[ios] Programmatically scroll a UIScrollView

I have a UIScrollView which has several views. When a user flicks their finger, the view scrolls to the right or left depending on the direction of the finger flick. Basically my code works in a way similar to the iPhone photo app. Now, is there a way that I can programmatically do the same thing so that I end up with a slideshow that runs on its own with a click of a button and a configurable pause between each scroll?

How do you really do slideshows with UIScrollView?

If you want control over the duration and style of the animation, you can do:

[UIView animateWithDuration:2.0f delay:0 options:UIViewAnimationOptionCurveLinear animations:^{
    scrollView.contentOffset = CGPointMake(x, y);
} completion:NULL];

Adjust the duration (2.0f) and options (UIViewAnimationOptionCurveLinear) to taste!

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    board=[[UIView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, self.view.frame.size.height, 80)];
    board.backgroundColor=[UIColor greenColor];
    [self.view addSubview:board];
    // Do any additional setup after loading the view.
}


-(void)viewDidLayoutSubviews
{


    NSString *str=@"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";

    index=1;
    for (int i=0; i<20; i++)
    {
        UILabel *lbl=[[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(-50, 15, 50, 50)];
        lbl.tag=i+1;
        lbl.text=[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%c",[str characterAtIndex:arc4random()%str.length]];
        lbl.textColor=[UIColor darkGrayColor];
        lbl.textAlignment=NSTextAlignmentCenter;
        lbl.font=[UIFont systemFontOfSize:40];
        lbl.layer.borderWidth=1;
        lbl.layer.borderColor=[UIColor blackColor].CGColor;
        [board addSubview:lbl];
    }

    [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:2 target:self selector:@selector(CallAnimation) userInfo:nil repeats:YES];

    NSLog(@"%d",[board subviews].count);
}


-(void)CallAnimation
{

    if (index>20) {
        index=1;
    }
    UIView *aView=[board viewWithTag:index];
    [self doAnimation:aView];
    index++;
    NSLog(@"%d",index);
}

-(void)doAnimation:(UIView*)aView
{
    [UIView animateWithDuration:10 delay:0 options:UIViewAnimationOptionCurveLinear  animations:^{
        aView.frame=CGRectMake(self.view.frame.size.height, 15, 50, 50);
    }
                     completion:^(BOOL isDone)
     {
         if (isDone) {
             //do Somthing
                        aView.frame=CGRectMake(-50, 15, 50, 50);
         }
     }];
}

Swift 3

let point = CGPoint(x: 0, y: 200) // 200 or any value you like.
scrollView.contentOffset = point

Here is another use case which worked well for me.

1. User tap a button/cell.
2. Scroll to a position just enough to make a target view visible.

Code: Swift 5.3

// Assuming you have a view named "targeView"
scrollView.scroll(to: CGPoint(x:targeView.frame.minX, y:targeView.frame.minY), animated: true)

As you can guess if you want to scroll to make a bottom part of your target view visible then use maxX and minY.

With Animation in Swift

scrollView.setContentOffset(CGPointMake(x, y), animated: true)

I'm amazed that this topic is 9 years old and the actual straightforward answer is not here!

What you're looking for is scrollRectToVisible(_:animated:).

Example:

extension SignUpView: UITextFieldDelegate {
    func textFieldDidBeginEditing(_ textField: UITextField) {
        scrollView.scrollRectToVisible(textField.frame, animated: true)
    }
}

What it does is exactly what you need, and it's far better than hacky contentOffset

This method scrolls the content view so that the area defined by rect is just visible inside the scroll view. If the area is already visible, the method does nothing.

From: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uiscrollview/1619439-scrollrecttovisible

Another way is

scrollView.contentOffset = CGPointMake(x,y);

[Scrollview setContentOffset:CGPointMake(x, y) animated:YES];

scrollView.setContentOffset(CGPoint(x: y, y: x), animated: true)