Animating UICollectionView contentOffset does not display non-visible cells

Question

I'm working on some ticker-like functionality and am using a UICollectionView. It was originally a scrollView, but we figure a collectionView will make it easier to add/remove cells.

I am animating the collectionView with the following:

- (void)beginAnimation {
    [UIView animateWithDuration:((self.collectionView.collectionViewLayout.collectionViewContentSize.width - self.collectionView.contentOffset.x) / 75) delay:0 options:(UIViewAnimationOptionCurveLinear | UIViewAnimationOptionRepeat | UIViewAnimationOptionBeginFromCurrentState) animations:^{
        self.collectionView.contentOffset = CGPointMake(self.collectionView.collectionViewLayout.collectionViewContentSize.width, 0);
    } completion:nil];
}

This works fine for the scroll view, and the animation is happening with the collection view. However, only the cells that are visible at the end of the animation are actually rendered. Adjusting the contentOffset is not causing cellForItemAtIndexPath to be called. How can I get the cells to render when the contentOffset changes?

EDIT: For a bit more reference (not sure if it's much help):

- (UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    TickerElementCell *cell = (TickerElementCell *)[collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:@"TickerElementCell" forIndexPath:indexPath];
    cell.ticker = [self.fetchedResultsController objectAtIndexPath:indexPath];
    return cell;
}

- (void)controllerDidChangeContent:(NSFetchedResultsController *)controller {

    // ...

    [self loadTicker];
}

- (void)loadTicker {

    // ...

    if (self.animating) {
        [self updateAnimation];
    }
    else {
        [self beginAnimation];
    }
}

- (void)beginAnimation {

    if (self.animating) {
        [self endAnimation];
    }

    if ([self.tickerElements count] && !self.animating && !self.paused) {
        self.animating = YES;
        self.collectionView.contentOffset = CGPointMake(1, 0);
        [UIView animateWithDuration:((self.collectionView.collectionViewLayout.collectionViewContentSize.width - self.collectionView.contentOffset.x) / 75) delay:0 options:(UIViewAnimationOptionCurveLinear | UIViewAnimationOptionAllowUserInteraction | UIViewAnimationOptionRepeat | UIViewAnimationOptionBeginFromCurrentState) animations:^{
            self.collectionView.contentOffset = CGPointMake(self.collectionView.collectionViewLayout.collectionViewContentSize.width, 0);
        } completion:nil];
    }
}

Answer 1

You should simply add [self.view layoutIfNeeded]; inside the animation block, like so:

[UIView animateWithDuration:((self.collectionView.collectionViewLayout.collectionViewContentSize.width - self.collectionView.contentOffset.x) / 75) delay:0 options:(UIViewAnimationOptionCurveLinear | UIViewAnimationOptionAllowUserInteraction | UIViewAnimationOptionRepeat | UIViewAnimationOptionBeginFromCurrentState) animations:^{
            self.collectionView.contentOffset = CGPointMake(self.collectionView.collectionViewLayout.collectionViewContentSize.width, 0);
            [self.view layoutIfNeeded];
        } completion:nil];