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iOS Introduction to Auto Layout in iOS Auto Layout in Code Using Layout Anchors

Monte DeKam
Monte DeKam
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Posted by Monte DeKam
Monte DeKam
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Help with AutoLayout Objective using Anchors

Can anyone help figure out what I'm doing wrong here?

I'm getting a compiler error that says that view has no property "layoutMarginsGuide", but at least in Swift 3.0 it is available. Should I be using a different property here?

Thanks!

layout.swift 
class MyViewController: UIViewController {

    let blueView = UIView()
    let greenView = UIView()

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        view.addSubview(greenView)
        view.addSubview(blueView)
    }

    override func viewWillLayoutSubviews() {
        super.viewWillLayoutSubviews()
        blueView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        greenView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false

        NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
            NSLayoutConstraint(item: blueView, attribute: .height, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: nil, attribute: .notAnAttribute, multiplier: 1.0, constant: 100.0),
            NSLayoutConstraint(item: blueView, attribute: .width, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: nil, attribute: .notAnAttribute, multiplier: 1.0, constant: 150.0),
            NSLayoutConstraint(item: blueView, attribute: .left, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: view, attribute: .leftMargin, multiplier: 1.0, constant: 8.0),
            NSLayoutConstraint(item: blueView, attribute: .top, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: self.topLayoutGuide, attribute: .bottom, multiplier: 1.0, constant: 8.0),
            NSLayoutConstraint(item: blueView, attribute: .right, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: view, attribute: .rightMargin, multiplier: 1.0, constant: -8.0)
        ])

        // Add constraint code below
          NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
            greenView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: blueView.bottomAnchor, constant: 8),
            greenView.leftAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.layoutMarginsGuide.leftAnchor, constant: 8),
            greenView.rightAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.layoutMarginsGuide.rightAnchor, constant: 8),
            greenView.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 75)
            ])



    }
}