May 21, 2021 iOS Development Manual
Automatic layout is introduced in iOS 6.0 and can only support IOS 6.0 and later. It helps us create interfaces for multiple devices.
1. Create a simple View base application
2. Modify the contents of the file .m ViewController, as shown below
#import "ViewController.h" @interface ViewController () @property (nonatomic, strong) UIButton *leftButton; @property (nonatomic, strong) UIButton *rightButton; @property (nonatomic, strong) UITextField *textfield; @end @implementation ViewController - (void)viewDidLoad{ [super viewDidLoad]; UIView *superview = self.view; /*1. Create leftButton and add to our view*/ self.leftButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect]; self.leftButton.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = NO; [self.leftButton setTitle:@"LeftButton" forState:UIControlStateNormal]; [self.view addSubview:self.leftButton]; /* 2. Constraint to position LeftButton's X*/ NSLayoutConstraint *leftButtonXConstraint = [NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:self.leftButton attribute:NSLayoutAttributeCenterX relatedBy:NSLayoutRelationGreaterThanOrEqual toItem:superview attribute: NSLayoutAttributeCenterX multiplier:1.0 constant:-60.0f]; /* 3. Constraint to position LeftButton's Y*/ NSLayoutConstraint *leftButtonYConstraint = [NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:self.leftButton attribute:NSLayoutAttributeCenterY relatedBy:NSLayoutRelationEqual toItem:superview attribute: NSLayoutAttributeCenterY multiplier:1.0f constant:0.0f]; /* 4. Add the constraints to button's superview*/ [superview addConstraints:@[ leftButtonXConstraint, leftButtonYConstraint]]; /*5. Create rightButton and add to our view*/ self.rightButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect]; self.rightButton.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = NO; [self.rightButton setTitle:@"RightButton" forState:UIControlStateNormal]; [self.view addSubview:self.rightButton]; /*6. Constraint to position RightButton's X*/ NSLayoutConstraint *rightButtonXConstraint = [NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:self.rightButton attribute:NSLayoutAttributeCenterX relatedBy:NSLayoutRelationGreaterThanOrEqual toItem:superview attribute: NSLayoutAttributeCenterX multiplier:1.0 constant:60.0f]; /*7. Constraint to position RightButton's Y*/ rightButtonXConstraint.priority = UILayoutPriorityDefaultHigh; NSLayoutConstraint *centerYMyConstraint = [NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:self.rightButton attribute:NSLayoutAttributeCenterY relatedBy:NSLayoutRelationGreaterThanOrEqual toItem:superview attribute: NSLayoutAttributeCenterY multiplier:1.0f constant:0.0f]; [superview addConstraints:@[centerYMyConstraint, rightButtonXConstraint]]; //8. Add Text field self.textfield = [[UITextField alloc]initWithFrame: CGRectMake(0, 100, 100, 30)]; self.textfield.borderStyle = UITextBorderStyleRoundedRect; self.textfield.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = NO; [self.view addSubview:self.textfield]; //9. Text field Constraints NSLayoutConstraint *textFieldTopConstraint = [NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:self.textfield attribute:NSLayoutAttributeTop relatedBy:NSLayoutRelationGreaterThanOrEqual toItem:superview attribute:NSLayoutAttributeTop multiplier:1.0 constant:60.0f]; NSLayoutConstraint *textFieldBottomConstraint = [NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:self.textfield attribute:NSLayoutAttributeTop relatedBy:NSLayoutRelationGreaterThanOrEqual toItem:self.rightButton attribute:NSLayoutAttributeTop multiplier:0.8 constant:-60.0f]; NSLayoutConstraint *textFieldLeftConstraint = [NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:self.textfield attribute:NSLayoutAttributeLeft relatedBy:NSLayoutRelationEqual toItem:superview attribute: NSLayoutAttributeLeft multiplier:1.0 constant:30.0f]; NSLayoutConstraint *textFieldRightConstraint = [NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:self.textfield attribute:NSLayoutAttributeRight relatedBy:NSLayoutRelationEqual toItem:superview attribute: NSLayoutAttributeRight multiplier:1.0 constant:-30.0f]; [superview addConstraints:@[textFieldBottomConstraint , textFieldLeftConstraint, textFieldRightConstraint, textFieldTopConstraint]]; } - (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning { [super didReceiveMemoryWarning]; // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated. } @end
Run the app and you'll have the following output on the iPhone emulator
When we change the direction of the simulator to landscape, the output is as follows
When we run the same application on the iPhone 5 simulator, the output is as follows
When we change the direction of the simulator to landscape, the output is as follows: