Collectionview cell to open new view - objective-c

Question

I have a collection view with 6 cells in it how do I have each cell open a new viewcontroller when clicked?

Answer 1

In order to achieve your goal you need to edit 2 files:
In the Storyboard you need to add a cell view for each static cell in your Collection View. Just drag as many UICollectionViewCells onto the Collection View. For each cell you need to define a unique reusable identifier (meaning a name like CellType1) in the Attributes Inspector when a cell is selected in the Storyboard's Document Outline. And then control-drag from each cell to the desired target view controller to create a Push segue (provided that your collection view is associated with a UINavigationController).
Create a subclass of UICollectionViewController and assign it in the Storyboard's as the Collection View Controller's class (see the Identity Inspector).
In your UICollectionViewController subclass implement the following methods:
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInCollectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView
{
return 1;
}
- (NSInteger)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView numberOfItemsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
// Enter the number of static cells that are present in the Storyboard's collection view:
return 3;
}
- (UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
// Enter the reusable identifiers that are defined for each cell in the Storyboard's collection view:
NSArray *cellIdentifiers = #[#"CellType1", #"CellType2", #"CellType3"];
NSInteger cellIdentifierIndex = indexPath.item;
// Make one identifier the default cell for edge cases (we use CellType1 here):
if (cellIdentifierIndex >= cellIdentifiers.count) cellIdentifierIndex = 0;
UICollectionViewCell *cell = [collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:cellIdentifiers[cellIdentifierIndex] forIndexPath:indexPath];
// Configure the cell …
return cell;
}
I've created a demo app to show a full implementation: https://github.com/widescape/StaticCollectionViewCells