Using autolayout in a tableHeaderView

Question

I have a UIView subclass that contains a multi-line UILabel. This view uses autolayout.

Answer 1

This should do the trick for a headerView or a footerView for the UITableView using AutoLayout.

extension UITableView {

  var tableHeaderViewWithAutolayout: UIView? {
    set (view) {
      tableHeaderView = view
      if let view = view {
        lowerPriorities(view)
        view.frameSize = view.systemLayoutSizeFitting(UILayoutFittingCompressedSize)
        tableHeaderView = view
      }
    }
    get {
      return tableHeaderView
    }
  }

  var tableFooterViewWithAutolayout: UIView? {
    set (view) {
      tableFooterView = view
      if let view = view {
        lowerPriorities(view)
        view.frameSize = view.systemLayoutSizeFitting(UILayoutFittingCompressedSize)
        tableFooterView = view
      }
    }
    get {
      return tableFooterView
    }
  }

  fileprivate func lowerPriorities(_ view: UIView) {
    for cons in view.constraints {
      if cons.priority.rawValue == 1000 {
        cons.priority = UILayoutPriority(rawValue: 999)
      }
      for v in view.subviews {
        lowerPriorities(v)
      }
    }
  }
}