SwiftImageCarousel

SwiftImageCarousel is a UIPageController-based framework that implements scrolling, zooming and automatic swiping carousel in a Swift application. All it needs from you is to supply it with valid image URLs and it is good to go.

• Preview
• Features
• Requirements
• Installation
• Usage
• License

Preview

Features

• Horizontal image swiping that can be pinched and zoomed.
• A timer to make the horizontal image swiping automatic.
• Asynchronous image downloading that does not block the main thread. All you have to do is provide the URLs.
• Customizable page controls appearance (the dot colors and background) -they can be set up through delegate protocol.

Requirements

• iOS 9.0+
• Swift 3.0+

Installation

CocoaPods

CocoaPods is a dependency manager for Cocoa projects. You can install it with the following command:

$ gem install cocoapods

To integrate SwiftImageCarousel into your Xcode project using CocoaPods, specify it in your Podfile:

target '<Your Target Project Name>' do
use_frameworks!

pod 'SwiftImageCarousel'
end

Alternatively:

• Git submodule add https://github.com/Centroida/SwiftImageCarousel.git.
• Drag the SwiftImageCarousel.xcodeproj file into your Xcode project (Xcode will ask to create a workspace file if your project does not have one already)
• Under the main app target, open the General tab and add SwiftImageCarousel under the Embedded Binaries section
• Build the SwiftImageCarousel as a target before you import it
• It is ready to be imported and used

Or

• Download directly from the github link https://github.com/Centroida/SwiftImageCarousel
• Run your project, right click on the name of your project in the files navigator and choose "Add Files to NameOfYourProject"
• Find SwiftImageCarousel.xcodeproj and add it
• Under the main app target, open the General tab and add SwiftImageCarousel under the Embedded Binaries section
• Build the SwiftImageCarousel as a target before you import it
• It is ready to be imported and used

Usage

Importing the framework

import SwiftImageCarousel

Providing the images as URLs and embedding the SwiftImageCarousel in a UIContainerViewController

    ///  A UIView declared in Main.Storyboard.
    @IBOutlet weak var containerView: UIView!

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        let storyboard = UIStoryboard (name: "Main", bundle: Bundle(for: SwiftImageCarouselVC.self))
        let vc = storyboard.instantiateInitialViewController() as! SwiftImageCarouselVC
        vc.contentImageURLs = ["<Your First URL>", "<Your Second URL>", "<Your Third URL>"]

        // Adding it to the container view
        vc.willMove(toParentViewController: self)
        containerView.addSubview(vc.view)
        vc.view.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: containerView.frame.width, height: containerView.frame.height)
        self.addChildViewController(vc)
        vc.didMove(toParentViewController: self)
    }

Setting up the contentImageURLs Array with image URLs provided as Strings

       let storyboard = UIStoryboard (name: "Main", bundle: Bundle(for: SwiftImageCarouselVC.self))
       let vc = storyboard.instantiateInitialViewController() as! SwiftImageCarouselVC
       
       /// Default URLs are not provided. They need to be set up.
       vc.contentImageURLs = [ "<Your First URL>", "<Your Second URL>", "<Your Third URL>"]

Setting up the noImage UIImage variable

       let storyboard = UIStoryboard (name: "Main", bundle: Bundle(for: SwiftImageCarouselVC.self))
       let vc = storyboard.instantiateInitialViewController() as! SwiftImageCarouselVC
       
       // There is no default image for this variable. It needs to be set up.
       vc.noImage = <Some UIImage from the Assets in your project>

Disabling the timer with the isTimerOn Bool variable

       let storyboard = UIStoryboard (name: "Main", bundle: Bundle(for: SwiftImageCarouselVC.self))
       let vc = storyboard.instantiateInitialViewController() as! SwiftImageCarouselVC
       
       /// Timer ON/OFF boolean variable. Timer for automatic swiping is set true(or ON) by default. If it needs to be off, it needs to be set to false.
       vc.isTimerOn = false

Changing the timer's automatic swipe interval with the swipeTimeIntervalSeconds Double variable

       let storyboard = UIStoryboard (name: "Main", bundle: Bundle(for: SwiftImageCarouselVC.self))
       let vc = storyboard.instantiateInitialViewController() as! SwiftImageCarouselVC
       
       /// The interval on which the carousel swipes automatically when timer is on. Default is 3 seconds.
       vc.swipeTimeIntervalSeconds = 1.5

Changing the SwiftImageCarouselItemVC content mode for image representation with the contentMode UIViewContentMode variable

       let storyboard = UIStoryboard (name: "Main", bundle: Bundle(for: SwiftImageCarouselVC.self))
       let vc = storyboard.instantiateInitialViewController() as! SwiftImageCarouselVC
       
       /// Enables resetting the UIViewContentMode of SwiftImageCarouselItemVC UIViewContentMode. The default is .scaleAspectFit
       vc.contentMode = .scaleToFill

Making sure that the UIPageControl background is transparent (page control dots remain visible) and the UIPageControl frame does not interfere with the images frame when in the carousel mode where images automatically switch (SwiftImageCarouselVC) using escapeFirstPageControlDefaultFrame Bool varaible:

       let storyboard = UIStoryboard (name: "Main", bundle: Bundle(for: SwiftImageCarouselVC.self))
       let vc = storyboard.instantiateInitialViewController() as! SwiftImageCarouselVC
       
       /// The default value of the variable is false
       vc.escapeFirstPageControlDefaultFrame = true

Enabling showing a close button in the modal gallery (GalleryItemVC) with the showCloseButtonInModalGallery Bool variable

       let storyboard = UIStoryboard (name: "Main", bundle: Bundle(for: SwiftImageCarouselVC.self))
       let vc = storyboard.instantiateInitialViewController() as! SwiftImageCarouselVC
       
       /// Enables/disables the showing of the close button in the modal gallery
       vc.showCloseButtonInModalGallery = true

Disabling the modal gallery segue transition from SwiftImageCarouselItemVC to GalleryVC with the showModalGalleryOnTap Bool variable

This variable would usually be used in combination with the didTapSwiftImageCarouselItemVC(SwiftImageCarouselItemController: SwiftImageCarouselItemVC) SwiftImageCarouselVCDelegate function.

       let storyboard = UIStoryboard (name: "Main", bundle: Bundle(for: SwiftImageCarouselVC.self))
       let vc = storyboard.instantiateInitialViewController() as! SwiftImageCarouselVC
       
       /// Enables/disables the showing of the modal gallery
       vc.showModalGalleryOnTap = false

Setting up the SwiftImageCarouselVCDelegate

After you create SwiftImageCarouselVC programatically, setup the swiftImageCarouselVCDelegate to self:

       let storyboard = UIStoryboard (name: "Main", bundle: Bundle(for: SwiftImageCarouselVC.self))
       let vc = storyboard.instantiateInitialViewController() as! SwiftImageCarouselVC
       vc.swiftImageCarouselVCDelegate = self

Delegate Functions Implementation after setting up the SwiftImageCarouselVCDelegate

Setting showModalGalleryOnTap to false and instead performing a different segue than the default one when clicking on one of the images in the carousel.

       /// Enables/disables the showing of the modal gallery
       vc.showModalGalleryOnTap = false 

extension ViewController: SwiftImageCarouselVCDelegate {
     func didTapSwiftImageCarouselItemVC(swiftImageCarouselItemController: SwiftImageCarouselItemVC) {
        // The user selected this swiftImageCarouselItemController
    }
}

Setting up the appearance of the page controls (colored dots)

extension ViewController: SwiftImageCarouselVCDelegate {
    func setupAppearance(forFirst firstPageControl: UIPageControl, forSecond secondPageControl: UIPageControl) {
        firstPageControl.backgroundColor = .red
        firstPageControl.currentPageIndicatorTintColor = .yellow
    }
}

Getting the timer and its properties

extension ViewController: SwiftImageCarouselVCDelegate {
    func didStartTimer(_ timer: Timer) {
        print (timer.timeInterval)
    }
}

Getting the next pageItemController when the timer is on

extension ViewController: SwiftImageCarouselVCDelegate {
     func didGetNextITemController(next pageItemController: InitialPageItemController) {
        pageItemController.view.backgroundColor = .green
    }
}

Getting the pageItemController when unwinding from ScrollablePageItemController

extension ViewController: SwiftImageCarouselVCDelegate {
     func didUnwindToPageViewController(unwindedTo pageItemController: InitialPageItemController) {
        pageItemController.view.backgroundColor = .green
    }
}

License

SwiftImageCarousel is released under the MIT license. See LICENSE for details.