Removing view from layout and having other elements re-organize themselves - ios

I have the following screen:
If one clicks on Go Pro and buys the in app, then I'd like to remove the ads from the screen and then have both circle buttons to go to very bottom of the screen.
One possibility I thought was to have a horizontal stack view to hold the three buttons and a vertical stack view, that would first hold the horizontal stack view and then the Ads View.
Is this solution the best one or there are smarter ones?
Thanks.
UPDATE:
Here's what's happening now:
With Vertical Spacing constraint to only one button:
With Vertical Spacing constraint to both buttons

If you are using iOS 9.0 and above, you can use stackview else make outlet of height constraint of bottom view and set to 0 on close ad mob.
For the other issue i.e button stretch .. add one view that contains that 3 buttons and add constraints to that view ... just check below image and give constraints...
Now on close admob, just set constant of height constraint to 0.
and the result will be

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UISTackview constraint error in a UIScrollview in viewcontroller

I was trying to add a UISTackview in a scrollview. I believe the UIScrollview setup is right as the following screen has scrolled. Please note that it does not have any stackview, I have added a button with big top constraint so that I can see whether the scrollview works or not.
Next, I added the stackview and just added the top, left, right constraint but not bottom constraint like the following image. However, since there is no bottom constraint, the scrollview does not work.
When I added the bottom constraint, it shows the error like the following image because none of the textfields has height constraints.
If I change the distribution to "Fill Equally". The textfields are taking too much blank spaces depending on the screen size.
How can I use the stackview inside the scrollview. I want to use it as I want some of the views hidden based on conditions and claim the space. Any suggestion would be helpful. Thanks
Your second image is correct - but you need one more constraint.
Add a constraint from the Bottom of the Stack View to the Bottom of View (its superview), but set it to >= 0
A couple of tips...
rename your UI elements... it gets very confusing to refer to elements by default generic names (you have more than one View, for example).
give your objects contrasting background colors during development... makes it much, much easier to see the frames.

how do i put button at bottom of screen using autolayout

What i need to make a button at bottom of screen but I've encountered an issue with iPhone 4s so please take a look at screenshot
Screenshot
so I've tried another solution which pin the button from top to the last stack-view here I've got an issue with iPhone 7 " inequality constraint ambiguity" when i change constraint from 'Equal' into 'greater than or Equal' to put it at bottom of screen as shown in screenshots
iPhone4
iPhone7
what should i do ?
best regards
An NSGridView would be perfect for this, but no such thing exists in iOS.
I would create a label and a textbox, put a vertical spacing constraint between them, then embed the two controls in a vertical stack. The stack should have a "Fill" alignment and "Equal spacing" in distribution.
Then copy and paste the stack for each of the control groups (First name, Last name, Phone, Email and Password). Select all the Stacks and embed them into another vertical stack. The stack should have a "Fill" alignment and "Equal spacing" in distribution. Constrain the stack to the top, leading, bottom and trailing edges of the view. Now you should be able to control the distance between the control groups with the spacing property in the stack view.
Try adding UiView and add button inside that UIView and add constrains to based on the place where you was need to place your button.. You can add bottom space to superview and fix the issue

How to Align four buttons at dead center in Xcode 7?

How do I align these four buttons to be at the center (horizontally and vertically) for the diff sizes of screens. I see different sizes and positions of the buttons when I run the project in the different size of the simulator. Is there a way to make the four buttons to be at center (and same size) for ALL devices?
I don't have any experience with constrains, it has been a while since I used Xcode. I read tutorials about constrains for hours, but I still don't understand how to use it.
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Thank you and happy holidays :)
The easiest way to accomplish this is to use a UIStackView. Very simple to use, and it automatically manages the layout for the buttons.
Remove the existing constraints for your buttons, then select all four and choose Editor -> Embed in -> Stack View.
Add two constraints to center your stack view in the view, and you're done!
Yes you can use Stack View, but it is only supported from ios 9, so if you are trying to have constraints below ios 9, follow below steps -
Add a UIView as container for your buttons, and add following constraints to it. (We will not give fixed height constraints to this view,let it determine its height intrinsically i.e we will use buttons to determine the size of container as buttons have their intrinsic size.)
a. Align Center X to superview
b. Align Center Y to superView
c. Trailing and Leading space
Now add first button and add following constraints -
a. Center horizontally in center.
b. Top space from superview (as buttons and have its intrinsic size so we dont need to give height and width, it will calculate from its content)
Now for rest of three buttons add following constraints -
a. Center horizontally with first button
b. Add top and bottom space to all buttons with their respective top and button views (buttons). For last button i.e 4th add bottom space constraints with container view.
Note - Now that top button have top space constraints with container view and last button have bottom space constraints with container view and all remaining buttons are connected to each other with top and bottom space, this will determine the height of container view and your buttons will be always appear in center of screen for all size.
Below is the link for screenshot with all required constrints explained above.
Screenshot with required constraints

How to add Equal Spacing and equal width for button in iOS Auto layout

Am new to Auto layout constraints in Xcode. I have one Bottom View like UITabBar with 6 UIButtons. Without constraints I aligned those buttons with 5 space padding with each buttons and each buttons has 50 width.
Now,I am trying to make it by using Auto layout to support all Screen sizes.
In Storyboard constrains I set equal width for 6 buttons and I made 60
space between each buttons. I set first button 0 to leading space and
I set the last button 0 to tail constraints.
I want the buttons with equal width and flexible spaces between views in all device sizes.
Can anyone pleas help me? Looking for the help. Thanks in advance.
check this image and made your constraints like below...
RESULT:- preview in different sizes
With Stackview (For iOS 9.0 and above)
NOTE: If you have to make app for iOS 9 and later then UIStackView is another option for you
With iOS 9 and Xcode 7, you can now have the expected result with UIStackView and only 3 or 4 auto layout constraints.
The following step by step uses Storyboard.
Create 6 UIButtons and 5 UIViews. Align them horizontally. Give some color to your views.
Select all your views and buttons and click on the Stack button. You will have all your buttons and colored views aligned in a UIStackView.
Select your stack view, go to the Utilities panel and select the Attributes Inspector item. There, click on the Distribution button and select "Fill Equally".
For now, your stack view's height relies on your buttons intrinsic content size. If you're fine with it, you can go to step 5. However, if needed, you can give your stack view a height constraint. Select your stack view, click on the Pin button, check the Height button, add the required value and click on the Add 1 Constraint button.
As an alternative, If you want each element of your stack view to have its height matching its width, select the first button of your stack view, click on the Pin button, select Aspect Ratio and click on the Add 1 Constraint button.
You can check that your aspect ratio constraint is correct in your Document outline (left panel) and, if you need, you can change it with a different constraint in the Attribute inspector (right panel).
Now, it's time to give some external constraints to your stack view. Select your stack view. Click on the pin button, make sure the Constrain to margin button is not select and set leading, trailing and bottom constraints to zero. Make sure that the bottom constraint is related to your view controller's view. Then, change the Update Frames button to "All Frames in Container". You can now click on the Add 3 Constraints button.
Your stack view is now set.
Further remark:
If you don't need your colored views width to match your buttons width, you can build a stack view with only UIButtons and simply add spacing to your stack view in the Attribute inspector. However, you will have to find a way to add a background color behind your stack view. Apple states about it in the UIKit Framework Reference:
The UIStackView is a nonrendering subclass of UIView. It does not
provide any user interface of its own. Instead, it just manages the
position and size of its arranged views. As a result, some properties
(like backgroundColor) have no affect on the stack view.
I've build a Xcode project with 4 different stack views:
one with colored views and relying on the embedded UIButtons intrinsic content size for its height,
one with colored views and with a UIButton "equal width and height" constraint,
one with colored views and with its own height constraint,
one without colored views but with spacing and embedded inside a colored view.
You can find this project on this GitHub repo.
iOS 9 has a new UIKit class called UIStackView. It is very helpful in stacking up views horizontally or vertically, like the way you want. You should check out this tutorial: Raywenderlich: UIStackView Tutorial
Select all the buttons and in Xcode’s Pin menu
Create a horizontal constraint from the top left view to the top right view by selecting the red line to the selected view’s right side nearest neighbor
Create a horizontal constraint from the top right view to the top left view by selecting the red line to the selected view’s left side nearest neighbor
Create a vertical constraint from the top view by selecting the red line to the selected view’s top side nearest neighbor
Select checkbox near to Height, Equal Widths and click on "Add 22 Constraints"
Spacer views should no longer be necessary unless you need space between borders.
You can create a StackView with equal spacing which will dynamically adjust the space between your stack views to use up all available space without altering the size of your subviews.
Interface builder can be a bit misleading here. the value you put in for spacing is the minimum spacing required not what the actual spacing will be.
The StackView will handle your spacing, making the size of your buttons equal you can use regular constraints for.

Why auto layout constraints not working?

I'm setting constraints in IB like
But when i run the app on iPhone4 it shows
Why last three buttons not shown properly on iPhone4 screen?is there any mistake in my constraints ?
Edit:- This is my view hierarchy:-
UITabbarControlle -> UINavigationController -> UIViewController and tab bar controller is rootviewcontroller.
Edit:- FYI there is no effect of any constraints on the screen(basically autolayout not working for me).
You have designed the buttons on 4 inch and you don't have enough space on 3.5 for all of them.
One way to do this is to place scroll view over your view controller's view and add the buttons on the scroll view.You have to add constraint on the scroll view , to be fixed on each side (without width/height).
After that grab all the buttons and add constrains on each side and sizes , so they will be fixed
If you , on other hand, have enough space for all the buttons to fit in 3.5' without any top/bottom margins you can add the button in UIView (instead of scroll view). Place the buttons in the view and set fixed width/height on that view.Center the view and it will keep his size (with the buttons inside on both screen sizes)
There is an issue in your constraints, you have to update them.
You can do as is shown on the image bellow:
Once done, you will see, the Orange lines under your buttons turned to blue.
I wish that helps you!
Your view is probably within a UIScrollView which will extend your total contentheight. It is not related to the absolute height of your viewport.
However, what do you expect? Your 3 buttons would overlay to the next buttons, if your theoretical approach would work.
What you need to to do is to wire all buttons to each other and give the view a top and bottom constraint to the top and bottom layout. You probably need to adjust your view to be on full screen and not to extend to the bottom.
Hint: as long as something is 'yellow' you need to add further constraints.

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