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Auto Layout DSL
import UIKit
/// Represents a single `NSLayoutConstraint`
enum LayoutAnchor {
case constant(attribute: NSLayoutConstraint.Attribute,
relation: NSLayoutConstraint.Relation,
constant: CGFloat)
case relative(attribute: NSLayoutConstraint.Attribute,
relation: NSLayoutConstraint.Relation,
relatedTo: NSLayoutConstraint.Attribute,
multiplier: CGFloat,
constant: CGFloat)
}
// MARK: - Factory methods
extension LayoutAnchor {
static let leading = relative(attribute: .leading, relation: .equal, relatedTo: .leading)
static let trailing = relative(attribute: .trailing, relation: .equal, relatedTo: .trailing)
static let top = relative(attribute: .top, relation: .equal, relatedTo: .top)
static let bottom = relative(attribute: .bottom, relation: .equal, relatedTo: .bottom)
static let centerX = relative(attribute: .centerX, relation: .equal, relatedTo: .centerX)
static let centerY = relative(attribute: .centerY, relation: .equal, relatedTo: .centerY)
static let width = constant(attribute: .width, relation: .equal)
static let height = constant(attribute: .height, relation: .equal)
static func constant(
attribute: NSLayoutConstraint.Attribute,
relation: NSLayoutConstraint.Relation
) -> (CGFloat) -> LayoutAnchor {
return { constant in
.constant(attribute: attribute, relation: relation, constant: constant)
}
}
static func relative(
attribute: NSLayoutConstraint.Attribute,
relation: NSLayoutConstraint.Relation,
relatedTo: NSLayoutConstraint.Attribute,
multiplier: CGFloat = 1
) -> (CGFloat) -> LayoutAnchor {
return { constant in
.relative(attribute: attribute, relation: relation, relatedTo: relatedTo, multiplier: multiplier, constant: constant)
}
}
}
// MARK: - Conveniences
extension UIView {
func addSubview(_ subview: UIView, anchors: [LayoutAnchor]) {
subview.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
addSubview(subview)
subview.activate(anchors: anchors, relativeTo: self)
}
func activate(anchors: [LayoutAnchor], relativeTo item: UIView? = nil) {
let constraints = anchors.map { NSLayoutConstraint(from: self, to: item, anchor: $0) }
NSLayoutConstraint.activate(constraints)
}
}
extension NSLayoutConstraint {
convenience init(from: UIView, to item: UIView?, anchor: LayoutAnchor) {
switch anchor {
case let .constant(attribute: attr, relation: relation, constant: constant):
self.init(
item: from,
attribute: attr,
relatedBy: relation,
toItem: nil,
attribute: .notAnAttribute,
multiplier: 1,
constant: constant
)
case let .relative(attribute: attr,
relation: relation,
relatedTo: relatedTo,
multiplier: multiplier,
constant: constant):
self.init(
item: from,
attribute: attr,
relatedBy: relation,
toItem: item,
attribute: relatedTo,
multiplier: multiplier,
constant: constant
)
}
}
}
import UIKit
class ExampleViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let yellow = UIView()
yellow.backgroundColor = .yellow
view.addSubview(yellow, anchors: [.leading(0), .trailing(0), .bottom(0), .top(0)])
let redBox = UIView()
redBox.backgroundColor = .red
view.addSubview(redBox, anchors: [.centerX(0), .centerY(0), .width(100), .height(100)])
}
}

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V8tr commented Jan 11, 2021

The code is available under the “Unlicense”, which allows you to do whatever you want with it.

@vburojevic
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What if you need to pin something to the safeAreaLayoutGuide?

@hamzausmani-674
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What if you need to pin something to the safeAreaLayoutGuide?

did you find the solution ?

@prokhorovxo
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prokhorovxo commented Feb 13, 2022

@vburojevic @devhamza97

This is my approach:

1. Add new case in LayoutAnchor

case relativeSafeArea(attribute: NSLayoutConstraint.Attribute,
                          relation: NSLayoutConstraint.Relation,
                          relatedTo: NSLayoutConstraint.Attribute,
                          multiplier: CGFloat,
                          constant: CGFloat)

2. Add new method in LayoutAnchor

    static func relativeSafeArea(attribute: NSLayoutConstraint.Attribute,
                                 relation: NSLayoutConstraint.Relation,
                                 relatedTo: NSLayoutConstraint.Attribute,
                                 multiplier: CGFloat = 1.0) -> (CGFloat) -> LayoutDSLAnchor {
        return { constant in
                .relativeSafeArea(attribute: attribute,
                                  relation: relation,
                                  relatedTo: relatedTo,
                                  multiplier: multiplier,
                                  constant: constant)
        }
    }

3. Handle new case in convenience init NSLayoutConstraint

case let .relativeSafeArea(attribute: attr,
                                   relation: relation,
                                   relatedTo: relatedTo,
                                   multiplier: multiplier,
                                   constant: constant):
            guard let safeAreaLayoutGuide = item?.safeAreaLayoutGuide
            else { fatalError("\(String(describing: item)) safeAreaLayoutGuide problem") }
            
            self.init(item: from,
                      attribute: attr,
                      relatedBy: relation,
                      toItem: safeAreaLayoutGuide,
                      attribute: relatedTo,
                      multiplier: multiplier,
                      constant: constant)

4. And finally add new static properties in LayoutAnchor

static let leadingSafeArea = relativeSafeArea(attribute: .leading, relation: .equal, relatedTo: .leading)
static let trailingSafeArea = relativeSafeArea(attribute: .trailing, relation: .equal, relatedTo: .trailing)
static let topSafeArea = relativeSafeArea(attribute: .top, relation: .equal, relatedTo: .top)
static let bottomSafeArea = relativeSafeArea(attribute: .bottom, relation: .equal, relatedTo: .bottom)

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@prokhorovxo
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@nikitatroin you forgot to use value binding

Screenshot 2022-02-22 at 20 10 39

@nikitatroin
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@prokhorovxo Oh, thanks man!

@KarthikSaminathan
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It helped me lot. How i can update the existing layoutanchor? like the same top layoutanchor value needs to be change in the landscape mode? please help

@sanket2126
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What if we want to give aspect ratio to any view ?

  • Suppose if we want to assign same width to any view as per the view height arranged in Stackview.

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