UIScrollViewDelegate Protocol Reference

Conforms to
NSObject
Framework
/System/Library/Frameworks/UIKit.framework
Availability
Available in iOS 2.0 and later.
Declared in
UIScrollView.h
Related sample code

Overview

The methods declared by the UIScrollViewDelegate protocol allow the adopting delegate to respond to messages from the UIScrollView class and thus respond to, and in some affect, operations such as scrolling, zooming, deceleration of scrolled content, and scrolling animations.

Tasks

Responding to Scrolling and Dragging

Managing Zooming

Responding to Scrolling Animations

Instance Methods

scrollViewDidEndDecelerating:

Tells the delegate that the scroll view has ended decelerating the scrolling movement.

- (void)scrollViewDidEndDecelerating:(UIScrollView *)scrollView
Parameters
scrollView

The scroll-view object that is decelerating the scrolling of the content view.

Discussion

The scroll view calls this method when the scrolling movement comes to a halt. The decelerating property of UIScrollView controls deceleration.

Availability
  • Available in iOS 2.0 and later.
See Also
Declared In
UIScrollView.h

scrollViewDidEndDragging:willDecelerate:

Tells the delegate when dragging ended in the scroll view.

- (void)scrollViewDidEndDragging:(UIScrollView *)scrollView willDecelerate:(BOOL)decelerate
Parameters
scrollView

The scroll-view object that finished scrolling the content view.

decelerate

YES if the scrolling movement will continue, but decelerate, after a touch-up gesture during a dragging operation. If the value is NO, scrolling stops immediately upon touch-up.

Discussion

The scroll view sends this message when the user’s finger touches up after dragging content. The decelerating property of UIScrollView controls deceleration.

Availability
  • Available in iOS 2.0 and later.
See Also
Declared In
UIScrollView.h

scrollViewDidEndScrollingAnimation:

Tells the delegate when a scrolling animation in the scroll view concludes.

- (void)scrollViewDidEndScrollingAnimation:(UIScrollView *)scrollView
Parameters
scrollView

The scroll-view object that is performing the scrolling animation.

Discussion

The scroll view calls this method at the end of its implementations of the setContentOffset:animated: and scrollRectToVisible:animated: methods, but only if animations are requested.

Availability
  • Available in iOS 2.0 and later.
Declared In
UIScrollView.h

scrollViewDidEndZooming:withView:atScale:

Tells the delegate when zooming of the content in the scroll view completed.

- (void)scrollViewDidEndZooming:(UIScrollView *)scrollView withView:(UIView *)view atScale:(float)scale
Parameters
scrollView

The scroll-view object displaying the content view.

view

The view object representing that part of the content view that needs to be scaled.

scale

The scale factor to use for scaling; this value must be between the limits established by the UIScrollView properties maximumZoomScale and minimumZoomScale.

Discussion

The scroll view also calls this method after any “bounce” animations. It also calls this method after animated changes to the zoom level and after a zoom-related gesture ends (regardless of whether the gesture resulted in a change to the zoom level).

Availability
  • Available in iOS 2.0 and later.
See Also
Declared In
UIScrollView.h

scrollViewDidScroll:

Tells the delegate when the user scrolls the content view within the receiver.

- (void)scrollViewDidScroll:(UIScrollView *)scrollView
Parameters
scrollView

The scroll-view object in which the scrolling occurred.

Discussion

The delegate typically implements this method to obtain the change in content offset from scrollView and draw the affected portion of the content view.

Availability
  • Available in iOS 2.0 and later.
See Also
Declared In
UIScrollView.h

scrollViewDidScrollToTop:

Tells the delegate that the scroll view scrolled to the top of the content.

- (void)scrollViewDidScrollToTop:(UIScrollView *)scrollView
Parameters
scrollView

The scroll-view object that perform the scrolling operation.

Discussion

The scroll view sends this message when it finishes scrolling to the top of the content. It might call it immediately if the top of the content is already shown. For the scroll-to-top gesture (a tap on the status bar) to be effective, the scrollsToTop property of the UIScrollView must be set to YES.

Availability
  • Available in iOS 2.0 and later.
See Also
Declared In
UIScrollView.h

scrollViewDidZoom:

Tells the delegate that the scroll view’s zoom factor changed.

- (void)scrollViewDidZoom:(UIScrollView *)scrollView
Parameters
scrollView

The scroll-view object whose zoom factor changed.

Availability
  • Available in iOS 3.2 and later.
Declared In
UIScrollView.h

scrollViewShouldScrollToTop:

Asks the delegate if the scroll view should scroll to the top of the content.

- (BOOL)scrollViewShouldScrollToTop:(UIScrollView *)scrollView
Parameters
scrollView

The scroll-view object requesting this information.

Return Value

YES to permit scrolling to the top of the content, NO to disallow it.

Discussion

If the delegate doesn’t implement this method, YES is assumed. For the scroll-to-top gesture (a tap on the status bar) to be effective, the scrollsToTop property of the UIScrollView must be set to YES.

Availability
  • Available in iOS 2.0 and later.
See Also
Declared In
UIScrollView.h

scrollViewWillBeginDecelerating:

Tells the delegate that the scroll view is starting to decelerate the scrolling movement.

- (void)scrollViewWillBeginDecelerating:(UIScrollView *)scrollView
Parameters
scrollView

The scroll-view object that is decelerating the scrolling of the content view.

Discussion

The scroll view calls this method as the user’s finger touches up as it is moving during a scrolling operation; the scroll view will continue to move a short distance afterwards. The decelerating property of UIScrollView controls deceleration.

Availability
  • Available in iOS 2.0 and later.
See Also
Declared In
UIScrollView.h

scrollViewWillBeginDragging:

Tells the delegate when the scroll view is about to start scrolling the content.

- (void)scrollViewWillBeginDragging:(UIScrollView *)scrollView
Parameters
scrollView

The scroll-view object that is about to scroll the content view.

Discussion

The delegate might not receive this message until dragging has occurred over a small distance.

Availability
  • Available in iOS 2.0 and later.
See Also
Declared In
UIScrollView.h

scrollViewWillBeginZooming:withView:

Tells the delegate that zooming of the content in the scroll view is about to commence.

- (void)scrollViewWillBeginZooming:(UIScrollView *)scrollView withView:(UIView *)view
Parameters
scrollView

The scroll-view object displaying the content view.

view

The view object whose content is about to be zoomed.

Discussion

This method is called at the beginning of zoom gestures and in cases where a change in zoom level is to be animated. You can use this method to store state information or perform any additional actions prior to zooming the view’s content.

Availability
  • Available in iOS 3.2 and later.
Declared In
UIScrollView.h

scrollViewWillEndDragging:withVelocity:targetContentOffset:

Tells the delegate when the user finishes scrolling the content.

- (void)scrollViewWillEndDragging:(UIScrollView *)scrollView withVelocity:(CGPoint)velocity targetContentOffset:(inout CGPoint *)targetContentOffset
Parameters
scrollView

The scroll-view object where the user ended the touch..

velocity

The velocity of the scroll view (in points) at the moment the touch was released.

targetContentOffset

The expected offset when the scrolling action decelerates to a stop.

Discussion

This method is not called when the value of the scroll view’s pagingEnabled property is YES. Your application can change the value of the targetContentOffset parameter to adjust where the scrollview finishes its scrolling animation.

Availability
  • Available in iOS 5.0 and later.
Declared In
UIScrollView.h

viewForZoomingInScrollView:

Asks the delegate for the view to scale when zooming is about to occur in the scroll view.

- (UIView *)viewForZoomingInScrollView:(UIScrollView *)scrollView
Parameters
scrollView

The scroll-view object displaying the content view.

Return Value

A UIView object that will be scaled as a result of the zooming gesture. Return nil if you don’t want zooming to occur.

Availability
  • Available in iOS 2.0 and later.
See Also
Declared In
UIScrollView.h


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