Using the same cell in all collection views

Question

Probably a stupid question, but I could not find the answer to it yet.

How can I declare ONE template for collection view cell and then use it in ALL collection views? I'm using storyboard.

Because now I have 3 collection views that are the same (on 3 tab pages), which differ only in the data (all collection views use one datasource with different params). If I have to change some style, I have to do this 3 times...

Even better, if I can create some "user control" that inherits the collection view and use it everywhere I need (like fragments in Android or partial controls in asp.net mvc). Is it possible with storyboard? What is the right approach in my case?

Thank you very much!

Answer 1

This is done the same way as a UITableViewCell

TTCollectionCell *cell = [collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:@"cell" forIndexPath:indexPath;

Ray has some good tuts on the subject UICollectionView