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ekant
ekant

Reputation: 171

Creating a grid view on iOS

I need to implement a grid view with dynamically-changing images.

Most of the time, I use a UITableView to create a grid, but I run into memory issues if I have a large number of images.

In iOS 6, the UICollectionView was added, but I've never used it before.

What are some "best practices" and view subclasses to use when making a grid view so I don't have memory issues?

Upvotes: 13

Views: 27437

Answers (5)

flexicious.com
flexicious.com

Reputation: 1671

Late to the party, but we have opensourced our commercial datagrid component and its free to use!

https://github.com/flexicious/iOSDataGrid

Its actually quite versatile in what it can do as compared to most libraries listed above.

http://www.ioscomponents.com/Home/IOSDataGrid

Upvotes: 1

Quamber Ali
Quamber Ali

Reputation: 2171

UICollectionView is available in iOS 6.0 and later, so it can't be used if you want to support earlier versions.

There are quite a open-source libraries that let you create grid views:

I am currently using AQGridView, and I've found it to be the most robust. It works just like a UITableView. Evadne Wu created a video and sample project showing how to use it.

Also, if you're trying to do this without using Interface Builder, keep in mind that it'll be a bit more difficult since you have to create the views programmatically.

Upvotes: 25

Sonny Saluja
Sonny Saluja

Reputation: 7287

I have used PSTCollectionView and it backwards compatible with iOS 5 and iOS 4.3. UICollectionView is iOS6+ only. It virtually has the same API as UICollectionView.

GMGridView is also a popular choice for creating grid views.

Upvotes: 3

Jbryson
Jbryson

Reputation: 2915

I would go with a UICollection view. Since you've never used one, here is a good tutorial to follow: http://www.raywenderlich.com/22324/beginning-uicollectionview-in-ios-6-part-12.

Upvotes: 2

Rui Peres
Rui Peres

Reputation: 25927

I would go with UICollectionView as you said. You can actually see this answer I gave, where you can see already made libraries.

Upvotes: 8

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