How to center align the cells of a UICollectionView?

The top solutions here did not work for me out-of-the-box, so I came up with this which should work for any horizontal scrolling collection view with flow layout and only one section:

- (UIEdgeInsets)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView layout:(UICollectionViewLayout *)collectionViewLayout insetForSectionAtIndex:(NSInteger)section
    {
    // Add inset to the collection view if there are not enough cells to fill the width.
    CGFloat cellSpacing = ((UICollectionViewFlowLayout *) collectionViewLayout).minimumLineSpacing;
    CGFloat cellWidth = ((UICollectionViewFlowLayout *) collectionViewLayout).itemSize.width;
    NSInteger cellCount = [collectionView numberOfItemsInSection:section];
    CGFloat inset = (collectionView.bounds.size.width - (cellCount * cellWidth) - ((cellCount - 1)*cellSpacing)) * 0.5;
    inset = MAX(inset, 0.0);
    return UIEdgeInsetsMake(0.0, inset, 0.0, 0.0);
    }

It's easy to calculate insets dynamically, this code will always center your cells:

NSInteger const SMEPGiPadViewControllerCellWidth = 332;

...

- (UIEdgeInsets)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView layout:(UICollectionViewLayout*)collectionViewLayout insetForSectionAtIndex:(NSInteger)section
{

    NSInteger numberOfCells = self.view.frame.size.width / SMEPGiPadViewControllerCellWidth;
    NSInteger edgeInsets = (self.view.frame.size.width - (numberOfCells * SMEPGiPadViewControllerCellWidth)) / (numberOfCells + 1);

    return UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, edgeInsets, 0, edgeInsets);
}

- (void)willRotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)toInterfaceOrientation duration:(NSTimeInterval)duration
{
    [super willRotateToInterfaceOrientation:toInterfaceOrientation duration:duration];
    [self.collectionView.collectionViewLayout invalidateLayout];
}

I think you can achieve the single line look by implementing something like this:

- (UIEdgeInsets)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView layout:(UICollectionViewLayout*)collectionViewLayout insetForSectionAtIndex:(NSInteger)section {
    return UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 100, 0, 0);
}

You will have to play around with that number to figure out how to force the content into a single line. The first 0, is the top edge argument, you could adjust that one too, if you want to center the content vertically in the screen.

For those looking for a solution to center-aligned, dynamic-width collectionview cells, as I was, I ended up modifying Angel's answer for a left-aligned version to create a center-aligned subclass for UICollectionViewFlowLayout.

CenterAlignedCollectionViewFlowLayout

// NOTE: Doesn't work for horizontal layout!
class CenterAlignedCollectionViewFlowLayout: UICollectionViewFlowLayout {
    
    override func layoutAttributesForElements(in rect: CGRect) -> [UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes]? {
        guard let superAttributes = super.layoutAttributesForElements(in: rect) else { return nil }
        // Copy each item to prevent "UICollectionViewFlowLayout has cached frame mismatch" warning
        guard let attributes = NSArray(array: superAttributes, copyItems: true) as? [UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes] else { return nil }
        
        // Constants
        let leftPadding: CGFloat = 8
        let interItemSpacing = minimumInteritemSpacing
        
        // Tracking values
        var leftMargin: CGFloat = leftPadding // Modified to determine origin.x for each item
        var maxY: CGFloat = -1.0 // Modified to determine origin.y for each item
        var rowSizes: [[CGFloat]] = [] // Tracks the starting and ending x-values for the first and last item in the row
        var currentRow: Int = 0 // Tracks the current row
        attributes.forEach { layoutAttribute in
            
            // Each layoutAttribute represents its own item
            if layoutAttribute.frame.origin.y >= maxY {
                
                // This layoutAttribute represents the left-most item in the row
                leftMargin = leftPadding
                
                // Register its origin.x in rowSizes for use later
                if rowSizes.count == 0 {
                    // Add to first row
                    rowSizes = [[leftMargin, 0]]
                } else {
                    // Append a new row
                    rowSizes.append([leftMargin, 0])
                    currentRow += 1
                }
            }
            
            layoutAttribute.frame.origin.x = leftMargin
            
            leftMargin += layoutAttribute.frame.width + interItemSpacing
            maxY = max(layoutAttribute.frame.maxY, maxY)
            
            // Add right-most x value for last item in the row
            rowSizes[currentRow][1] = leftMargin - interItemSpacing
        }
        
        // At this point, all cells are left aligned
        // Reset tracking values and add extra left padding to center align entire row
        leftMargin = leftPadding
        maxY = -1.0
        currentRow = 0
        attributes.forEach { layoutAttribute in
            
            // Each layoutAttribute is its own item
            if layoutAttribute.frame.origin.y >= maxY {
                
                // This layoutAttribute represents the left-most item in the row
                leftMargin = leftPadding
                
                // Need to bump it up by an appended margin
                let rowWidth = rowSizes[currentRow][1] - rowSizes[currentRow][0] // last.x - first.x
                let appendedMargin = (collectionView!.frame.width - leftPadding  - rowWidth - leftPadding) / 2
                leftMargin += appendedMargin
                
                currentRow += 1
            }
            
            layoutAttribute.frame.origin.x = leftMargin
            
            leftMargin += layoutAttribute.frame.width + interItemSpacing
            maxY = max(layoutAttribute.frame.maxY, maxY)
        }
        
        return attributes
    }
}