SideMenu with AutoLayout - ios

Question

I'am trying to make a side menu and i have some problems with setting it with auto layout.
I have a rootViewController that i add to it the leftMenuVC as childVC then i set the constraints.
class RootVC: UIViewController, NavigationBarDelegate {
var leftMenuVC: UIViewController?
var navigationBar = NavigationBar()
var isMenuCollapsed = true
override func viewDidLoad() {
leftMenuVC = leftVC()
addChildViewController(leftMenuVC!)
view.addSubview(leftMenuVC!.view)
leftMenuVC!.didMove(toParentViewController: self)
}
override func viewDidLayoutSubviews() {
if let v = leftMenuVC?.view {
v.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
v.leftAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.leftAnchor).isActive = true
v.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.topAnchor).isActive = true
v.rightAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.rightAnchor, constant: -140).isActive = true
v.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.bottomAnchor).isActive = true
}
}
func menuButtonClicked(){
}
}
So my question is how to change constraints to hide/show the menu with support of orientations

Answer 1

What I usually do when I want to hide a view outside the screen with constraints is:
1 Set all constraints so that the sideview is visible (in active state)
2 Keep in reference the constraint that stick your sideview on one side (here the left one)
leftAnchor = NSLayoutConstraint(item: v, attribute: .left, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: view, attribute: .left, multiplier: 1, constant: 0)
view.addConstraint(leftAnchor)
view.addConstraint(NSLayoutConstraint(item: v, attribute: .top, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: view, attribute: .top, multiplier: 1, constant: 0))
view.addConstraint(NSLayoutConstraint(item: v, attribute: .bottom, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: view, attribute: .bottom, multiplier: 1, constant: 0))
view.addConstraint(NSLayoutConstraint(item: v, attribute: .width, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: view, attribute: .width, multiplier: 0.6, constant: 0))
3 Set one more constraint so that the view will be hidden. Usually it's something like that. Note that the priority is set to 999 to avoid constraint conflicts.
var hiddingConstraint = NSLayoutConstraint(item: v, attribute: .right, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: view, attribute: .left, multiplier: 1, constant: 0)
hiddingConstraint.priority = 999
view.addConstraint(hiddingConstraint)
4 Animate by activating or not your leftAnchor
UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.3) {
self.leftAnchor.active = false
self.view.layoutIfNeeded()
}
So you should end up with a code like this:
class RootVC: UIViewController, NavigationBarDelegate {
var leftMenuVC: UIViewController?
var navigationBar = NavigationBar()
var isMenuCollapsed = true {
didSet {
UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.3) {
self.leftAnchor?.isActive = self.isMenuCollapsed
self.view.layoutIfNeeded()
}
}
}
var leftAnchor : NSLayoutConstraint?
override func viewDidLoad() {
leftMenuVC = leftVC()
addChildViewController(leftMenuVC!)
view.addSubview(leftMenuVC!.view)
leftMenuVC!.didMove(toParentViewController: self)
}
override func viewDidLayoutSubviews() {
if let v = leftMenuVC?.view {
leftAnchor = NSLayoutConstraint(item: v, attribute: .left, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: view, attribute: .left, multiplier: 1, constant: 0)
view.addConstraint(leftAnchor!)
view.addConstraint(NSLayoutConstraint(item: v, attribute: .top, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: view, attribute: .top, multiplier: 1, constant: 0))
view.addConstraint(NSLayoutConstraint(item: v, attribute: .bottom, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: view, attribute: .bottom, multiplier: 1, constant: 0))
view.addConstraint(NSLayoutConstraint(item: v, attribute: .width, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: view, attribute: .width, multiplier: 0.6, constant: 0))
var hiddingConstraint = NSLayoutConstraint(item: v, attribute: .right, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: view, attribute: .left, multiplier: 1, constant: 0)
hiddingConstraint.priority = 999
view.addConstraint(hiddingConstraint)
}
}
func menuButtonClicked(){
isMenuCollapsed = !isMenuCollapsed
}
}
PS: I won't put the constraints setting in viewDidLayoutSubviews, maybe in viewWillAppear, as you don't have to set them every time the device is being rotated. That's the purpose of constraints

Answer 2

Instead of writing this code by yourself, save yourself the trouble.
Here is MMDrawerController to your rescue. I am using it myself. It's super easy to implement and offers lots of customization options. Hope you find it useful. :-)