will make your app available in Spotlight search_hackernoon.com How to add Spotlight support to your iOS app _Understanding One-to-One and One-To-Many relationships_hackernoon.com Core Data Relationships _All you need to know about Auto Layout_hackernoon.com Understanding Auto Layout in Xcode 9 Subscribe to my Newsletter:
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