I am trying to code the label in the viewDidLoad function. The label is showing up but the code I am using now is not affecting the positioning. I am trying to code everything in the viewDidLoad function. You can see the screenshot below.
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let backbutton = UILabel()
backbutton.backgroundColor = UIColor.orange
backbutton.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
backbutton.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 300).isActive = true
backbutton.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 300).isActive = true
backbutton.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: backbutton.centerXAnchor, constant: 100).isActive = true
backbutton.centerYAnchor.constraint(equalTo: backbutton.centerYAnchor, constant: 300).isActive = true
view.addSubview(backbutton)
}
This is how you can align the label into the center of the view,
let backbutton = UILabel()
view.addSubview(backbutton)
backbutton.backgroundColor = UIColor.orange
backbutton.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
backbutton.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 300).isActive = true
backbutton.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 300).isActive = true
backbutton.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.centerXAnchor, constant: 0).isActive = true
backbutton.centerYAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.centerYAnchor, constant: 0).isActive = true
When you are setting constraints programmatically, make sure you add the view into the super/parent view before applying constraints. Secondly in the below lines, you are telling the backButton label to align its center to itself (i.e, backbutton.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: backbutton.centerXAnchor).
backbutton.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: backbutton.centerXAnchor, constant: 100).isActive = true
backbutton.centerYAnchor.constraint(equalTo: backbutton.centerYAnchor, constant: 300).isActive = true
As you want to align it center vertically and horizontally to its parent view so you should set the center constraints equal to parent view as below,
backbutton.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.centerXAnchor, constant: 0).isActive = true
backbutton.centerYAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.centerYAnchor, constant: 0).isActive = true
Try this!!
self.view.setNeedsUpdateConstraints()
self.view.layoutIfNeeded()
Try using CGRect instead:
let screenWidth = UIScreen.main.bounds.width
let screenHeight = UIScreen.main.bounds.height
let xPostion:CGFloat = screenWidth - 150 //150 is half of view's width
let yPostion:CGFloat = screenHeight - 150 //150 is half of view's height
let buttonWidth:CGFloat = 300
let buttonHeight:CGFloat = 300
backbutton.frame = CGRect(x:xPostion, y:yPostion, width:buttonWidth, height:buttonHeight)
instead of screen width/height you can also try to get the width of your super view using:
self.view.frame.width
self.view.frame.height
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I'm struggling to get my scroll view to work programatically.
I have a view controller that instantiates a UIScrollView with the following constraints
class HomeTabBarController: ViewController {
let homePageView = HomePageView()
override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
super.viewDidAppear(true)
homePageView.setupHomePage()
view.addSubview(homePageView)
///constraints
homePageView.stackView.widthAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.widthAnchor).isActive = true
homePageView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.leadingAnchor).isActive = true
homePageView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.topAnchor).isActive = true;
homePageView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.trailingAnchor).isActive = true;
homePageView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.bottomAnchor, constant: -83).isActive = true;
}
}
The HomePageView (UIScrollView) has a UIStackView and instantiates 3 more UIViews which are the UIStackView's children. The code and constraints are as follows
class HomePageView: UIScrollView {
var homePageCarrousel: HomePageCarrousel?
var homePageSocial: HomePageSocialUp?
var homePageAboutUs: HomePageAboutUs?
var stackView = UIStackView()
func setupHomePage() {
translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
homePageCarrousel = HomePageCarrousel()
homePageSocial = HomePageSocialUp()
homePageAboutUs = HomePageAboutUs()
guard let homePageSocial = homePageSocial, let homePageCarrousel = homePageCarrousel, let homePageAboutUs = homePageAboutUs else { return }
homePageSocial.setupSocialHeader()
stackView.addArrangedSubview(homePageSocial)
homePageCarrousel.setupCarrousel()
stackView.addArrangedSubview(homePageCarrousel)
homePageAboutUs.setup()
stackView.addArrangedSubview(homePageAboutUs)
addSubview(stackView)
stackView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
stackView.axis = .vertical
stackView.spacing = 10
setLayout()
}
func setLayout(){
guard let homePageSocial = homePageSocial, let homePageCarrousel = homePageCarrousel, let homePageAboutUs = homePageAboutUs else { return }
///header
homePageSocial.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: stackView.leadingAnchor).isActive = true
homePageSocial.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: stackView.topAnchor).isActive = true
homePageSocial.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: stackView.trailingAnchor).isActive = true
///carrousel
homePageCarrousel.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: stackView.leadingAnchor, constant: 20).isActive = true
homePageCarrousel.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: stackView.bottomAnchor, constant: 20).isActive = true
homePageCarrousel.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: stackView.trailingAnchor, constant: -20).isActive = true
///about us
homePageAboutUs.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: stackView.leadingAnchor).isActive = true
homePageAboutUs.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: homePageCarrousel.bottomAnchor, constant: 10).isActive = true
homePageAboutUs.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: stackView.trailingAnchor).isActive = true
homePageAboutUs.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: stackView.bottomAnchor).isActive = true
///stackview
self.stackView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: leadingAnchor).isActive = true;
self.stackView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: topAnchor).isActive = true;
self.stackView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: trailingAnchor).isActive = true;
self.stackView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: bottomAnchor).isActive = true;
}
func dispose() {
homePageSocial = nil
homePageCarrousel = nil
homePageAboutUs = nil
subviews.forEach{$0.removeFromSuperview()}
}
}
Each of the children UIView (homePageSocial, homePageCarrousel and homePageAboutUs) have constraints have also got constraints:
HomePageCarrousel
Loads UIImageView and after adding as subview sets the constraint as
heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: imageView.frame.height).isActive = true
HomePageAboutUs
Has 3 UITextviews (headerText, bodyTextLeft, bodyTextRight)
Header on top, bodytextLeft below it being 50% width of screen x = 0 and bodyTextRight x = width of bodyTextLeft.
Constraints are as follows
heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: headerText.frame.height + bodyTextLeft.frame.height).isActive = true
bodyTextLeft.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: headerText.bottomAnchor, constant: 15).isActive = true
bodyTextLeft.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: UIScreen.main.bounds.width / 2).isActive = true
bodyTextRight.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: headerText.bottomAnchor, constant: 15).isActive = true
bodyTextRight.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: UIScreen.main.bounds.width / 2).isActive = true
bodyTextRight.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: bodyTextLeft.trailingAnchor).isActive = true
HomePageSocialUp
A basic header with an icon and a constraint of
heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 325).isActive = true
After all that set I still can't get my ui scroll view to scroll on the y axis leaving my text of homePageAboutUs below the tabBar and off screen.
What am I doing wrong here?
Thanks in advance
First - the main purpose of a UIStackView is to arrange its subviews, so it is wrong to add position constraints to those subviews.
Next, when adding subviews to the "root" view of a controller (such as your scroll view), be sure to constrain them to the Safe Area Layout Guide.
Third, constrain the content of your scroll view to its Content Layout Guide.
I'm kind of taking your descriptions and hoping I'm close to what you're going for here:
and after scrolling down:
Here is your code, modified to produce that result:
class HomeTabBarController: UIViewController {
let homePageView = HomePageView()
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
homePageView.setupHomePage()
view.addSubview(homePageView)
// respect safe area
let g = view.safeAreaLayoutGuide
///constraints
NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
homePageView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: g.leadingAnchor),
homePageView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: g.topAnchor),
homePageView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: g.trailingAnchor),
homePageView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: g.bottomAnchor),
])
}
}
class HomePageSocialUp: UIView {
func setupSocialHeader() -> Void {
translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
backgroundColor = .red
let imgView = UIImageView()
imgView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
addSubview(imgView)
NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
// constrain image view 20-pts on each side
imgView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: topAnchor, constant: 20.0),
imgView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: leadingAnchor, constant: 20.0),
imgView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: trailingAnchor, constant: -20.0),
imgView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: bottomAnchor, constant: -20.0),
// Height = 325
imgView.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 325.0),
])
if let img = UIImage(named: "myHeaderImage") {
imgView.image = img
}
}
}
class HomePageCarrousel: UIView {
func setupCarrousel() -> Void {
translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
backgroundColor = .green
let imgView = UIImageView()
imgView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
addSubview(imgView)
NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
// constrain image view 20-pts on each side
imgView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: topAnchor, constant: 20.0),
imgView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: leadingAnchor, constant: 20.0),
imgView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: trailingAnchor, constant: -20.0),
imgView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: bottomAnchor, constant: -20.0),
// let's make it 3:2 ratio
imgView.heightAnchor.constraint(equalTo: imgView.widthAnchor, multiplier: 2.0 / 3.0)
])
if let img = UIImage(named: "myCarouselImage") {
imgView.image = img
}
}
}
class HomePageAboutUs: UIView {
let headerText = UILabel()
let bodyTextLeft = UILabel()
let bodyTextRight = UILabel()
func setup() -> Void {
translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
backgroundColor = .blue
[headerText, bodyTextLeft, bodyTextRight].forEach {
// keep label height to text content
$0.setContentHuggingPriority(.required, for: .vertical)
$0.setContentCompressionResistancePriority(.required, for: .vertical)
// allow word-wrap
$0.numberOfLines = 0
// yellow background
$0.backgroundColor = .yellow
$0.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
addSubview($0)
}
NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
// header text 8-pts from Top / Leading / Trailing
headerText.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: topAnchor, constant: 8.0),
headerText.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: leadingAnchor, constant: 8.0),
headerText.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: trailingAnchor, constant: -8.0),
// left text 8-pts from Bottom of header text, 8-pts Leading
bodyTextLeft.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: headerText.bottomAnchor, constant: 8.0),
bodyTextLeft.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: leadingAnchor, constant: 8.0),
// right text 8-pts from Bottom of header text, 8-pts Trailing
bodyTextRight.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: headerText.bottomAnchor, constant: 8.0),
bodyTextRight.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: trailingAnchor, constant: -8.0),
// 8-pts between left and right text
bodyTextRight.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: bodyTextLeft.trailingAnchor, constant: 8.0),
// left and right text equal width
bodyTextLeft.widthAnchor.constraint(equalTo: bodyTextRight.widthAnchor),
// constrain Bottom of both to <= 8 (at least 8-pts
bodyTextLeft.bottomAnchor.constraint(lessThanOrEqualTo: bottomAnchor, constant: -8.0),
bodyTextRight.bottomAnchor.constraint(lessThanOrEqualTo: bottomAnchor, constant: -8.0),
])
headerText.font = .systemFont(ofSize: 20, weight: .regular)
bodyTextLeft.font = .systemFont(ofSize: 16, weight: .regular)
bodyTextRight.font = .systemFont(ofSize: 16, weight: .regular)
// texxt alignment
headerText.textAlignment = .center
bodyTextLeft.textAlignment = .left
bodyTextRight.textAlignment = .right
// some sample text
headerText.text = "This is the text for the About Us Header label. It will, of course, wrap onto multiple lines when needed, and auto-size it's height to fit the text."
bodyTextLeft.text = "Left label with\nembedded newlines\nso we can see it grow\nto fit the text.\nLine 5\nLine 6\nLine 7"
bodyTextRight.text = "Right label will wrap if needed. The one with the most lines will determine the bottom."
}
}
class HomePageView: UIScrollView {
var homePageCarrousel: HomePageCarrousel?
var homePageSocial: HomePageSocialUp?
var homePageAboutUs: HomePageAboutUs?
var stackView = UIStackView()
func setupHomePage() {
translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
homePageCarrousel = HomePageCarrousel()
homePageSocial = HomePageSocialUp()
homePageAboutUs = HomePageAboutUs()
guard let homePageSocial = homePageSocial, let homePageCarrousel = homePageCarrousel, let homePageAboutUs = homePageAboutUs else { return }
homePageSocial.setupSocialHeader()
stackView.addArrangedSubview(homePageSocial)
homePageCarrousel.setupCarrousel()
stackView.addArrangedSubview(homePageCarrousel)
homePageAboutUs.setup()
stackView.addArrangedSubview(homePageAboutUs)
addSubview(stackView)
stackView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
stackView.axis = .vertical
stackView.spacing = 10
setLayout()
}
func setLayout(){
// constrain stackView to scroll view's Content Layout Guide
let g = self.contentLayoutGuide
///stackview
NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
self.stackView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: g.leadingAnchor),
self.stackView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: g.topAnchor),
self.stackView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: g.trailingAnchor),
self.stackView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: g.bottomAnchor),
// stack view width is scroll view's frame layout guide width
stackView.widthAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.frameLayoutGuide.widthAnchor),
])
}
}
I have a UITableView in my storyboard. I am trying to setup constraints for it in my view controller. After running the application it's not showing up at all. it's only working when i don't run the constraints. here are my constraints.
func tableviewsConstraints(){
homeTableView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
homeTableView.layer.cornerRadius = 10
homeTableView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.leadingAnchor, constant: 20).isActive = true
homeTableView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.trailingAnchor, constant: -20).isActive = true
homeTableView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.topAnchor, constant: 50).isActive = true
homeTableView.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: homeTableView.rowHeight * 3).isActive = true
self.view.addSubview(homeTableView)
}
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
tableviewsConstraints()
Add the homeTableView as the view's subview before adding the constraints to it. And use a constant value when setting the height of tableView, i.e.
func tableviewsConstraints(){
self.view.addSubview(homeTableView) //here....
homeTableView.layer.cornerRadius = 10
homeTableView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
homeTableView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.leadingAnchor, constant: 20).isActive = true
homeTableView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.trailingAnchor, constant: -20).isActive = true
homeTableView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.topAnchor, constant: 50).isActive = true
let rowHeight: CGFloat = 100.0 //here....
homeTableView.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: rowHeight * 3).isActive = true
}
Change the rowHeight value as per your requirement.
Don't you have the outlet of the table view if you have it in the storyboard? Then why you need to subview? If you're creating table view programmatically then follow this.
I am working on a "Profile View Controller" which is inside a TableViewCell and table cell dimension is set as UITableView.automaticDimension:
The problem is that I would like to set the background image view (Blue) with a variable height based on cell width and a 16:9 ratio. For some reason I am not being able to change the view height even if I set the constant.
Here the code:
let topView : UIView = {
let view = UIView()
view.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
view.layer.cornerRadius = 20
view.backgroundColor = .yoofitDarkBlue
view.layer.masksToBounds = true
view.layer.shadowColor = UIColor.lightGray.cgColor
view.layer.borderWidth = 0.5
view.layer.borderColor = UIColor.yoofitDarkBlue.cgColor
view.layer.shadowOffset = CGSize(width: 0.0, height: 0.0)
view.layer.shadowRadius = 12.0
view.layer.shadowOpacity = 0.7
return view
}()
let userImage : UIImageView = {
let i = UIImageView()
i.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
i.image = UIImage(named: "user2")
i.layer.masksToBounds = true
i.layer.cornerRadius = 75
i.layer.borderWidth = 1
i.layer.borderColor = UIColor.white.cgColor
return i
}()
var userNameLabel:UILabel = {
let l = UILabel()
l.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
l.font = UIFont(name: "AvenirNext-DemiBold", size: 20)
l.textAlignment = .center
l.textColor = .yoofitBlack
return l
}()
func setupViews() {
self.backgroundColor = .clear
self.selectionStyle = .none
addSubview(topView)
let width = self.frame.width
print(width) // print 320
topView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: topAnchor, constant: 10).isActive = true
topView.leftAnchor.constraint(equalTo: leftAnchor, constant: 8).isActive = true
topView.rightAnchor.constraint(equalTo: rightAnchor, constant: -8).isActive = true
topView.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: width/16*9).isActive = true // this doesn't work even if I set another number like 600
topView.layoutIfNeeded()
addSubview(userImage)
userImage.centerYAnchor.constraint(equalTo: topView.bottomAnchor).isActive = true
userImage.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: topView.centerXAnchor).isActive = true
userImage.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 150).isActive = true
userImage.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 150).isActive = true
addSubview(userNameLabel)
userNameLabel.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: userImage.bottomAnchor, constant: 10).isActive = true
userNameLabel.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: userImage.centerXAnchor).isActive = true
userNameLabel.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 200).isActive = true
userNameLabel.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 20).isActive = true
userNameLabel.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.bottomAnchor, constant: -20).isActive = true
}
PLEASE NOTE THERE ARE 2 answers to this question. The latter is definitely the correct one but the first maybe may help others.
So this is how I fixed it but I hope to get better answers. This answer helped me to go to the right path (iOS: How to Align The Center of a View With The Bottom of Another View With AutoLayout)
I have added a containing view which is twice as the required size of my top view (the blue one).
I centered the picture on the containing view.
self.conteiningView.backgroundColor = .red // I made this red so you can visually see how the views are related to each other
let width = self.frame.width
self.addSubview(conteiningView)
conteiningView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: topAnchor, constant: 8).isActive = true
conteiningView.leftAnchor.constraint(equalTo: leftAnchor, constant: 8).isActive = true
conteiningView.rightAnchor.constraint(equalTo: rightAnchor, constant: -8).isActive = true
conteiningView.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: (width/16*9)*2).isActive = true // twice of the blue view
conteiningView.layoutIfNeeded()
self.conteiningView.addSubview(topView)
topView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: conteiningView.topAnchor).isActive = true
topView.leftAnchor.constraint(equalTo: conteiningView.leftAnchor).isActive = true
topView.rightAnchor.constraint(equalTo: conteiningView.rightAnchor).isActive = true
topView.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: width/16*9).isActive = true // 16:9 ration
conteiningView.addSubview(userImage)
userImage.centerYAnchor.constraint(equalTo: conteiningView.centerYAnchor).isActive = true
userImage.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: conteiningView.centerXAnchor).isActive = true
userImage.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: width/2).isActive = true
userImage.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: width/2).isActive = true
userImage.layer.cornerRadius = width/4 // to mantain nice proportions
conteiningView.addSubview(userNameLabel)
userNameLabel.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: userImage.bottomAnchor, constant: 10).isActive = true
userNameLabel.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: userImage.centerXAnchor).isActive = true
userNameLabel.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 200).isActive = true
userNameLabel.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 20).isActive = true
With red background:
With clear background:
UPDATE: The answer above works but I have actually found the problem:
Even if I had set:
self.tableView.rowHeight = UITableView.automaticDimension
self.tableView.estimatedRowHeight = 300
For some (silly me) I had also implemented:
tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, heightForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> CGFloat
This, of course, does not be implemented for the automatic dimension to work.
removing that allowed to use the following code to achieve the same result but without setting a predefined height:
self.addSubview(conteiningView)
conteiningView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: topAnchor, constant: 8).isActive = true
conteiningView.leftAnchor.constraint(equalTo: leftAnchor, constant: 8).isActive = true
conteiningView.rightAnchor.constraint(equalTo: rightAnchor, constant: -8).isActive = true
conteiningView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: bottomAnchor).isActive = true
conteiningView.layoutIfNeeded()
self.conteiningView.addSubview(topView)
topView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: conteiningView.topAnchor).isActive = true
topView.leftAnchor.constraint(equalTo: conteiningView.leftAnchor).isActive = true
topView.rightAnchor.constraint(equalTo: conteiningView.rightAnchor).isActive = true
topView.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: width/16*9).isActive = true
conteiningView.addSubview(userImage)
userImage.centerYAnchor.constraint(equalTo: topView.bottomAnchor).isActive = true // the vertical center is now set nicely at bottom edge of my top view.
userImage.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: topView.centerXAnchor).isActive = true
userImage.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: width/2).isActive = true
userImage.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: width/2).isActive = true
userImage.layer.cornerRadius = width/4
conteiningView.addSubview(userNameLabel)
userNameLabel.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: userImage.bottomAnchor, constant: 2).isActive = true
userNameLabel.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: userImage.centerXAnchor).isActive = true
userNameLabel.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 200).isActive = true
userNameLabel.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 35).isActive = true
I am trying to setup a couple of views programmatically. On my main view I add two subviews, one anchored to the top and one to the bottom:
//Button View
view.addSubview(buttonsLabel)
buttonsLabel.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
buttonsLabel.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.leadingAnchor).isActive = true
buttonsLabel.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.trailingAnchor).isActive = true
buttonsLabel.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.bottomAnchor, constant: -20).isActive = true
buttonsLabel.heightAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.heightAnchor, multiplier: 0.5, constant: -20).isActive = true
//Calculator View
calcLabel.layer.cornerRadius = 25
view.addSubview(calcLabel)
calcLabel.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
calcLabel.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.leadingAnchor).isActive = true
calcLabel.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.trailingAnchor).isActive = true
calcLabel.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.topAnchor, constant: 40).isActive = true
//calcLabel.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.bottomAnchor, constant: -20).isActive = true
calcLabel.heightAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.heightAnchor, multiplier: 0.5, constant: -40).isActive = true
This works fine, both views are 50% of the frame height (minus the constants) and both are shown (one at the top, one at the bottom). But when I try to add a third view, which is 75% of the frames height and which should be placed on top of the other two views, the layout is destroyed and everything is moved almost outside of the frame.
I am trying to anchor the third view to the bottom again:
thirdView.layer.cornerRadius = 25
view.addSubview(thirdView)
thirdView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.leadingAnchor).isActive = true
thirdView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.trailingAnchor).isActive = true
thirdView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.bottomAnchor).isActive = true
thirdView.heightAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.heightAnchor,multiplier: 0.75).isActive = true
This is how everything should look like (left the two views, right the third view on top:
Am I doing the anchors and constraints right (or whats abetter way) and how to add the constraint for the third view, so that it is 75% of the frames height and placed like in the image on top of everything.
Your code looks good the problem is else where, check the view hierarchy in the debugger to see which constraint(s) failed, perhaps you forgot translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints as beyowulf commented. you should be using constants as well, this makes code much more maintainable.
here is my implementation:
import UIKit
class ViewController: UIViewController {
//MARK: - SubViews
let topHalfView: UIView = {
let view = UIView()
view.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
view.backgroundColor = UIColor.gray
return view
}()
let bottomHalfView: UIView = {
let view = UIView()
view.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
view.backgroundColor = UIColor.gray
return view
}()
let threeQuarterView: UIView = {
let view = UIView()
view.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
view.backgroundColor = UIColor.black
return view
}()
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
//add, layout subviews with 9+ constraints
setupViews()
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
func setupViews() {
self.view.addSubview(topHalfView)
self.view.addSubview(bottomHalfView)
self.view.addSubview(threeQuarterView)
let guide = self.view.safeAreaLayoutGuide
let spacing:CGFloat = 12
let viewHeight = self.view.frame.height - spacing
topHalfView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: guide.topAnchor).isActive = true
topHalfView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.leadingAnchor, constant: spacing).isActive = true
topHalfView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.trailingAnchor, constant: -spacing).isActive = true
topHalfView.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: viewHeight * 0.5).isActive = true
bottomHalfView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: topHalfView.bottomAnchor, constant: spacing).isActive = true
bottomHalfView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.leadingAnchor, constant: spacing).isActive = true
bottomHalfView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.trailingAnchor, constant: -spacing).isActive = true
bottomHalfView.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: viewHeight * 0.5).isActive = true
threeQuarterView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: guide.bottomAnchor).isActive = true
threeQuarterView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.leadingAnchor, constant: spacing).isActive = true
threeQuarterView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.trailingAnchor, constant: -spacing).isActive = true
threeQuarterView.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: self.view.frame.height * 0.75).isActive = true
}
}
The View hierarchy:
I have this UIScrollView set up with a UIImageView and a UILabel.
However, it's not scrolling like I want it to. It's like it's not even there... How can I fix this? I just want it to be scrollable (even though theres nothing at the bottom to scroll to yet)
Thx in advance!
Here's my code:
// scrollView
scrollView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
view.addSubview(scrollView)
// scrollView constraints
scrollView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.topAnchor).isActive = true
scrollView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.bottomAnchor).isActive = true
scrollView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.trailingAnchor).isActive = true
scrollView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.leadingAnchor).isActive = true
// Initialize profileImageView
profileImageView.image = #imageLiteral(resourceName: "neil")
profileImageView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
profileImageView.layer.cornerRadius = 125 / 2
profileImageView.clipsToBounds = true
scrollView.addSubview(profileImageView)
// Add profileImageView constraints
profileImageView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: scrollView.topAnchor, constant: 45).isActive = true
profileImageView.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 125).isActive = true
profileImageView.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 125).isActive = true
profileImageView.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.centerXAnchor).isActive = true
// Add separator view
seperator.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
seperator.backgroundColor = UIColor.darkGray
scrollView.addSubview(seperator)
// seperator constraints
seperator.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 2).isActive = true
seperator.widthAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.widthAnchor, multiplier: 0.8).isActive = true
seperator.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.centerXAnchor).isActive = true
seperator.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: profileImageView.bottomAnchor, constant: 20).isActive = true
//nameLabel
let nameLabelFont = UIFont.monospacedDigitSystemFont(ofSize: 36, weight: UIFont.Weight.heavy)
nameLabel.font = nameLabelFont
nameLabel.text = currentUser.name
nameLabel.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
scrollView.addSubview(nameLabel)
// nameLabel constraints
nameLabel.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: seperator.bottomAnchor, constant: 10).isActive = true
nameLabel.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: seperator.leadingAnchor).isActive = true
You can't scroll because scrollView.contentSize isn't bigger then your view.
If you want make your screen scrollable you should set scrollView.contentSize.
Put scrollView.contentSize = CGSize(width: 1000, height: 1000) before view.addSubview(scrollView) to set your scrollable area to 1000x1000.
Generally scrollView.contentSize should be calculated base on UI elements inside UIScrollView e.g. size of 10 images with space between them.