Centering subview's X in autolayout throws “not prepared for the constraint”

Question

I have a custom UIView subclass which is being initialized via a nib.

In -awakeFromNib, I\'m creating a subview and attempting to center it in its super

Answer 1

Short answer: swap parent and child view.
Assuming self is the parent view:

• bad: [subview addConstraint [NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:self...

• good: [self addConstraint [NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:subview...

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Swift

subview.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
self.addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraintsWithVisualFormat(
    "H:|-0-[subview]-0-|",
    options: .DirectionLeadingToTrailing,
    metrics: nil,
    views: ["subview":subview]))

Obj-C

[subview setTranslatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints:NO];
[self addConstraints:[NSLayoutConstraint
                      constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"H:|-0-[subview]-0-|"
                      options:NSLayoutFormatDirectionLeadingToTrailing
                      metrics:nil
                      views:NSDictionaryOfVariableBindings(subview)]];