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title: "What is UICollectionView?"  
description: "What is UICollectionView?"  
author: "Sunil Singh"  
published: 2015-05-11  
updated: 2020-09-20  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/2507/what-is-uicollectionview  
category: "iphone"  
tags: ["iphone", "ios", "ipad"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is UICollectionView?

The UICollectionView class manages an ordered collection of data items and presents them using customizable layouts. Collection views provide the same general function as table views except that a collection view is able to support more than just single-column layouts. Collection views support customizable layouts that can be used to implement multi-column grids, tiled layouts, circular layouts, and many more.

## Answers

### Answer by Sunil Singh

The UICollectionView class manages an ordered collection of data items and presents them using customizable layouts. Collection views provide the same general function as table views except that a collection view is able to support more than just single-column layouts. Collection views support customizable layouts that can be used to implement multi-column grids, tiled layouts, circular layouts, and many more.


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