# C1.iOS.DataCollection.C1CollectionViewSource-1.GetItemsCount

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<h1 id="C1_iOS_DataCollection_C1CollectionViewSource_1_GetItemsCount_" data-uid="C1.iOS.DataCollection.C1CollectionViewSource`1.GetItemsCount*">GetItemsCount Method
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<h4 id="C1_iOS_DataCollection_C1CollectionViewSource_1_GetItemsCount_UIKit_UICollectionView_System_IntPtr_" data-uid="C1.iOS.DataCollection.C1CollectionViewSource`1.GetItemsCount(UIKit.UICollectionView,System.IntPtr)">GetItemsCount(UICollectionView, nint)</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Called by the collection view to find out how many items are to be rendered in the
section specified by section.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public override nint GetItemsCount(UICollectionView collectionView, nint section)</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Public Overrides Function GetItemsCount(collectionView As UICollectionView, section As IntPtr) As IntPtr</code></pre>
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<h5 class="parameters">Parameters</h5>
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      <th>Type</th>
      <th>Name</th>
      <th>Description</th>
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      <td><span class="xref">UICollectionView</span></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">collectionView</span></td>
      <td><p>Collection view displaying the items.</p>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.intptr">nint</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">section</span></td>
      <td><p>Index of the section containing the items.</p>
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<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.intptr">nint</a></td>
      <td><p>Number of items in the section at index section.</p>
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