Paging UICollectionView by cells, not screen

I have UICollectionView with horizontal scrolling and there are always 2 cells side-by-side per the entire screen. I need the scrolling to stop at the begining of a cell. With paging enabled, the collection view scrolls the whole page, which is 2 cells at once, and then it stops.

I need to enable scrolling by a single cell, or scrolling by multiple cells with stopping at the edge of the cell.

I tried to subclass UICollectionViewFlowLayout and to implement the method targetContentOffsetForProposedContentOffset, but so far I was only able to break my collection view and it stopped scrolling. Is there any easier way to achieve this and how, or do I really need to implement all methods of UICollectionViewFlowLayout subclass? Thanks.

OK, so I found the solution here: targetContentOffsetForProposedContentOffset:withScrollingVelocity without subclassing UICollectionViewFlowLayout

I should have searched for targetContentOffsetForProposedContentOffset in the begining.

just override the method:

- (void)scrollViewWillEndDragging:(UIScrollView *)scrollView withVelocity:(CGPoint)velocity targetContentOffset:(inout CGPoint *)targetContentOffset {
    *targetContentOffset = scrollView.contentOffset; // set acceleration to 0.0
    float pageWidth = (float)self.articlesCollectionView.bounds.size.width;
    int minSpace = 10;
    
    int cellToSwipe = (scrollView.contentOffset.x)/(pageWidth + minSpace) + 0.5; // cell width + min spacing for lines
    if (cellToSwipe < 0) {
        cellToSwipe = 0;
    } else if (cellToSwipe >= self.articles.count) {
        cellToSwipe = self.articles.count - 1;
    }
    [self.articlesCollectionView scrollToItemAtIndexPath:[NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:cellToSwipe inSection:0] atScrollPosition:UICollectionViewScrollPositionLeft animated:YES];
}

Here's my implementation in Swift 5 for vertical cell-based paging:

override func targetContentOffset(forProposedContentOffset proposedContentOffset: CGPoint, withScrollingVelocity velocity: CGPoint) -> CGPoint {

    guard let collectionView = self.collectionView else {
        let latestOffset = super.targetContentOffset(forProposedContentOffset: proposedContentOffset, withScrollingVelocity: velocity)
        return latestOffset
    }
    
    // Page height used for estimating and calculating paging.
    let pageHeight = self.itemSize.height + self.minimumLineSpacing
    
    // Make an estimation of the current page position.
    let approximatePage = collectionView.contentOffset.y/pageHeight
    
    // Determine the current page based on velocity.
    let currentPage = velocity.y == 0 ? round(approximatePage) : (velocity.y < 0.0 ? floor(approximatePage) : ceil(approximatePage))
    
    // Create custom flickVelocity.
    let flickVelocity = velocity.y * 0.3
    
    // Check how many pages the user flicked, if <= 1 then flickedPages should return 0.
    let flickedPages = (abs(round(flickVelocity)) <= 1) ? 0 : round(flickVelocity)
    
    let newVerticalOffset = ((currentPage + flickedPages) * pageHeight) - collectionView.contentInset.top

    return CGPoint(x: proposedContentOffset.x, y: newVerticalOffset)
}

Some notes:

• Doesn't glitch
• SET PAGING TO FALSE! (otherwise this won't work)
• Allows you to set your own flickvelocity easily.
• If something is still not working after trying this, check if your itemSize actually matches the size of the item as that's often a problem, especially when using collectionView(_:layout:sizeForItemAt:), use a custom variable with the itemSize instead.
• This works best when you set self.collectionView.decelerationRate = UIScrollView.DecelerationRate.fast.

Here's a horizontal version (haven't tested it thoroughly so please forgive any mistakes):

override func targetContentOffset(forProposedContentOffset proposedContentOffset: CGPoint, withScrollingVelocity velocity: CGPoint) -> CGPoint {

    guard let collectionView = self.collectionView else {
        let latestOffset = super.targetContentOffset(forProposedContentOffset: proposedContentOffset, withScrollingVelocity: velocity)
        return latestOffset
    }
        
    // Page width used for estimating and calculating paging.
    let pageWidth = self.itemSize.width + self.minimumInteritemSpacing

    // Make an estimation of the current page position.
    let approximatePage = collectionView.contentOffset.x/pageWidth
        
    // Determine the current page based on velocity.
    let currentPage = velocity.x == 0 ? round(approximatePage) : (velocity.x < 0.0 ? floor(approximatePage) : ceil(approximatePage))
        
    // Create custom flickVelocity.
    let flickVelocity = velocity.x * 0.3
        
    // Check how many pages the user flicked, if <= 1 then flickedPages should return 0.
    let flickedPages = (abs(round(flickVelocity)) <= 1) ? 0 : round(flickVelocity)
        
    // Calculate newHorizontalOffset.
    let newHorizontalOffset = ((currentPage + flickedPages) * pageWidth) - collectionView.contentInset.left

    return CGPoint(x: newHorizontalOffset, y: proposedContentOffset.y)
}

This code is based on the code I use in my personal project, you can check it out here by downloading it and running the Example target.

Horizontal Paging With Custom Page Width (Swift 4 & 5)

Many solutions presented here result in some weird behaviour that doesn't feel like properly implemented paging.

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The solution presented in this tutorial, however, doesn't seem to have any issues. It just feels like a perfectly working paging algorithm. You can implement it in 5 simple steps:

1. Add the following property to your type: private var indexOfCellBeforeDragging = 0

2. Set the collectionView delegate like this: collectionView.delegate = self

3. Add conformance to UICollectionViewDelegate via an extension: extension YourType: UICollectionViewDelegate { }

4. Add the following method to the extension implementing the UICollectionViewDelegate conformance and set a value for pageWidth:

    func scrollViewWillBeginDragging(_ scrollView: UIScrollView) {
        let pageWidth = // The width your page should have (plus a possible margin)
        let proportionalOffset = collectionView.contentOffset.x / pageWidth
        indexOfCellBeforeDragging = Int(round(proportionalOffset))
    }
   

5. Add the following method to the extension implementing the UICollectionViewDelegate conformance, set the same value for pageWidth (you may also store this value at a central place) and set a value for collectionViewItemCount:

    func scrollViewWillEndDragging(_ scrollView: UIScrollView, withVelocity velocity: CGPoint, targetContentOffset: UnsafeMutablePointer<CGPoint>) {
        // Stop scrolling
        targetContentOffset.pointee = scrollView.contentOffset
   
        // Calculate conditions
        let pageWidth = // The width your page should have (plus a possible margin)
        let collectionViewItemCount = // The number of items in this section
        let proportionalOffset = collectionView.contentOffset.x / pageWidth
        let indexOfMajorCell = Int(round(proportionalOffset))
        let swipeVelocityThreshold: CGFloat = 0.5
        let hasEnoughVelocityToSlideToTheNextCell = indexOfCellBeforeDragging + 1 < collectionViewItemCount && velocity.x > swipeVelocityThreshold
        let hasEnoughVelocityToSlideToThePreviousCell = indexOfCellBeforeDragging - 1 >= 0 && velocity.x < -swipeVelocityThreshold
        let majorCellIsTheCellBeforeDragging = indexOfMajorCell == indexOfCellBeforeDragging
        let didUseSwipeToSkipCell = majorCellIsTheCellBeforeDragging && (hasEnoughVelocityToSlideToTheNextCell || hasEnoughVelocityToSlideToThePreviousCell)
   
        if didUseSwipeToSkipCell {
            // Animate so that swipe is just continued
            let snapToIndex = indexOfCellBeforeDragging + (hasEnoughVelocityToSlideToTheNextCell ? 1 : -1)
            let toValue = pageWidth * CGFloat(snapToIndex)
            UIView.animate(
                withDuration: 0.3,
                delay: 0,
                usingSpringWithDamping: 1,
                initialSpringVelocity: velocity.x,
                options: .allowUserInteraction,
                animations: {
                    scrollView.contentOffset = CGPoint(x: toValue, y: 0)
                    scrollView.layoutIfNeeded()
                },
                completion: nil
            )
        } else {
            // Pop back (against velocity)
            let indexPath = IndexPath(row: indexOfMajorCell, section: 0)
            collectionView.scrollToItem(at: indexPath, at: .left, animated: true)
        }
    }
   

Here's the easiest way that i found to do that in Swift 4.2 for horinzontal scroll:

I'm using the first cell on visibleCells and scrolling to then, if the first visible cell are showing less of the half of it's width i'm scrolling to the next one.

If your collection scroll vertically, simply change x by y and width by height

func scrollViewWillEndDragging(_ scrollView: UIScrollView, withVelocity velocity: CGPoint, targetContentOffset: UnsafeMutablePointer<CGPoint>) {
    targetContentOffset.pointee = scrollView.contentOffset
    var indexes = self.collectionView.indexPathsForVisibleItems
    indexes.sort()
    var index = indexes.first!
    let cell = self.collectionView.cellForItem(at: index)!
    let position = self.collectionView.contentOffset.x - cell.frame.origin.x
    if position > cell.frame.size.width/2{
       index.row = index.row+1
    }
    self.collectionView.scrollToItem(at: index, at: .left, animated: true )
}

Swift 3 version of Evya's answer:

func scrollViewWillEndDragging(_ scrollView: UIScrollView, withVelocity velocity: CGPoint, targetContentOffset: UnsafeMutablePointer<CGPoint>) {
  targetContentOffset.pointee = scrollView.contentOffset
    let pageWidth:Float = Float(self.view.bounds.width)
    let minSpace:Float = 10.0
    var cellToSwipe:Double = Double(Float((scrollView.contentOffset.x))/Float((pageWidth+minSpace))) + Double(0.5)
    if cellToSwipe < 0 {
        cellToSwipe = 0
    } else if cellToSwipe >= Double(self.articles.count) {
        cellToSwipe = Double(self.articles.count) - Double(1)
    }
    let indexPath:IndexPath = IndexPath(row: Int(cellToSwipe), section:0)
    self.collectionView.scrollToItem(at:indexPath, at: UICollectionViewScrollPosition.left, animated: true)


}

Partly based on StevenOjo's answer. I've tested this using a horizontal scrolling and no Bounce UICollectionView. cellSize is CollectionViewCell size. You can tweak factor to modify scrolling sensitivity.

override func scrollViewWillEndDragging(_ scrollView: UIScrollView, withVelocity velocity: CGPoint, targetContentOffset: UnsafeMutablePointer<CGPoint>) {
    targetContentOffset.pointee = scrollView.contentOffset
    var factor: CGFloat = 0.5
    if velocity.x < 0 {
        factor = -factor
    }
    let indexPath = IndexPath(row: (scrollView.contentOffset.x/cellSize.width + factor).int, section: 0)
    collectionView?.scrollToItem(at: indexPath, at: .left, animated: true)
}

#Approach 1: Collection View

flowLayout is UICollectionViewFlowLayout property

override func scrollViewWillEndDragging(scrollView: UIScrollView, withVelocity velocity: CGPoint, targetContentOffset: UnsafeMutablePointer<CGPoint>) {
    
    if let collectionView = collectionView {
        
        targetContentOffset.memory = scrollView.contentOffset
        let pageWidth = CGRectGetWidth(scrollView.frame) + flowLayout.minimumInteritemSpacing
        
        var assistanceOffset : CGFloat = pageWidth / 3.0
        
        if velocity.x < 0 {
            assistanceOffset = -assistanceOffset
        }
        
        let assistedScrollPosition = (scrollView.contentOffset.x + assistanceOffset) / pageWidth
        
        var targetIndex = Int(round(assistedScrollPosition))
        
        
        if targetIndex < 0 {
            targetIndex = 0
        }
        else if targetIndex >= collectionView.numberOfItemsInSection(0) {
            targetIndex = collectionView.numberOfItemsInSection(0) - 1
        }
        
        print("targetIndex = \(targetIndex)")
        
        let indexPath = NSIndexPath(forItem: targetIndex, inSection: 0)
        
        collectionView.scrollToItemAtIndexPath(indexPath, atScrollPosition: .Left, animated: true)
    }
}

#Approach 2: Page View Controller

You could use UIPageViewController if it meets your requirements, each page would have a separate view controller.

modify Romulo BM answer for velocity listening

func scrollViewWillEndDragging(
    _ scrollView: UIScrollView,
    withVelocity velocity: CGPoint,
    targetContentOffset: UnsafeMutablePointer<CGPoint>
) {
    targetContentOffset.pointee = scrollView.contentOffset
    var indexes = collection.indexPathsForVisibleItems
    indexes.sort()
    var index = indexes.first!
    if velocity.x > 0 {
       index.row += 1
    } else if velocity.x == 0 {
        let cell = self.collection.cellForItem(at: index)!
        let position = self.collection.contentOffset.x - cell.frame.origin.x
        if position > cell.frame.size.width / 2 {
           index.row += 1
        }
    }
    
    self.collection.scrollToItem(at: index, at: .centeredHorizontally, animated: true )
}

This is a straight way to do this.

The case is simple, but finally quite common ( typical thumbnails scroller with fixed cell size and fixed gap between cells )

var itemCellSize: CGSize = <your cell size>
var itemCellsGap: CGFloat = <gap in between>

override func scrollViewWillEndDragging(_ scrollView: UIScrollView, withVelocity velocity: CGPoint, targetContentOffset: UnsafeMutablePointer<CGPoint>) {
	let pageWidth = (itemCellSize.width + itemCellsGap)
	let itemIndex = (targetContentOffset.pointee.x) / pageWidth
	targetContentOffset.pointee.x = round(itemIndex) * pageWidth - (itemCellsGap / 2)
}

// CollectionViewFlowLayoutDelegate

func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, layout collectionViewLayout: UICollectionViewLayout, sizeForItemAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> CGSize {
	return itemCellSize
}

func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, layout collectionViewLayout: UICollectionViewLayout, minimumLineSpacingForSectionAt section: Int) -> CGFloat {
	return itemCellsGap
}

Note that there is no reason to call a scrollToOffset or dive into layouts. The native scrolling behaviour already does everything.

Cheers All :)

Here is the optimised solution in Swift5, including handling the wrong indexPath. - Michael Lin Liu

• Step1. Get the indexPath of the current cell.
• Step2. Detect the velocity when scroll.
• Step3. Increase the indexPath's row when the velocity is increased.
• Step4. Tell the collection view to scroll to the next item

    func scrollViewWillEndDragging(_ scrollView: UIScrollView, withVelocity velocity: CGPoint, targetContentOffset: UnsafeMutablePointer<CGPoint>) {
        
        targetContentOffset.pointee = scrollView.contentOffset
        
        //M: Get the first visiable item's indexPath from visibaleItems.
        var indexPaths = *YOURCOLLECTIONVIEW*.indexPathsForVisibleItems
        indexPaths.sort()
        var indexPath = indexPaths.first!

        //M: Use the velocity to detect the paging control movement.
        //M: If the movement is forward, then increase the indexPath.
        if velocity.x > 0{
            indexPath.row += 1
            
            //M: If the movement is in the next section, which means the indexPath's row is out range. We set the indexPath to the first row of the next section.
            if indexPath.row == *YOURCOLLECTIONVIEW*.numberOfItems(inSection: indexPath.section){
                indexPath.row = 0
                indexPath.section += 1
            }
        }
        else{
            //M: If the movement is backward, the indexPath will be automatically changed to the first visiable item which is indexPath.row - 1. So there is no need to write the logic.
        }
        
        //M: Tell the collection view to scroll to the next item.
        *YOURCOLLECTIONVIEW*.scrollToItem(at: indexPath, at: .left, animated: true )
 }

Kind of like evya's answer, but a little smoother because it doesn't set the targetContentOffset to zero.

- (void)scrollViewWillEndDragging:(UIScrollView *)scrollView withVelocity:(CGPoint)velocity targetContentOffset:(inout CGPoint *)targetContentOffset {
    if ([scrollView isKindOfClass:[UICollectionView class]]) {
        UICollectionView* collectionView = (UICollectionView*)scrollView;
        if ([collectionView.collectionViewLayout isKindOfClass:[UICollectionViewFlowLayout class]]) {
            UICollectionViewFlowLayout* layout = (UICollectionViewFlowLayout*)collectionView.collectionViewLayout;
            
            CGFloat pageWidth = layout.itemSize.width + layout.minimumInteritemSpacing;
            CGFloat usualSideOverhang = (scrollView.bounds.size.width - pageWidth)/2.0;
            // k*pageWidth - usualSideOverhang = contentOffset for page at index k if k >= 1, 0 if k = 0
            // -> (contentOffset + usualSideOverhang)/pageWidth = k at page stops
            
            NSInteger targetPage = 0;
            CGFloat currentOffsetInPages = (scrollView.contentOffset.x + usualSideOverhang)/pageWidth;
            targetPage = velocity.x < 0 ? floor(currentOffsetInPages) : ceil(currentOffsetInPages);
            targetPage = MAX(0,MIN(self.projects.count - 1,targetPage));
            
            *targetContentOffset = CGPointMake(MAX(targetPage*pageWidth - usualSideOverhang,0), 0);
        }
    }
}

Here is my version of it in Swift 3. Calculate the offset after scrolling ended and adjust the offset with animation.

collectionLayout is a UICollectionViewFlowLayout()

func scrollViewDidEndDecelerating(_ scrollView: UIScrollView) {
	let index = scrollView.contentOffset.x / collectionLayout.itemSize.width
	let fracPart = index.truncatingRemainder(dividingBy: 1)
	let item= Int(fracPart >= 0.5 ? ceil(index) : floor(index))

	let indexPath = IndexPath(item: item, section: 0)
	collectionView.scrollToItem(at: indexPath, at: .left, animated: true)
}

Swift 5

I've found a way to do this without subclassing UICollectionView, just calculating the contentOffset in horizontal. Obviously without isPagingEnabled set true. Here is the code:

var offsetScroll1 : CGFloat = 0
var offsetScroll2 : CGFloat = 0
let flowLayout = UICollectionViewFlowLayout()
let screenSize : CGSize = UIScreen.main.bounds.size
var items = ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5"]

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    flowLayout.scrollDirection = .horizontal
    flowLayout.minimumLineSpacing = 7
    let collectionView = UICollectionView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 590, width: screenSize.width, height: 200), collectionViewLayout: flowLayout)
    collectionView.register(collectionViewCell1.self, forCellWithReuseIdentifier: cellReuseIdentifier)
    collectionView.delegate = self
    collectionView.dataSource = self
    collectionView.backgroundColor = UIColor.clear
    collectionView.showsHorizontalScrollIndicator = false
    self.view.addSubview(collectionView)
}

func scrollViewWillBeginDragging(_ scrollView: UIScrollView) {
    offsetScroll1 = offsetScroll2
}

func scrollViewDidEndDragging(_ scrollView: UIScrollView, willDecelerate decelerate: Bool) {
    offsetScroll1 = offsetScroll2
}

func scrollViewWillEndDragging(_ scrollView: UIScrollView, withVelocity velocity: CGPoint, targetContentOffset: UnsafeMutablePointer<CGPoint>){
    let indexOfMajorCell = self.desiredIndex()
    let indexPath = IndexPath(row: indexOfMajorCell, section: 0)
    flowLayout.collectionView!.scrollToItem(at: indexPath, at: .centeredHorizontally, animated: true)
    targetContentOffset.pointee = scrollView.contentOffset
}

private func desiredIndex() -> Int {
    var integerIndex = 0
    print(flowLayout.collectionView!.contentOffset.x)
    offsetScroll2 = flowLayout.collectionView!.contentOffset.x
    if offsetScroll2 > offsetScroll1 {
        integerIndex += 1
        let offset = flowLayout.collectionView!.contentOffset.x / screenSize.width
        integerIndex = Int(round(offset))
        if integerIndex < (items.count - 1) {
            integerIndex += 1
        }
    }
    if offsetScroll2 < offsetScroll1 {
        let offset = flowLayout.collectionView!.contentOffset.x / screenSize.width
        integerIndex = Int(offset.rounded(.towardZero))
    }
    let targetIndex = integerIndex
    return targetIndex
}

Also you can create fake scroll view to handle scrolling.

Horizontal or Vertical

// === Defaults ===
let bannerSize = CGSize(width: 280, height: 170)
let pageWidth: CGFloat = 290 // ^ + paging
let insetLeft: CGFloat = 20
let insetRight: CGFloat = 20
// ================

var pageScrollView: UIScrollView!

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    
    // Create fake scrollview to properly handle paging
    pageScrollView = UIScrollView(frame: CGRect(origin: .zero, size: CGSize(width: pageWidth, height: 100)))
    pageScrollView.isPagingEnabled = true
    pageScrollView.alwaysBounceHorizontal = true
    pageScrollView.showsVerticalScrollIndicator = false
    pageScrollView.showsHorizontalScrollIndicator = false
    pageScrollView.delegate = self
    pageScrollView.isHidden = true
    view.insertSubview(pageScrollView, belowSubview: collectionView)
    
    // Set desired gesture recognizers to the collection view
    for gr in pageScrollView.gestureRecognizers! {
        collectionView.addGestureRecognizer(gr)
    }
}

func scrollViewDidScroll(_ scrollView: UIScrollView) {
    if scrollView == pageScrollView {
        // Return scrolling back to the collection view
        collectionView.contentOffset.x = pageScrollView.contentOffset.x
    }
}

func refreshData() {
    ...
    
    refreshScroll()
}

override func viewDidLayoutSubviews() {
    super.viewDidLayoutSubviews()
    
    refreshScroll()
}

/// Refresh fake scrolling view content size if content changes
func refreshScroll() {
    let w = collectionView.width - bannerSize.width - insetLeft - insetRight
    pageScrollView.contentSize = CGSize(width: pageWidth * CGFloat(banners.count) - w, height: 100)
}

This is my solution, in Swift 4.2, I wish it could help you.

class SomeViewController: UIViewController {

  private lazy var flowLayout: UICollectionViewFlowLayout = {
    let layout = UICollectionViewFlowLayout()
    layout.itemSize = CGSize(width: /* width */, height: /* height */)
    layout.minimumLineSpacing = // margin
    layout.minimumInteritemSpacing = 0.0
    layout.sectionInset = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0.0, left: /* margin */, bottom: 0.0, right: /* margin */)
    layout.scrollDirection = .horizontal
    return layout
  }()

  private lazy var collectionView: UICollectionView = {
    let collectionView = UICollectionView(frame: .zero, collectionViewLayout: flowLayout)
    collectionView.showsHorizontalScrollIndicator = false
    collectionView.dataSource = self
    collectionView.delegate = self
    // collectionView.register(SomeCell.self)
    return collectionView
  }()

  private var currentIndex: Int = 0
}

// MARK: - UIScrollViewDelegate

extension SomeViewController {
  func scrollViewWillBeginDragging(_ scrollView: UIScrollView) {
    guard scrollView == collectionView else { return }

    let pageWidth = flowLayout.itemSize.width + flowLayout.minimumLineSpacing
    currentIndex = Int(scrollView.contentOffset.x / pageWidth)
  }

  func scrollViewWillEndDragging(_ scrollView: UIScrollView, withVelocity velocity: CGPoint, targetContentOffset: UnsafeMutablePointer<CGPoint>) {
    guard scrollView == collectionView else { return }

    let pageWidth = flowLayout.itemSize.width + flowLayout.minimumLineSpacing
    var targetIndex = Int(roundf(Float(targetContentOffset.pointee.x / pageWidth)))
    if targetIndex > currentIndex {
      targetIndex = currentIndex + 1
    } else if targetIndex < currentIndex {
      targetIndex = currentIndex - 1
    }
    let count = collectionView.numberOfItems(inSection: 0)
    targetIndex = max(min(targetIndex, count - 1), 0)
    print("targetIndex: \(targetIndex)")

    targetContentOffset.pointee = scrollView.contentOffset
    var offsetX: CGFloat = 0.0
    if targetIndex < count - 1 {
      offsetX = pageWidth * CGFloat(targetIndex)
    } else {
      offsetX = scrollView.contentSize.width - scrollView.width
    }
    collectionView.setContentOffset(CGPoint(x: offsetX, y: 0.0), animated: true)
  }
}

Ok so the proposed answers did'nt worked for me because I wanted to scroll by sections instead, and thus, have variable width page sizes

I did this (vertical only):

   var pagesSizes = [CGSize]()
   func scrollViewDidScroll(_ scrollView: UIScrollView) {
        defer {
            lastOffsetY = scrollView.contentOffset.y
        }
        if collectionView.isDecelerating {
            var currentPage = 0
            var currentPageBottom = CGFloat(0)
            for pagesSize in pagesSizes {
                currentPageBottom += pagesSize.height
                if currentPageBottom > collectionView!.contentOffset.y {
                    break
                }
                currentPage += 1
            }
            if collectionView.contentOffset.y > currentPageBottom - pagesSizes[currentPage].height, collectionView.contentOffset.y + collectionView.frame.height < currentPageBottom {
                return // 100% of view within bounds
            }
            if lastOffsetY < collectionView.contentOffset.y {
                if currentPage + 1 != pagesSizes.count {
                    collectionView.setContentOffset(CGPoint(x: 0, y: currentPageBottom), animated: true)
                }
            } else {
                collectionView.setContentOffset(CGPoint(x: 0, y: currentPageBottom - pagesSizes[currentPage].height), animated: true)
            }
        }
    }

In this case, I calculate each page size beforehand using the section height + header + footer, and store it in the array. That's the pagesSizes member

i created a custom collection view layout here that supports:

• paging one cell at a time
• paging 2+ cells at a time depending on swipe velocity
• horizontal or vertical directions

it's as easy as:

let layout = PagingCollectionViewLayout()

layout.itemSize = 
layout.minimumLineSpacing = 
layout.scrollDirection = 

you can just add PagingCollectionViewLayout.swift to your project

or

add pod 'PagingCollectionViewLayout' to your podfile

final class PagingFlowLayout: UICollectionViewFlowLayout {
    private var currentIndex = 0

    override func targetContentOffset(forProposedContentOffset proposedContentOffset: CGPoint, withScrollingVelocity velocity: CGPoint) -> CGPoint {
        let count = collectionView!.numberOfItems(inSection: 0)
        let currentAttribute = layoutAttributesForItem(
            at: IndexPath(item: currentIndex, section: 0)
            ) ?? UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes()

        let direction = proposedContentOffset.x > currentAttribute.frame.minX
        if collectionView!.contentOffset.x + collectionView!.bounds.width < collectionView!.contentSize.width || currentIndex < count - 1 {
            currentIndex += direction ? 1 : -1
            currentIndex = max(min(currentIndex, count - 1), 0)
        }

        let indexPath = IndexPath(item: currentIndex, section: 0)
        let closestAttribute = layoutAttributesForItem(at: indexPath) ?? UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes()

        let centerOffset = collectionView!.bounds.size.width / 2
        return CGPoint(x: closestAttribute.center.x - centerOffset, y: 0)
    }
}

The original answer of Олень Безрогий had an issue, so on the last cell collection view was scrolling to the beginning

func scrollViewWillEndDragging(_ scrollView: UIScrollView, withVelocity velocity: CGPoint, targetContentOffset: UnsafeMutablePointer<CGPoint>) {
	targetContentOffset.pointee = scrollView.contentOffset
	var indexes = yourCollectionView.indexPathsForVisibleItems
	indexes.sort()
	var index = indexes.first!
	// if velocity.x > 0 && (Get the number of items from your data) > index.row + 1 {
	if velocity.x > 0 && yourCollectionView.numberOfItems(inSection: 0) > index.row + 1 {
	   index.row += 1
	} else if velocity.x == 0 {
		let cell = yourCollectionView.cellForItem(at: index)!
		let position = yourCollectionView.contentOffset.x - cell.frame.origin.x
		if position > cell.frame.size.width / 2 {
		   index.row += 1
		}
	}
	
	yourCollectionView.scrollToItem(at: index, at: .centeredHorizontally, animated: true )
}

func scrollViewWillEndDragging(_ scrollView: UIScrollView, withVelocity 
velocity: CGPoint, targetContentOffset: UnsafeMutablePointer<CGPoint>) {
    targetContentOffset.pointee = scrollView.contentOffset
    var indexes = self.collectionHome.indexPathsForVisibleItems
    indexes.sort()
    var index = indexes.first!
    let cell = self.collectionHome.cellForItem(at: index)!
    let position = self.collectionHome.contentOffset.x - cell.frame.origin.x
    if position > cell.frame.size.width/2{
        index.row = index.row+1
    }
    self.collectionHome.scrollToItem(at: index, at: .left, animated: true )
}

It is the best solution I ever seen. Just use it with .linear type. https://github.com/nicklockwood/iCarousel God bless the author!:)

Here is my way to do it by using a UICollectionViewFlowLayout to override the targetContentOffset:

(Although in the end, I end up not using this and use UIPageViewController instead.)

/**
 A UICollectionViewFlowLayout with...
 - paged horizontal scrolling
 - itemSize is the same as the collectionView bounds.size
 */
class PagedFlowLayout: UICollectionViewFlowLayout {

  override init() {
    super.init()
    self.scrollDirection = .horizontal
    self.minimumLineSpacing = 8 // line spacing is the horizontal spacing in horizontal scrollDirection
    self.minimumInteritemSpacing = 0
    if #available(iOS 11.0, *) {
      self.sectionInsetReference = .fromSafeArea // for iPhone X
    }
  }

  required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
    fatalError("not implemented")
  }

  // Note: Setting `minimumInteritemSpacing` here will be too late. Don't do it here.
  override func prepare() {
    super.prepare()
    guard let collectionView = collectionView else { return }
    collectionView.decelerationRate = UIScrollViewDecelerationRateFast // mostly you want it fast!

    let insetedBounds = UIEdgeInsetsInsetRect(collectionView.bounds, self.sectionInset)
    self.itemSize = insetedBounds.size
  }

  // Table: Possible cases of targetContentOffset calculation
  // -------------------------
  // start |          |
  // near  | velocity | end
  // page  |          | page
  // -------------------------
  //   0   | forward  |  1
  //   0   | still    |  0
  //   0   | backward |  0
  //   1   | forward  |  1
  //   1   | still    |  1
  //   1   | backward |  0
  // -------------------------
  override func targetContentOffset( //swiftlint:disable:this cyclomatic_complexity
    forProposedContentOffset proposedContentOffset: CGPoint, withScrollingVelocity velocity: CGPoint) -> CGPoint {

    guard let collectionView = collectionView else { return proposedContentOffset }

    let pageWidth = itemSize.width + minimumLineSpacing
    let currentPage: CGFloat = collectionView.contentOffset.x / pageWidth
    let nearestPage: CGFloat = round(currentPage)
    let isNearPreviousPage = nearestPage < currentPage

    var pageDiff: CGFloat = 0
    let velocityThreshold: CGFloat = 0.5 // can customize this threshold
    if isNearPreviousPage {
      if velocity.x > velocityThreshold {
        pageDiff = 1
      }
    } else {
      if velocity.x < -velocityThreshold {
        pageDiff = -1
      }
    }

    let x = (nearestPage + pageDiff) * pageWidth
    let cappedX = max(0, x) // cap to avoid targeting beyond content
    //print("x:", x, "velocity:", velocity)
    return CGPoint(x: cappedX, y: proposedContentOffset.y)
  }

}

You can use the following library: https://github.com/ink-spot/UPCarouselFlowLayout

It's very simple and ofc you do not need to think about details like other answers contain.