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setNeedsLayout and setNeedsDisplay

What is the real difference between UIView methods setNeedsLayout and setNeedsDisplay?

As usual documentation is foggy about this.

Solution

  • Actually the documentation is pretty clear about this:

    • setNeedsLayout will layout subviews

      Call this method on your application’s main thread when you want to adjust the layout of a view’s subviews.

    • setNeedsDisplay will call for a redraw of your view (drawRect:, etc).

      You can use this method or the setNeedsDisplayInRect: to notify the system that your view’s contents need to be redrawn.