Best way to check if UITableViewCell is completely visible

You can get the rect of a cell with rectForRowAtIndexPath: method and compare it with tableview's bounds rect using CGRectContainsRect function.

Note that this will not instantiate the cell if it is not visible, and thus will be rather fast.

Swift

let cellRect = tableView.rectForRowAtIndexPath(indexPath)
let completelyVisible = tableView.bounds.contains(cellRect)

Obj-C

CGRect cellRect = [tableView rectForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
BOOL completelyVisible = CGRectContainsRect(tableView.bounds, cellRect);

Of course this will not regard the table view being clipped by a superview or obscured by another view.

I would change it like this:

- (void)checkVisibilityOfCell:(MyCustomUITableViewCell *)cell inScrollView:(UIScrollView *)aScrollView {
    CGRect cellRect = [aScrollView convertRect:cell.frame toView:aScrollView.superview];

    if (CGRectContainsRect(aScrollView.frame, cellRect))
        [cell notifyCompletelyVisible];
    else
        [cell notifyNotCompletelyVisible];
}

- (void)scrollViewDidScroll:(UIScrollView *)aScrollView { 
    NSArray* cells = myTableView.visibleCells;

    NSUInteger cellCount = [cells count];
    if (cellCount == 0)
        return;

    // Check the visibility of the first cell
    [self checkVisibilityOfCell:[cells firstObject] inScrollView:aScrollView];
    if (cellCount == 1)
        return;

    // Check the visibility of the last cell
    [self checkVisibilityOfCell:[cells lastObject] inScrollView:aScrollView];
    if (cellCount == 2)
        return;

    // All of the rest of the cells are visible: Loop through the 2nd through n-1 cells
    for (NSUInteger i = 1; i < cellCount - 1; i++)
        [[cells objectAtIndex:i] notifyCompletelyVisible];
}

You can try something like this to see how much percentage is visible:

-(void)scrollViewDidScroll:(UIScrollView *)sender
{
    [self checkWhichVideoToEnable];
}

-(void)checkWhichVideoToEnable
{
    for(UITableViewCell *cell in [tblMessages visibleCells])
    {
        if([cell isKindOfClass:[VideoMessageCell class]])
        {
            NSIndexPath *indexPath = [tblMessages indexPathForCell:cell];
            CGRect cellRect = [tblMessages rectForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
            UIView *superview = tblMessages.superview;

            CGRect convertedRect=[tblMessages convertRect:cellRect toView:superview];
            CGRect intersect = CGRectIntersection(tblMessages.frame, convertedRect);
            float visibleHeight = CGRectGetHeight(intersect);

            if(visibleHeight>VIDEO_CELL_SIZE*0.6) // only if 60% of the cell is visible
            {
                // unmute the video if we can see at least half of the cell
                [((VideoMessageCell*)cell) muteVideo:!btnMuteVideos.selected];
            }
            else
            {
                // mute the other video cells that are not visible
                [((VideoMessageCell*)cell) muteVideo:YES];
            }
        }
    }
}

If you also want to take the contentInset into account, and don't want to rely on a superview (the table view frame in superview could be something else than 0,0), here's my solution:

extension UITableView {

    public var boundsWithoutInset: CGRect {
        var boundsWithoutInset = bounds
        boundsWithoutInset.origin.y += contentInset.top
        boundsWithoutInset.size.height -= contentInset.top + contentInset.bottom
        return boundsWithoutInset
    }

    public func isRowCompletelyVisible(at indexPath: IndexPath) -> Bool {
        let rect = rectForRow(at: indexPath)
        return boundsWithoutInset.contains(rect)
    }
}

From the docs:

visibleCells Returns the table cells that are visible in the receiver.

- (NSArray *)visibleCells

Return Value An array containing UITableViewCell objects, each representing a visible cell in the receiving table view.

Availability Available in iOS 2.0 and later.

See Also – indexPathsForVisibleRows