How to set delegate to UICollectionView in NSObject controller - objective-c

Question

How to add CollectionView in NSObject controller?
I have one NSObject controller which i am accessing on each ViewController. I already added some component on it like image view. Now I want to add CollectionView on it. I have written code as follows:
in AboutMe.h file
#interface AboutMe : NSObject<UICollectionViewDelegate,UICollectionViewDataSource,UICollectionViewDelegateFlowLayout>
-(UIButton *) showAboutMeView:(UIViewController *)id;
#end
and in AboutMe.m file
#import "AboutMe.h"
#implementation AboutMe {
UIView *objMessageView;
UICollectionView *_collectionView
NSMutableArray *arrstrProfileImage;
NSMutableArray *arrstrUsersNameEn;
NSMutableArray *arrstrUsersNameMr;
}
-(UIButton *) showAboutMeView:(UIViewController *)id {
CGRect screenRect = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds];
CGFloat screenX = screenRect.origin.x;
CGFloat screenY = screenRect.origin.y;
CGFloat screenWidth = screenRect.size.width;
CGFloat screenHeight = screenRect.size.height;
arrstrProfileImage = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithObjects:#"male.png",#"female.png",nil];
arrstrUsersNameEn = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithObjects:#"Mr. (Corporator)",#"Mrs.(Corporator)", nil];
objMessageView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(screenX, screenY, screenWidth,screenHeight-64)];
objMessageView.backgroundColor = [[UIColor blackColor] colorWithAlphaComponent:.8f];
[id.view addSubview:objMessageView];
UIImageView *objUIImageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 10, screenWidth, 150)];
objUIImageView.image = [UIImage imageNamed:#"abc.png"];
objUIImageView.contentMode = UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFit;
[objMessageView addSubview:objUIImageView];
UIButton *objUIButtonOk = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(screenX, screenHeight-120, screenWidth, 50)];
[objUIButtonOk setTitleColor:[UIColor whiteColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
objUIButtonOk.titleLabel.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:25];
[objUIButtonOk setTitle:#"OK" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[objMessageView addSubview:objUIButtonOk];
UICollectionViewFlowLayout *layout=[[UICollectionViewFlowLayout alloc] init];
_collectionView=[[UICollectionView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(objMessageView.frame.origin.x+10, objUIImageView.frame.origin.y+objUIImageView.frame.size.height+5, objMessageView.frame.size.width-20, objUIButtonOk.frame.origin.y-(objUIImageView.frame.origin.y+objUIImageView.frame.size.height+25)) collectionViewLayout:layout];
[_collectionView setDataSource:self];
[_collectionView setDelegate:self];
_collectionView.showsVerticalScrollIndicator = NO;
[_collectionView registerClass:[UICollectionViewCell class] forCellWithReuseIdentifier:#"cellIdentifier"];
[_collectionView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor gray]];
[objMessageView addSubview:_collectionView];
return objUIButtonOk;
}
-(NSInteger)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView numberOfItemsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
return arrstrProfileImage.count;
}
-(UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
UICollectionViewCell *cell=[collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:#"cellIdentifier" forIndexPath:indexPath];
UIImageView *objUIImageView;
UILabel *objUILabel;
for (UILabel *lbl in cell.contentView.subviews)
{
if ([lbl isKindOfClass:[UILabel class]])
{
[lbl removeFromSuperview];
}
}
for (UIImageView *img in cell.contentView.subviews)
{
if ([img isKindOfClass:[UIImageView class]])
{
[img removeFromSuperview];
}
}
cell.backgroundColor=[UIColor lightGrayColor];
cell.layer.cornerRadius = 3;
cell.layer.masksToBounds = YES;
objUIImageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(cell.contentView.frame.size.width/2-50, cell.contentView.frame.origin.y+25, 100, 100)];
objUIImageView.image = [UIImage imageNamed:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#",[arrstrProfileImage objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]]];
objUIImageView.contentMode = UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFit;
[cell.contentView addSubview:objUIImageView];
objUILabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(cell.contentView.frame.origin.x+5, objUIImageView.frame.size.height+20, cell.contentView.frame.size.width-10, cell.contentView.frame.size.height - (objUIImageView.frame.size.height+20))];
objUILabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
objUILabel.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentCenter;
objUILabel.numberOfLines = 0;
objUILabel.lineBreakMode = NSLineBreakByWordWrapping;
objUILabel.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:16];
objUILabel.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
if ([[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#",[UserDefault objectForKey:#"lang"]] isEqualToString:#"M"]) {
objUILabel.text = [arrstrUsersNameMr objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
}else{
objUILabel.text = [arrstrUsersNameEn objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
}
[cell.contentView addSubview:objUILabel];
return cell;
}
-(CGSize)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView layout:(UICollectionViewLayout*)collectionViewLayout sizeForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
return CGSizeMake(objMessageView.frame.size.width/2 -15,objMessageView.frame.size.width/2 -15);
}
#end
I am accessing this in ViewController as:
AboutMe *objAboutMe = [[AboutMe alloc] init];
UIButton *objBtn = [objAboutMe showAboutMeView:self];
[objBtn addTarget:self action:#selector(click:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
A blank white view get loaded.
Here Problem is I am not able to set Delegate to CollectionView.
Please Help me in this.

Answer 1

You're CollectionView delegate won't work unless you change inheritation of your AboutMe class.
So you need to update this line and inherit from UIViewController:
#interface AboutMe : UICollectionViewController <UICollectionViewDelegate,UICollectionViewDataSource,UICollectionViewDelegateFlowLayout>
Also I would make an additional suggestion. When working with method like this:
-(UIButton *) showAboutMeView:(UIViewController *)id {
Try to mantain only that code, that is related to creation and returning UIButton, so for example instantiation and operations with objMessageView could be placed in another method, etc.