Creating a Custom Calendar Control for iOS

In this calendar UI control tutorial, you’ll build an iOS control that gives users vital clarity and context when interacting with dates. By Jordan Osterberg.

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Creating a Custom Calendar Control for iOS

25 mins

Getting Started
Breaking Down the UI
Creating the Month View
Setting up the Collection View
Breaking Down the Data
Using the Calendar API
Generating a Month’s Metadata
Looping Through the Month
Handling the Last Week of the Month
Creating the Collection View Cell
Setting the Cell’s Constraints
Configuring the Cell’s Appearance
Preparing the Month View for Data
Adding UICollectionViewDelegateFlowLayout Conformance
Presenting the Calendar
Adding the Header and Footer
Where to Go From Here?

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Where to Go From Here?

Download the completed project files by clicking the Download Materials button at the top or bottom of the tutorial.

If you’d like to learn more about the Calendar API in Foundation, you can look at Apple’s Calendar documentation page.

Formatting dates to display to users can be tricky. Check out nsdateformatter.com, which will help you remember all the different formatting strings.

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Creating a Custom Calendar Control for iOS

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