StackView - center buttons with text below image - ios

I am using this class for center text below icon for UIButton:
#IBDesignable
class TopIconButton: UIButton {
override func layoutSubviews() {
super.layoutSubviews()
let kTextTopPadding:CGFloat = 3.0;
var titleLabelFrame = self.titleLabel!.frame;
let labelSize = titleLabel!.sizeThatFits(CGSize(width: self.contentRect(forBounds: self.bounds).width, height: CGFloat.greatestFiniteMagnitude))
var imageFrame = self.imageView!.frame;
let fitBoxSize = CGSize(width: max(imageFrame.size.width, labelSize.width), height: labelSize.height + kTextTopPadding + imageFrame.size.height)
let fitBoxRect = self.bounds.insetBy(dx: (self.bounds.size.width - fitBoxSize.width)/2, dy: (self.bounds.size.height - fitBoxSize.height) / 2)
imageFrame.origin.y = fitBoxRect.origin.y
imageFrame.origin.x = fitBoxRect.midX - (imageFrame.size.width/2)
self.imageView!.frame = imageFrame;
// Adjust the label size to fit the text, and move it below the image
titleLabelFrame.size.width = labelSize.width
titleLabelFrame.size.height = labelSize.height
titleLabelFrame.origin.x = (self.frame.size.width / 2) - (labelSize.width / 2)
titleLabelFrame.origin.y = fitBoxRect.origin.y + imageFrame.size.height + kTextTopPadding
self.titleLabel!.frame = titleLabelFrame
self.titleLabel!.textAlignment = .center
}
}
It's working fine. My problem is when I start using in UIStackView. I am creating something similar to UITabBar so I have 5 buttons next to each other. I want to middle button be in exact center of screen but it's always several pixels to side. I check my constraints for UIStackView and it's okay. I remove all buttons exect middle one and then it's in exact middle. I tried different options for UIStackView (Fill, Centered, Fill Equally, etc.). Nothing helps. Do anyone has any idea? Each button has different icon (with different size) and texts are different too (free, premium, etc. - sometimes bigger then icon sometimes smaller), is this relevant?
Example of my StackView (red line shows where is middle):

The image size is going to be relevant here. Once you get all 5 images to be the same exact size you won't experience this issue anymore. Using 'fill equally' after doing that and you will get the result you want

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However, the words do not wrap consistently. This behavior is intentional:
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XL cell. Width: 184.0,
Text width: 287.0
This behavior is not (why isn't "steak" on the prior line?):
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And neither is this (why didn't Gina wrap if it's over the label width parameter?):
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I have also set a temporary background color on my label to ensure that it does, in fact correspond to the intended width. The label in this example creates another line when the label's width is exceeded, but the text does not wrap:
I have read the other entries on Stack Overflow about word wrapping. I don't believe this is a duplicate. I do not have trouble creating two lines for my text. I don't have trouble with word wrapping occurring. I have trouble with how and when it is occurring.
I think the intent is clear... what am I missing?

UILabel on second line if the content doesn't fit in the view's first line

The best way to describe my situations is with images. What I have is a view which contains several UILabels and UIImage. The red box is a UILabel and if the content is too big it should go to the second line.
From the storyboard I have a working case when the content fits but the problem is that I am not sure how to handle the case when the last (red box) should go to the second line. I am using autolayout and cartography.
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If text width is more than current label's width then see my answer from below link:
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Use of tag View can solve this issue. TagListView is an external library.
When u add a view as subclass of taglistView, its height automatically increases accordingly.
ADD this to pod file : pod 'TagListView'
func addTags() {
let str1 = "Hi"
tagListView.addTag(str1)
let str2 = "Helloo"
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let str3 = "How Are u ? "
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UITextField custom underline in Swift

I have a question about making an underline on UITextField.
I am trying to make an underline with bar on each end as shown below.
I tried the following and got this one. There is no bar on the right end.
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x: self.frame.width - 1,
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I could make the bar on left side but having trouble making the right side because of the wrong x position of the rightEndBorder probably?
Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong??
----- edit
I tried to set the x-position of the rightEndBorder to 200 and it gave me the following.
But if I tried to set it to 300, I don't see it anymore.
----- edit
Checked if the entire textfield was shown on the screen.
----- edit
It was that the leading and trailing constraints that changed the width of the textField I guess.
----- Solution
The problem was that I had leading and trailing constraints on the textField and those constraints changed the width after the unline was inserted. After searching google, I figured that I had to make the underline after the constraints were applied which is in the function viewDidLayoutSubviews().
Re-typing from comments section as an answer.
The problem seems to be either that the view is getting cut off (thus you will not see the right border) or the right end border is being shifted farther right after setting. Reason for suspecting this is from your picture where the right border is placed at x = 200 because it is well past half along the bottom border line but should be only be 40% of the way along the line.
Update:
The correct answer to this question was the constraints imposed caused the textfield width to change.

Swift Dynamically created UILabel shows up twice

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I'm writing an iOS app which has multiple labels in one view, like shown:
I would like these labels to be in the vertical centre of the view, with the middle of the collection of labels as the centre of the view.
I need to use auto layout for this, as the top label may be multiple lines, or may only be one depending on input, and will change height depending on this. This, along with the top label being a different size, means that I cannot simple have the middle label in the middle, and the others relative to that.
I'm looking for a solution either in code or IB.
EDIT: To clarify, I am looking to centre the middle of multiple labels, like so:
(The vertical middle might be slightly off)
*The image should read vertical middle
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var o1 = label1.frame.origin
var o4 = label4.frame.origin
var h4 = label4.frame.height
var w4 = label4.frame.width
var hc4 = o4.y + h4
var wc4 = o4.x + w4
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var remainingScreen = (screen - (hc4 - o1.y))/2.0
var screenW = UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds.size.width
var remainingScreenW = (screenW - (wc4 - o1.x))/2.0
var moveH = remainingScreen - o1.y
var moveW = remainingScreenW - o1.x
var frame1 = label1.frame
var frame2 = label2.frame
var frame3 = label3.frame
var frame4 = label4.frame
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label2.frame = CGRect(x: frame2.origin.x + moveW, y: frame2.origin.y + moveH, width: frame2.width, height: frame2.height)
label3.frame = CGRect(x: frame3.origin.x + moveW, y: frame3.origin.y + moveH, width: frame3.width, height: frame3.height)
label4.frame = CGRect(x: frame4.origin.x + moveW, y: frame4.origin.y + moveH, width: frame4.width, height: frame4.height)
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Note: This code could be heavily condensed, it is just easier to view and read if it is written like this.

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