I parse Json data and I set it on some UILabels, What I want is that when there's no text for a specific label It has to be removed from the UIView, I tried with 2 methods but with no results because the labels has constraints.
What I tried is:
Set their frame to 0 and the height constraint to 0
CGRect noFrame = _prepTime.frame;
noFrame.size.width = 0;
noFrame.size.height = 0;
[_prepTime setFrame:noFrame];
prepTimeHeight = 0;
But the height of the UILabel still remains,
The I tried with:
[_prepTime removeFromSuperView];
With this one the UILabel gets removed but the interface changes since it has constraints and by removing the UILabel I destroy the layout.
Is there any method to remove the UILabel from the view even if it has constraints?
You can set hidden if you don't want to affect all other subviews.
When using layout constraint it's not a good idea to edit the frame of your element. Instead you should add a IBOutlet property for your NSLayoutConstraint and link it to the height constraint of your label in your storyboard, then edit the constant value of the NSLayoutConstraint.
Someting like that in your viewcontroller #implementation:
#property IBoutlet NSLayoutConstraint *myLabelHeightConstraint;
and later when you want to hide your label :
self.myLabelHeightConstraint.constant = 0;
[self.view layoutIfNeeded];
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I have an outlet to a UIImageView hooked up from my storyboard to my header file. I am trying to alter the frame of the UIImageView programmatically from my implementation file. I have done the following:
-(void)viewDidLoad{
[super viewDidLoad];
if (IS_IPHONE_5) {
someImageView.frame = CGRectMake(someImageView.frame.origin.x, someImageView.frame.origin.y, someImageView.frame.size.width - 50, someImageView.frame.size.height - 50);
}
}
No matter what I change my width and height to it doesn't seem to change. Could it be that I am using autolayout and have constraints hooked up to the imageView? If so, how do I override these to change the image view's height and width?
Is there a simpler way to do this just from the storyboard?
Thanks in advance.
You might want to reevaluate the constraints you set up in IB. Make sure you don't have width or height constraints, but instead top/bottom/leading/trailing constraints. Then you probably don't have to do anything programmatically. But if you must resize programmatically, create IBOutlet references to the constraints in the storyboard, and then you can adjust the constant property of the constraint. But don't attempt to change the frame if you're using constraints.
I am using autolayout in my application. I have a UIPicker at the bottom of screen. What I want to do is I want to open UIPicker from the bottom of screen on click of UIButton as shown in image below
I want to know
which kind of constraint I have to set initially
which kind of constraint I have to implement programmatically and how it will be implemented?
How to get back to its original position?
Initially pin top of pickerView to bottom of SuperView and then when you want it to show you can pin bottom of pickerView to bottom of superView.
OR
You can do higher animation by pinning bottom of pickerView to bottom of superView and set height to 0 and when you want to show set height constant to whatEver height is recquired.
follow the below step.
applied this constraint on your object.
after that select vertical space constraint and create IBOutlet for it.
#property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet NSLayoutConstraint *TopHeight;
set your desire top margin using below code.it will set new top margin for your object with animation.
self.TopHeight.constant = 400;
[self.view setNeedsUpdateConstraints];
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.5 animations:^{
[self.view layoutIfNeeded];
}];
What I have done is, I have set 3 constraint for pickerView as follows.
Then I set outlet of the bottom space to my view.
#property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet NSLayoutConstraint *bottomConstraint;
after then on click of botton I write following logic and my work is done.
- (IBAction)showPicker:(id) sender{
self.bottomConstraint.constant = 0;
[self.picker setNeedsUpdateConstraints];
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.3f animations:^{
[self.view layoutIfNeeded];
}];
}
I have used storyboard to layout a custom cell in a tableview. I have a UI button in this custom cell that has an initial x,y size of 60x7. This UI button (as with all objects in the storyboard) use auto layout with size classes.
When the user clicks on an edit button in the view, I would like to change the size of the UIButton in each cell to be 60x60. Various StackOverflow solutions for changing the UIButton size do something like the following:
CGRect buttonFrame = cell.button1Left.frame;
buttonFrame.size = CGSizeMake(60, 60);
cell.button1Left.frame = buttonFrame;
But the solutions also warn that this will not work unless you turn off auto layout. However, when I try to turn off auto layout for this UIButton in the custom cell, I get the following warning:
This warning scares me. If I disable size classes, will this mess up my layout, disable my segues, and make future changes more difficult? If so, is there any other way to accomplish what I am trying?
Bonus question: is it possible to animate the resizing of the UIButton (i.e. so that it appears to stretch to the larger size)?
Try this:
1) add 2 constraints to your Button in storyboard;
2) create properties for them :
#property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet NSLayoutConstraint *btnHeight;
#property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet NSLayoutConstraint *btnWidth;
3) add action to button click:
- (IBAction)buttonPressed:(id)sender {
UIButton *btn = (UIButton *)sender;
btn.titleEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, 0, 0);
self.btnHeight.constant +=50;
self.btnWidth.constant +=50;
[UIView animateWithDuration: 0.7 animations:^{
[self.view layoutIfNeeded];
}];
}
P.S. If your button is in the center of cell, you need also create top and left constraints and if you make height and width for 50 bigger you need to make top and left for 25 smaller.
I decided that the best solution for me was to create another UIButton that was already the desired size. When the user presses an edit button for the view, I hide the collapsed UIButton that was 60x7. Then I unhide the full size UIButton that is 60x60. To animate the transition so that it looks more natural, I did the following:
[UIView transitionWithView:cell.pencilButtonLeft
duration:0.6
options:UIViewAnimationOptionTransitionFlipFromBottom
animations:NULL
completion:NULL];
cell.pencilButtonLeft.hidden = NO;
As for the warning message when I tried to turn off autosizing, I decided to not turn off autoresizing and not to disable size classes. In reading it closely, I might have been ok as long as I did not have an intention of running the app on a device other than an iPhone. Thanks to #Ptah for the suggestion on the animation.
I have an UIImageView and an UILabel in a view of my storyboard. I created 2 corresponding IBOutlet and an NSTimer in the controller.
Each 0.01 seconds, the timer call the following method which moves the image:
-(void) update{
CGRect rect = myImageOutlet.frame;
rect.origin.x += 1;
myImageOutlet.frame = rect;
}
It works well. Now I would also like to change the text of the label in this method in order to display the current elapsed time (to do so I initialize an NSDate in the viewDidLoad and I use on it the method timeIntervalSinceNow)
Now the text of the label changes correctly but the image stays at it's original place.
I found a workaround by adding programmatically to my controller a subview and putting the label in this subview.
What is strange is that I tried to do the same by adding an UIView and an UILabel through the object library in the storyboard (and not programmatically), and it does not work.
Do you have any idea why ?
(and if you also know why the image is not moving if I change the label text I am interested)
I'm trying to add a view with hight of 50 before table sections, i added the view in interface builder and resize it to 50 and everything looks good in interface builder but once i test it on a device or simulator the view show up with a maximum screen height and it doesn't seem that i can control its height whatever value i use the view takes all the screen hight
How can i force the view height to 50?
Try to use autolayout and set a height constant.
Uncheck "Autoresize Subview" attribute for the parent view in which these view added and check the output. This might solve the problem if some constraint tries to resize the view which was added.
If you want add and UIView before a table section, this view will be before the tableView also. And At least you do by code this view won't be scrolled.
You must change you TabelViewController to a ViewController and adding the tableView Protocols delegate. And no sure but you must have something like that:
#interface TestTableViewController : UITableViewController
And you should be:
#interface TestTableViewController : UIViewController <UITableViewDataSource,UITableViewDelegate>
Then: In Storyboard add the View and the tableview (Both should have in the same level). Add constrains, connect delegates, and create a IBOutlet for both:
#property (nonatomic,strong) IBOutlet UIView *superHeader;
#property (nonatomic, strong) IBOutlet UITableView *tableView;
With this two outlet if you want you can code to the superHeader disappear when you scrolling until a point, here an example (Remember tableView is a scrollView son).
-(void)scrollViewDidScroll:(UIScrollView *)scrollView
{
if (scrollView.contentOffset.y > 100)
{
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.3 animations:^{
// Be carfuly if you are navigationBar (64 ptos) and depens of transparency property
self.tableView.frame = CGRectMake(0, -50, self.view.bounds.size.width, 50);
self.tableView.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, self.view.bounds.size.width, self.view.bounds.size.height);
}];
} else if(scrollView.contentOffset.y < 80) {
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.3 animations:^{
// Be carfuly if you are navigationBar (64 ptos) and depens of transparency property
self.tableView.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, self.view.bounds.size.width, 50);
self.tableView.frame = CGRectMake(0, 50, self.view.bounds.size.width, self.view.bounds.size.height - 50);
}];
}
}
How did you add the view to the UITableView in Interface Builder?
Do you want to have the view displayed before every section?
Then you can add it as a header view for each sections using
- (UIView *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section.
You can specify the height for it using
- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section;
These are both UITableViewDelegate methods.
If you don't want it for every section but rather need one view that is displayed at the top of the TableView, then you can try the tableHeaderView property of UITableView.
You can set any UIView as the header using this property.
See this StackOverflow thread: Adding iOS UITableView HeaderView (not section header)
If you want 50 fixed height then add a constraint to the view "fixed height : 50"
The reason for unchanged frame is the auto layout. SetFrame will work fine when you disable the auto layout.
Hope this will help you
I feel you are not using the prototypecell of tableViewcontroller. Try to add the customisation into that. It may work.