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init(collectionView:cellProvider:)

Creates a diffable data source with the specified cell provider, and connects it to the specified collection view.

Declaration

init(collectionView: UICollectionView, cellProvider: @escaping  UICollectionViewDiffableDataSourceReferenceCellProvider)

Parameters

  • collectionView:

    The initialized collection view object to connect to the diffable data source.

  • cellProvider:

    A closure that creates and returns each of the cells for the collection view from the data the diffable data source provides.

Discussion

To connect a diffable data source to a collection view, you create the diffable data source using this initializer, passing in the collection view you want to associate with that data source. You also pass in a cell provider, where you configure each of your cells to determine how to display your data in the UI.

self.dataSource = [[UICollectionViewDiffableDataSource alloc] initWithCollectionView:self.collectionView cellProvider:^UICollectionViewCell *(UICollectionView *collectionView, NSIndexPath *indexPath, id item) {
    // configure and return cell
}];

See Also

Creating a diffable data source