SWIFT: programmatically created constraints not updating properly - ios

Question

So I have a UIView near the bottom of the superview, with a textfield inside of it. When the user taps inside the textfield to begin editing, I am bringing up the entire UIView with the keyboard. One problem with this, is that if you have constraints on said UIView, when you start typing in the textfield, the UIView conforms to its constraints and goes back down to its original spot, hidden by the keyboard. I created a work around by overriding updateViewContraints(), removing the default constraint (the one I set in storyboard), when the textfield is being edited, and adding a new constraint to keep it where I want it. Then, when the editing ends, the code is supposed to bring the UIView back down, and remove the new constraint, and replace it with the original. Here's that code:
override func updateViewConstraints() {
// The new constraint, active when the keyboard is shown
let constraintWhenKeyboardShown = NSLayoutConstraint(item: searchRadiusView!, attribute: .bottom, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: super.view, attribute: .bottom, multiplier: 1.0, constant: -310.0)
// The default constraint, active at all other times
let defaultConstraint = NSLayoutConstraint(item: searchRadiusView!, attribute: .bottom, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: super.view, attribute: .bottom, multiplier: 1.0, constant: -30.0)
if radiusTextfield.isEditing {
view.removeConstraint(defaultConstraint)
view.addConstraint(constraintWhenKeyboardShown)
print("new")
} else {
view.removeConstraint(constraintWhenKeyboardShown)
view.addConstraint(defaultConstraint)
print("default")
}
self.view.layoutIfNeeded()
super.view.updateConstraints()
}
I call the updateViewConstraints in each of my textfield methods:
// Raises the searchRadiusView upon editing
func textFieldDidBeginEditing(_ textField: UITextField) {
let newSearchRadiusViewYValue = self.searchRadiusView.center.y - 280
searchRadiusView.center.y = newSearchRadiusViewYValue
print(searchRadiusView.constraints)
self.updateViewConstraints()
}
// Lowers the searchRadiusView upon dismissal
func textFieldDidEndEditing(_ textField: UITextField) {
let newSearchRadiusViewYValue = self.searchRadiusView.center.y + 280
searchRadiusView.center.y = newSearchRadiusViewYValue
print("ended")
print(searchRadiusView.constraints)
self.updateViewConstraints()
}
However, upon ending editing, my UIView is not moving back down to its original position, and the debugger says
Unable to simultaneously satisfy constraints.
Probably at least one of the constraints in the following list is one you don't want.
Try this:
(1) look at each constraint and try to figure out which you don't expect;
(2) find the code that added the unwanted constraint or constraints and fix it.
(
"<NSLayoutConstraint:0x607000071590 UIView:0x61300002f280.bottom == UIView:0x613000071380.bottom - 310 (active)>",
"<NSLayoutConstraint:0x607000297f80 UIView:0x61300002f280.bottom == UIView:0x613000071380.bottom - 30 (active)>"
)
It seems that the 'constraintWhenKeyboardShown' constraint is still there (the one ending in -310), even though I have 'view.removeConstraint(constraintWhenKeyboardShown)
' in the updateViewConstraints() function. Is that what's causing my problem? Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks