Expanding Cells in iOS Collection Views

Where to Go From Here

In this tutorial, you added several auto layout-based labels, subtle parallax effects and fading transitions to a standard UICollectionView.

Keeping class responsibilities focused — especially for the view controllers — is one of the main challenges in iOS development, and you handled them like a boss in this tutorial.

You can download the completed version of the project using the Download Materials button at the top or bottom of this tutorial.

Now that you’ve covered the basics of adding a fancy expanding cell to UICollectionView, try experimenting with 3D transforms or fiddling with the scaling values in the collection layout to see what other effects you can achieve.

If you're looking to learn more about custom layouts, consider the following resources:

• Read the Creating Custom Layouts section of the Collection View Programming Guide for iOS, which covers this subject extensively.
• Follow our Custom Collection View Layout Video Tutorial Series, where you can learn how to build amazing custom layouts inspired by popular iOS apps, and dig into some advanced topics like creating interactive layouts and manipulating scroll behavior.

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