Set constraints through code to an element from Storyboard with swift iOS8

Question

I have a ViewController with a tableView. I\'ve set it up in the Storyboard. Is there a way to set the constraints for the tableView programmatically? I\'ve tried to set a I

Answer 1

Let's say you have a button named myButton and you would like to create its Bottom Space constraint via code. The constant of that constraint will be set to 500.

Here's what a NSLayoutConstraint looks like in Swift. Make sure to include this code in a function.

    var constraintButton = NSLayoutConstraint (item: myButton,
        attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.Bottom,
        relatedBy: NSLayoutRelation.Equal,
        toItem: self.view,
        attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.Bottom,
        multiplier: 1,
        constant: 500)

    // Add the constraint to the view
    self.view.addConstraint(constraintButton)