how do I use UIScrollView in Interface Builder?

Question

While I\'ve used UIScrollView successfully in the past by manipulating it programmatically, I\'m having trouble getting it to work by setting it up exclusively

Answer 1

Setting up a UIScrollView via Interface Builder is not intuitive. Here is my checklist for setting it up:

1. Select the UIViewController's XIB file. In the interface builder's "Identity Inspector", change the UIView to class type UIScrollView

2. Under "File Inspector", uncheck Autolayout

3. Under "Attributes Inspector", change the size to Freeform. You can then stretch the Scroll View manually or you can specify a custom width and height under "Size Inspector".

4. In "Identity Inspector", add a new User Defined Runtime Attribute called "contentSize" of type "Size" and change it to a value like {320, 1000}. You cannot set this programmatically anymore and therefore need this step so that Scroll View knows that contents of the Scroll View are bigger than the window.