AutoLayoutProtocol

The AutoLayoutProtocol helps you to build views using Auto Layout without the pain of rewriting the same boiler plate code again and again.

Installation

Manually

Just copy AutoLayoutProtocol.swift into your Xcode Project.

Usage

Example

Let your view inherit from the AutoLayoutProtocol. You have to initialize the properties views and alConstraints and the functions configureView() and configureConstraints() to conform to the protocol.

You add all the views within the configureView() function using addALSubview(view: UIView) or addALSubview(view: UIView, toView: UIView). I for myself add all the code concerning the views into configureView().

You add constraints by using appendConstraints(withVisualFormat: String) or you append constraints to alConstraints.

final class ExampleView: UIView, AutolayoutProtocol {
    internal var views: [String : UIView] = [:]
    internal var alConstraints: [NSLayoutConstraint] = []
    
    private let viewToAdd = UIView()
    private let secondViewToAdd = UIView()
    
    init() {
      super.init(frame: .zero)
      configureView()
      configureConstraints()
    }
    
    internal func configureView() {
      addALSubview(view: viewToAdd)
      addALSubview(view: secondViewToAdd, toView: viewToAdd)
    }
    
    internal func configureConstraints() {
      appendConstraints(withVisualFormat: "V:|[viewToAdd]|")
      appendConstraints(withVisualFormat: "H:|[viewToAdd]|")
  
      appendConstraints(withVisualFormat: "V:[secondViewToAdd(100)]")
      appendConstraints(withVisualFormat: "H:[secondViewToAdd(100)]")
  
      alConstraints.append(NSLayoutConstraint(item: secondViewToAdd, attribute: .centerX, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: secondViewToAdd.superview, attribute: .centerX, multiplier: 1, constant: 0))
      alConstraints.append(NSLayoutConstraint(item: secondViewToAdd, attribute: .centerY, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: secondViewToAdd.superview, attribute: .centerY, multiplier: 1, constant: 0))
      
      NSLayoutConstraint.activate(alConstraints)
    }
}