ILSideScrollView

A sideways-scrolling selection scroll view

Version 1.0

Overview

ILSideScrollView is a tool for presenting options for a user to select, usually for supporting data. As such, the scroller works horizontally instead of vertically like for the main data. This scroll view is perfect for letting the user select fonts, colors, and other options. The user can configure each item in the scroll view in many ways, including appearances and to optionally invoke a method when the item is tapped.

See ILSideScrollView in action in this short demo on YouTube.

Seleting a color scheme (with preview):

Seleting a font (with preview):

Customization in the demo app:

How to use

A demo project ILSideScrollViewDemo is included to show how ILSideScrollView can be integrated into a project. It demos several ways that it can be put to good use.

Preparation

1. Copy the following 4 files into your Xcode project. Be sure to check "Copy items into destination's group folder".
   • ILSideScrollView.h
   • ILSideScrollView.m
   • ILSideScrollViewItem.h
   • ILSideScrollViewItem.m
2. Add the QuartzCore framework to your project by clicking on your project's name at the top of the sidebar in Xcode, then going into "Build Phases". In this tab, expand "Link Binaries With Libraries" and add QuartzCore.framework.
3. Add the line #include "ILSideScrollView.h" to the interface of the view controller that you wish to use ILSideScrollView in. If you intend to use ILSideScrollView in multiple view controllers, add the above include line to the YourAppName-Prefix.pch file in the "Supporting Files" group. This way, ILSideScrollView will be available to every file in your project without needing to keep adding a #include.

Creating an array of ILSideScrollViewItem objects

1. Initialize a new mutable array. This array will contain only ILSideScrollViewItem objects.

    NSMutableArray *items = [NSMutableArray array];
   

2. Create a new ILSideScrollViewItem (subclass of NSObject) object for each item you need in the scroll view. This can be done in a loop or manually. Calling +item will do this for you with the default appearance.

    ILSideScrollViewItem *item = [ILSideScrollViewItem item];
   

3. Set the desired appearance properties of each item to suit your needs. As of v1.0, the following self-explanatory properties are declared in ILSideScrollViewItem.h:

    NSString *title;
   
    UIImage *defaultBackgroundImage;
    UIImage *selectedBackgroundImage;
    UIColor *backgroundColor;
    
    UIColor *defaultTitleColor;
    UIColor *selectedTitleColor;
    UIFont *titleFont;
   

4. The tap action is also a property of ILSideScrollViewItem, but is designated readonly. To give an item an action, use the -setTarget:action:withObject: method.

    ...
    UIColor *aColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:red green:green blue:blue alpha:1.0];
   
    /* Tapping on a square will set the navigation bar to that color */
    [item setTarget:self action:@selector(changeNavBarColor:) withObject:aColor];
    
    ...
    
    - (void)changeNavBarColor:(UIColor *)color {
        self.navigationController.navigationBar.tintColor = color;
    }
   

   The polymorphic object parameter is a way to pass an arbitrary object to the method call specified in the action parameter. In the example above, the aColor object given to -setTarget:action:withObject: will automatically be passed into changeNavBarColor: when the ILSideScrollViewItem is tapped.

   If no arguments are needed, set the object parameter to nil. If multiple arguments need to be passed, encapsulate them in an NSDictionary and set object to that dictionary.

   Note that any parameter after the first one in the given selector will be ignored.

5. Add the ILSideScrollViewItem instance to the mutable array.

    [items addObject:item];
   

Initializing and populating the scroll view

1. In the view controller's -viewDidLoad: method, call -initWithFrame:

    ILSideScrollView *scroller = [[ILSideScrollView alloc] initWithFrame:
                                     CGRectMake(x,y,w,h)];
   

2. To use the default appearance settings for the scroll view, skip this step. To customize, call -setBackgroundColor:indicatorStyle:itemBorderColor:

    [scroller setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blackColor]
                  indicatorStyle:UIScrollViewIndicatorStyleWhite
                 itemBorderColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
   

3. Finally, populate the scroll view by calling -populateSideScrollViewWithItems: and pass it the array of ILSideScrollViewItem objects you created earlier.

    [scroller populateSideScrollViewWithItems:items];
   

   Note that this method raises an exception if itemscontains objects that are not of type ILSideScrollViewItem.

4. Add the completed scroll view to the view controller's view, and you're done!

    [self.view addSubview:scroller];
   

Requirements

• ARC
• iOS 5.0 or later
• The QuartzCore framework

Contact

Isaac Lim
isaacl.net

Version History

1.0

• First publish to Github

License

ILSideScrollView is distributed under the terms and conditions of the MIT license.

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