Setting contentOffset programmatically triggers scrollViewDidScroll
I've got a a few UIScrollView on a page. You can scroll them independently or lock them together and scroll them as one. The problem occurs when they are locked.
I use UIScrollViewDelegate and scrollViewDidScroll: to track movement. I query the contentOffset of the UIScrollView which changed and then reflect change to other scroll views by setting their contentOffset property to match.
Great.... except I noticed a lot of extra calls. Programmatically changing the contentOffset of my scroll views triggers the delegate method scrollViewDidScroll: to be called. I've tried using setContentOffset:animated: instead, but I'm still getting the trigger on the delegate.
How can I modify my contentOffsets programmatically to not trigger scrollViewDidScroll:?
Implementation notes....
Each UIScrollView is part of a custom UIView which uses delegate pattern to call back to the presenting UIViewController subclass that handles coordinating the various contentOffset values.
Answer
It is possible to change the content offset of a UIScrollView without triggering the delegate callback scrollViewDidScroll:, by setting the bounds of the UIScrollView with the origin set to the desired content offset.
CGRect scrollBounds = scrollView.bounds;
scrollBounds.origin = desiredContentOffset;
scrollView.bounds = scrollBounds;