Auto Layout DSL

AutoLayoutDSL.swift

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
            )
        }
    }
}

ExampleViewController.swift

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)])
    }
}

LICENSE.md

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What if you need to pin something to the safeAreaLayoutGuide?

What if you need to pin something to the safeAreaLayoutGuide?

did you find the solution ?

@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)

@prokhorovxo

@nikitatroin you forgot to use value binding

@prokhorovxo Oh, thanks man!

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

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.