main.swift

protocol Drawable {

  var viewLocation: viewLocation { set get }

}

enum ViewLocation {
  case Workspace
  case Choices
  case Undo
}

let statementView = StatementView(".Workspace")
let statementView = StatementView(".Choices")

// Workspace, Choices, Undo are all views. I need to render 
// statementView instances slightly different based on the views. 
// Is it a good idea to pass the view enum value to the statement view when I instantiate it? 
// It does feel super code smell to me.

StatementView.swift

import UIKit
class StatementView: UIControl, Drawable {
  var viewLocation:ViewLocation
  let termView:TermView

  private func setupView() {
     termView = TermView() //gotta pass the /viewLocation enum value to TermView now
  }

    init(frame: CGRect, item: ViewLocation) {
    self.viewLocation = item
    super.init(frame: frame)
    setupView()
  }

  convenience init(item: ViewLocation) {
    self.init(frame:CGRectZero, item: item)
  }

  required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
    fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
  }
}

TermView.swift

import UIKit
class TermView: UIControl, Drawable {
  var labels = [UILabel]()
  var item: Term

  convenience init(item: Term) {
    self.init(frame:CGRectZero, item: item)
  }


  init(frame: CGRect, item: Term) {
    self.item = item
    super.init(frame: frame)
    setupView()
  }


  required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
    fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
  }

  private func setupView() {
    let label = UILabel()
    label.userInteractionEnabled = false
    label.font = UIFont(name: "FiraSans-Book", size: 18)
    label.textColor = UIColor.blackColor()
    label.textAlignment = .Center
    label.numberOfLines = 1
    label.attributedText = NSMutableAttributedString(string: item.value)
    let attributedString = label.attributedText as! NSMutableAttributedString
    attributedString.addAttribute(NSKernAttributeName, value: 1.1, range: NSMakeRange(0, attributedString.length))
    label.attributedText = attributedString
    label.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
  addSubview(label)
  }
}