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Ahmad Sh-Qasem
Ahmad Sh-Qasem

Reputation: 23

how to place subview anywhere on screen, 'Docking Views'

On iOS, what's a way to be able to place a view, like a subView, anywhere on screen (Main View)? I'm providing an interface to users where they can place it anywhere they want (Docking Views) ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 702

Answers (4)

Deviator
Deviator

Reputation: 688

Follow these two steps:

1). yourSubView.frame = CGRectMake(xOffset,yOffset,50,50);

2). [self.view addSubview:yourSubView];

DRAG AND DROP:

If u want to drag and drag the subviews u can make use of touchmethods: to get the current x and y coordinates and fill them in the frame dynamically.

LIKE:

-(void)touchesEnded:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event 
{
    UITouch *touch = [[event allTouches] anyObject];
    CGPoint location = [touch locationInView: touch.view];
    yourSubview.frame = CGRectMake(location.x, location.y, 50, 50);
}

Upvotes: 0

user1316896
user1316896

Reputation: 

myView.frame = CGRectMake(x, y, width, height);

Define x,y,w,h;

myView.frame = CGRectMake(50, 50, 100, 100);

Upvotes: 0

Duncan C
Duncan C

Reputation: 131491

I'd recommend using a pan gesture recognizer (UIPanGestureRecognizer) instead of using touchesBegan/touchesMoved/touchesEnded. It's much easier and cleaner.

Do a search on "Touches" in the Xcode docs and look for a sample application with that name. There are 2 projects included - one using gesture recognizers, and the other using touchesBegan/touchesMoved/touchesEnded.

It shows exactly what you need to do in order to drag a view around on the screen.

Upvotes: 0

mprivat
mprivat

Reputation: 21912

Try:

myView.frame = CGRectMake(x, y, width, height);

Upvotes: 1

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