Reputation: 725
I want to add a smaller subview in a view and add constraint to it. The leading and trainling constraint should be 50.0 and the height and botton should be 80.0 .
I create my subview in this way
let mySubview = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 50.0, y: 80.0, width: 540.0, height: 220.0))
and then I try to add it to the view with this code
let topConstraint = NSLayoutConstraint(item: mySubview, attribute: .top, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: self.view, attribute: .top, multiplier: 1, constant: 80.0)
let bottomConstraint = NSLayoutConstraint(item: mySubview, attribute: .bottom, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: self.view, attribute: .bottom, multiplier: 1, constant: 80.0)
let leadingConstraint = NSLayoutConstraint(item: mySubview, attribute: .leading, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: self.view, attribute: .leading, multiplier: 1, constant: 50.0)
let trailingConstraint = NSLayoutConstraint(item: mySubview, attribute: .trailing, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: self.view, attribute: .trailing, multiplier: 1, constant: 50.0)
mySubview.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
self.view.addSubview(mySubview)
self.view.addConstraints([topConstraint, bottomConstraint, leadingConstraint, trailingConstraint])
self.view.layoutIfNeeded()
But the contraints dose not do any effect. The view looks nice on iPad, probably because of the first init CGRect(x: 50.0, y: 80.0, width: 540.0, height: 220.0)
, but on smaller screen it looks very big. Shall I try to init the UIView depending on the screen or is it possible to solve this by adding constrains?
Upvotes: 1
Views: 6885
Reputation: 1
I think this can solve the problem
mySubview.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
Like this
let mySubview: UIView = {
let thisView = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 50.0, y: 80.0, width: 540.0, height: 220.0))
thisView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
return thisView
}()
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 14040
Since you want to use auto layout it is enough to instantiate the subview without a frame (since the frame gets calculated taking the constraints into account): let mySubview = UIView()
.
Then you have to set translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints
to false
for your subview.
You also have to change the constants for the bottom constraint to -80 and for the trailing constraint to -50. if you want to keep the positive constants you can also switch the items (self.view
/ mySubview
):
let bottomConstraint = NSLayoutConstraint(item: self.view, attribute: .bottom, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: mySubview, attribute: .bottom, multiplier: 1, constant: 80.0)
let trailingConstraint = NSLayoutConstraint(item: self.view, attribute: .trailing, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: mySubview, attribute: .trailing, multiplier: 1, constant: 50.0)
Last but not least you can delete the self.view.layoutIfNeeded()
line.
Upvotes: 1
Reputation: 722
you should try to use http://snapkit.io/docs/
let box = UIView()
superview.addSubview(box)
box.snp.makeConstraints { (make) -> Void in
make.top.equalTo(superview).offset(80)
make.left.equalTo(superview).offset(50)
make.bottom.equalTo(superview).offset(-80)
make.right.equalTo(superview).offset(-50)
}
Upvotes: 1
Reputation: 16456
You forgot to set the translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints
to false
let mySubview = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 50.0, y: 80.0, width: 540.0, height: 220.0))
mySubview.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 9484
You need this:
mySubview.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints is a Boolean value that determines whether the view’s autoresizing mask is translated into Auto Layout constraints.
Upvotes: 3