Setting the frame of an UIView does not work

Question

I have a problem with the frame-property in iOS 7. I wanna resize some UIViews in the viewDidLoad-method of my UIViewController, but if I do it lik

Answer 1

Check to make sure that auto layout isn't activated in your storyboard file.

To turn it off, look at the inspector in interface builder. Click the icon that looks like a page all the way on the left. In the section "Interface Builder Document" uncheck "Use Auto Layout."

I find it's best to an entire view controller in IB with auto layout, or completely in code. Mixing the two can lead to weird behavior that is hard to debug.