Remove Auto-Layout Constraints for Specific Object

Question

I have a UIImageView embedded in a UIView. My entire app uses AutoLayout, but I want to remove constraints for the

Answer 1

you can call

[yourElement removeFromSuperview];

and then call

[yourSuperview addSubview:yourElement];

to remove all constraints from yourElement and add it back to the view.

It is worth mentioning that if you are doing the above on something like a UIView category or extension, you need to save a reference to the view's superview before removing from superview:

var theSuperview = self.superview
self.removeFromSuperview()
theSuperview?.addSubview(self)

You might also need to make yourElement strong instead of weak since removing from superview could potentially cause you to lose a reference to it.