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Add views in UIStackView programmatically
1 min readNov 1, 2019
Stack views use intrinsic content size, so use layout constraints to define the dimensions of the views.
There is an easy way to add constraints quickly (example):
[view1.heightAnchor constraintEqualToConstant:100].active = true;
Complete Code:
- (void) setup { //View 1
UIView *view1 = [[UIView alloc] init];
view1.backgroundColor = [UIColor blueColor];
[view1.heightAnchor constraintEqualToConstant:100].active = true;
[view1.widthAnchor constraintEqualToConstant:120].active = true;
//View 2
UIView *view2 = [[UIView alloc] init];
view2.backgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor];
[view2.heightAnchor constraintEqualToConstant:100].active = true;
[view2.widthAnchor constraintEqualToConstant:70].active = true; //View 3
UIView *view3 = [[UIView alloc] init];
view3.backgroundColor = [UIColor magentaColor];
[view3.heightAnchor constraintEqualToConstant:100].active = true;
[view3.widthAnchor constraintEqualToConstant:180].active = true; //Stack View
UIStackView *stackView = [[UIStackView alloc] init]; stackView.axis = UILayoutConstraintAxisVertical;
stackView.distribution = UIStackViewDistributionEqualSpacing;
stackView.alignment = UIStackViewAlignmentCenter;
stackView.spacing = 30;
[stackView addArrangedSubview:view1]…