Autolayout Constraint - Keyboard

Question

Im stuck trying to animate a table view smoothly which has an autolayout contraint. I have a reference to the constraint \"keyboardHeight\" in my .h and have linked this up

Answer 1

Try the next code. In this case table view lays out at the bottom edge of the screen.

- (void)keyboardWillShow:(NSNotification *)notification { // UIKeyboardWillShowNotification

    NSDictionary *info = [notification userInfo];
    NSValue *keyboardFrameValue = [info objectForKey:UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey];
    NSTimeInterval animationDuration = [[info objectForKey:UIKeyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey] doubleValue];
    CGRect keyboardFrame = [keyboardFrameValue CGRectValue];

    BOOL isPortrait = UIDeviceOrientationIsPortrait([UIApplication sharedApplication].statusBarOrientation);
    CGFloat keyboardHeight = isPortrait ? keyboardFrame.size.height : keyboardFrame.size.width;

    // constrBottom is a constraint defining distance between bottom edge of tableView and bottom edge of its superview
    constrBottom.constant = keyboardHeight; 
    // or constrBottom.constant = -keyboardHeight - in case if you create constrBottom in code (NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:...:toItem:...) and set views in inverted order

    [UIView animateWithDuration:animationDuration animations:^{
        [tableView layoutIfNeeded];
    }];
}


- (void)keyboardWillHide:(NSNotification *)notification { // UIKeyboardWillHideNotification

    NSDictionary *info = [notification userInfo];
    NSTimeInterval animationDuration = [[info objectForKey:UIKeyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey] doubleValue];

    constrBottom.constant = 0;
    [UIView animateWithDuration:animationDuration animations:^{
        [tableView layoutIfNeeded];
    }];
}