Evenly space multiple views within a container view

Question

Auto Layout is making my life difficult. In theory, it was going to be really useful when I switched, but I seem to fight it all of the time.

I\'ve made a demo proje

Answer 1

swift 3 version

let _redView = UIView()
        _redView.backgroundColor = UIColor.red
        _redView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false

        let _yellowView = UIView()
        _yellowView.backgroundColor = UIColor.yellow
        _yellowView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false

        let _blueView = UIView()
        _blueView.backgroundColor = UIColor.blue
        _blueView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false

        self.view.addSubview(_redView)
        self.view.addSubview(_yellowView)
        self.view.addSubview(_blueView)

        var views = ["_redView": _redView, "_yellowView": _yellowView, "_blueView":_blueView]

        var nslayoutConstraint_H = NSLayoutConstraint.constraints(withVisualFormat: "|->=0-[_redView(40)]->=0-[_yellowView(40)]->=0-[_blueView(40)]->=0-|", options: [.alignAllTop, .alignAllBottom], metrics: nil, views: views)
        self.view.addConstraints(nslayoutConstraint_H)

        var nslayoutConstraint_V = NSLayoutConstraint.constraints(withVisualFormat: "V:[_redView(60)]", options: NSLayoutFormatOptions.init(rawValue: 0), metrics: nil, views: views)
        self.view.addConstraints(nslayoutConstraint_V)


        let constraint_red = NSLayoutConstraint.init(item: self.view, attribute: .centerY, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: _redView, attribute: .centerY, multiplier: 1, constant: 0)
        self.view.addConstraint(constraint_red)

        let constraint_yellow = NSLayoutConstraint.init(item: self.view, attribute: .centerX, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: _yellowView, attribute: .centerX, multiplier: 1, constant: 0)
        self.view.addConstraint(constraint_yellow)

        let constraint_yellow1 = NSLayoutConstraint.init(item: _redView, attribute: .centerX, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: _yellowView, attribute: .leading, multiplier: 0.5, constant: 0)
        self.view.addConstraint(constraint_yellow1)

        let constraint_yellow2 = NSLayoutConstraint.init(item: _blueView, attribute: .centerX, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: _yellowView, attribute: .leading, multiplier: 1.5, constant: 40)
        self.view.addConstraint(constraint_yellow2)