WaterfallGrid

A waterfall grid layout view for SwiftUI.

• Irregular grid of content.
• Columns number different per device orientation.
• Spacing and grid padding customizable.
• Horizontal or vertical scroll direction.
• Items update can be animated.

• iOS 13.0+ / macOS 10.15+ / tvOS 13.0+ / watchOS 6.0+
• Xcode 11.0+
• Swift 5.1+

You can create a grid that displays the elements of collection by passing your collection of data and a closure that provides a view for each element in the collection. The grid transforms each element in the collection into a child view by using the supplied closure.

WaterfallGrid works with identifiable data (like SwiftUI.List). You can make your data identifiable in one of two ways: by passing along with your data a key path to a property that uniquely identifies each element, or by making your data type conform to the Identifiable protocol.

Example 1

A grid of views of type Image from a collection of data identified by a key path.

WaterfallGrid((0..<10), id: \.self) { index in
  Image("image\(index)")
    .resizable()
    .aspectRatio(contentMode: .fit)
}

Example 2

A grid of views of type RectangleView from a collection of Identifiable data.

WaterfallGrid(rectangles) { rectangle in
  RectangleView(rectangle: rectangle)
}

or, for simple cases like this, just:

WaterfallGrid(rectangles, content: RectangleView.init)

To customise the appearance of the grid call the gridStyle function and pass the parameters you want to customise.

Columns

WaterfallGrid(cards) { card in
  CardView(card: card)
}
.gridStyle(columns: 2)

WaterfallGrid(cards, content: CardView.init)
.gridStyle(
  columnsInPortrait: 2,
  columnsInLandscape: 3
)

Spacing and Padding

WaterfallGrid(rectangles, content: RectangleView.init)
.gridStyle(spacing: 8)
.padding(EdgeInsets(top: 16, leading: 8, bottom: 16, trailing: 8))

Animation

WaterfallGrid(rectangles, content: RectangleView.init)
.gridStyle(animation: .easeInOut(duration: 0.5))

Embed in ScrollView & Indicators option

ScrollView(showsIndicators: true) {
  WaterfallGrid(rectangles, content: RectangleView.init)
}

Horizontal Scroll Direction

ScrollView(.horizontal) {
  WaterfallGrid(rectangles, content: RectangleView.init)
  .scrollOptions(direction: .horizontal)
}

ScrollView(.horizontal, showsIndicators: false) {
  WaterfallGrid(cards) { card in
    CardView(card: card)
  }
  .gridStyle(
    columnsInPortrait: 2,
    columnsInLandscape: 3,
    spacing: 8,
    animation: .easeInOut(duration: 0.5)
  )
  .scrollOptions(direction: .horizontal)
  .padding(EdgeInsets(top: 16, leading: 8, bottom: 16, trailing: 8))
}

Explore the WaterfallGridSample app for some more detailed and interactive examples.

App dependency

select File > Swift Packages > Add Package Dependency and enter the repository URL (Adding Package Dependencies to Your App)

Package dependency

Add it as a dependency within your Package.swift manifest:

dependencies: [
  .package(url: "https://github.com/paololeonardi/WaterfallGrid.git", from: "1.0.0")
]

You can install WaterfallGrid via CocoaPods by adding the following line to your Podfile:

pod 'WaterfallGrid', '~> 1.0.0'

Run the pod install command to download the library and integrate it into your Xcode project.

• WaterfallGrid 1.0.0 Migration Guide

For the versions available, see the releases on this repository.

Contributions are more than welcome. Please create a GitHub issue before submitting a pull request to plan and discuss implementation.

• Paolo Leonardi (@paololeonardi)

WaterfallGrid was ispired by the following projects:

• QGrid - https://github.com/Q-Mobile/QGrid
• Grid - https://github.com/SwiftUIExtensions/Grid
• The SwiftUI Lab - https://swiftui-lab.com

WaterfallGrid is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.