Width and Height Equal to its superView using autolayout programmatically?

Question

I\'ve been looking for a lot of snippets in the net and I still can\'t find the answer to my problem. My question is I have a scrollView(SV) and I want to add a button insid

Answer 1

Swift 4 using NSLayoutConstraint:

footerBoardImageView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
let widthConstraint  = NSLayoutConstraint(item: yourview, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.width, relatedBy: NSLayoutRelation.equal, toItem: superview, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.width, multiplier: 1, constant: 0)
let heightConstraint = NSLayoutConstraint(item: yourview, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.height, relatedBy: NSLayoutRelation.equal, toItem: superview, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.height, multiplier: 1, constant: 0)
superview.addConstraints([widthConstraint, heightConstraint])

Answer 2

This link can help you,follow the instructions : http://www.raywenderlich.com/20881/beginning-auto-layout-part-1-of-2

EDIT :

use following code snippet, where subview is your subivew.

[subview setTranslatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints:NO];
[self.view addConstraints:[NSLayoutConstraint
                           constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"H:|-0-[subview]-0-|"
                           options:NSLayoutFormatDirectionLeadingToTrailing
                           metrics:nil
                           views:NSDictionaryOfVariableBindings(subview)]];
[self.view addConstraints:[NSLayoutConstraint
                           constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"V:|-0-[subview]-0-|"
                           options:NSLayoutFormatDirectionLeadingToTrailing
                           metrics:nil
                           views:NSDictionaryOfVariableBindings(subview)]];

Answer 3

As a supplemental answer, and one for those not opposed to including third party libraries, the PureLayout library provides a method to do just this. Once the library is installed, it's as simple as

myView.autoPinEdgesToSuperviewEdges()

There are other libraries which can provide similar functionality as well depending on taste, eg. Masonry, Cartography.

Answer 4

As a follow up to @Dschee's solution, here is swift 3.0 syntax: (Please note: this is not my solution, I have just fixed it for Swift 3.0)

extension UIView {

    /// Adds constraints to this `UIView` instances `superview` object to make sure this always has the same size as the superview.
    /// Please note that this has no effect if its `superview` is `nil` – add this `UIView` instance as a subview before calling this.
    func bindFrameToSuperviewBounds() {
        guard let superview = self.superview else {
            print("Error! `superview` was nil – call `addSubview(view: UIView)` before calling `bindFrameToSuperviewBounds()` to fix this.")
            return
        }

        self.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        superview.addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraints(withVisualFormat: "H:|-0-[subview]-0-|", options: .directionLeadingToTrailing, metrics: nil, views: ["subview": self]))
    superview.addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraints(withVisualFormat: "V:|-0-[subview]-0-|", options: .directionLeadingToTrailing, metrics: nil, views: ["subview": self]))
}

Answer 5

If someone is looking for a Swift solution – I would create a Swift extension for UIView which will help you each time you want to bind a subviews frame to its superviews bounds:

Swift 2:

extension UIView {

    /// Adds constraints to this `UIView` instances `superview` object to make sure this always has the same size as the superview.
    /// Please note that this has no effect if its `superview` is `nil` – add this `UIView` instance as a subview before calling this.
    func bindFrameToSuperviewBounds() {
        guard let superview = self.superview else {
            print("Error! `superview` was nil – call `addSubview(view: UIView)` before calling `bindFrameToSuperviewBounds()` to fix this.")
            return
        }

        self.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        superview.addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraintsWithVisualFormat("H:|-0-[subview]-0-|", options: .DirectionLeadingToTrailing, metrics: nil, views: ["subview": self]))
        superview.addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraintsWithVisualFormat("V:|-0-[subview]-0-|", options: .DirectionLeadingToTrailing, metrics: nil, views: ["subview": self]))
    }

}

Swift 3:

extension UIView {

    /// Adds constraints to this `UIView` instances `superview` object to make sure this always has the same size as the superview.
    /// Please note that this has no effect if its `superview` is `nil` – add this `UIView` instance as a subview before calling this.
    func bindFrameToSuperviewBounds() {
        guard let superview = self.superview else {
            print("Error! `superview` was nil – call `addSubview(view: UIView)` before calling `bindFrameToSuperviewBounds()` to fix this.")
            return
        }

        self.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        superview.addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraints(withVisualFormat: "H:|-0-[subview]-0-|", options: .directionLeadingToTrailing, metrics: nil, views: ["subview": self]))
        superview.addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraints(withVisualFormat: "V:|-0-[subview]-0-|", options: .directionLeadingToTrailing, metrics: nil, views: ["subview": self]))
    }
}

Swift 4.2:

extension UIView {

    /// Adds constraints to this `UIView` instances `superview` object to make sure this always has the same size as the superview.
    /// Please note that this has no effect if its `superview` is `nil` – add this `UIView` instance as a subview before calling this.
    func bindFrameToSuperviewBounds() {
        guard let superview = self.superview else {
            print("Error! `superview` was nil – call `addSubview(view: UIView)` before calling `bindFrameToSuperviewBounds()` to fix this.")
            return
        }

        self.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        self.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: superview.topAnchor, constant: 0).isActive = true
        self.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: superview.bottomAnchor, constant: 0).isActive = true
        self.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: superview.leadingAnchor, constant: 0).isActive = true
        self.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: superview.trailingAnchor, constant: 0).isActive = true

    }
}

Then simply call it like this:

// after adding as a subview, e.g. `view.addSubview(subview)`
subview.bindFrameToSuperviewBounds()

Answer 6

Swift 3:

import UIKit

extension UIView {

    func bindFrameToSuperviewBounds() {
        guard let superview = self.superview else {
            print("Error! `superview` was nil – call `addSubview(view: UIView)` before calling `bindFrameToSuperviewBounds()` to fix this.")
            return
        }

        self.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        superview.addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraints(withVisualFormat: "H:|-0-[subview]-0-|", options: .directionLeadingToTrailing, metrics: nil, views: ["subview": self]))
        superview.addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraints(withVisualFormat: "V:|-0-[subview]-0-|", options: .directionLeadingToTrailing, metrics: nil, views: ["subview": self]))
    }

}