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iOS Build an Interactive Story App with Swift Creating the User Interface Programmatically Creating Views Programmatically

Harris Ryder
Harris Ryder
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Posted by Harris Ryder
Harris Ryder
1,333 Points

anchors, what are they?

what are anchors, they are used in the video to constrain an image view to the viewcontrollers view right?

I have completed the auto layout course and I have never come across them before what are they, what do they represent visually?

and what visually is he constraining the image view to?

Thanks!

1 Answer

Mitch Little
Mitch Little
11,870 Points
Mitch Little
Mitch Little
11,870 Points

Hi Harris,

Anchors represent a particular attribute of a view and allow the adjustment of constraints in code.

Anchors are actually covered in the Beginner iOS Track under Introduction to Auto Layout in iOS. See Auto Layout in Code < Layout Anchors.

I hope this clears things up,

Mitch