Is there any way to add constraint between a view and the top layout guide in a xib file?

Question

In iOS 7, we can now add a constraint between a view and the top layout guide, which I think is very useful to solve the status bar offset issue in iOS7(especially when ther

Answer 1

Of course, You can not only add constraint between a view and the top layout guide or bottom layout guide by programmatically but also you can remove and access constraint between a view and the top and bottom layout guide with the help of KVConstraintExtensionsMaster library.

// create containerView
UIView *containerView = [UIView prepareNewViewForAutoLayout];
[containerView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor brownColor]];
[self.view addSubview:containerView];

// To add Top and Bottom Layout Guide constraint of containerView
[self applyTopLayoutGuideConstraintToView:containerView withPadding:0];
[self applyBottomLayoutGuideConstraintToView:containerView withPadding:50];

// To access top Layout Guide Constraint and update it's constant value.
NSLayoutConstraint *topLayoutGuideConstraint = [self accessAppliedTopLayoutGuideConstraintFromView:containerView];
topLayoutGuideConstraint.constant = 50;

// To access bottom Layout Guide Constraint and update it's constant value with animation
NSLayoutConstraint *bottomLayoutGuideConstraint = [self accessAppliedBottomLayoutGuideConstraintFromView:containerView];
bottomLayoutGuideConstraint.constant = 80;
[self.view updateModifyConstraintsWithAnimation:NULL]; // call this for animation

// To remove Top and Bottom Layout Guide constraint of containerView
[self removeAppliedTopLayoutGuideConstraintFromView:containerView];
[self removeAppliedBottomLayoutGuideConstraintFromView:containerView ];