I created xib file for custom navigation controller, in that xib file i have 3 UIButtons and 1 UILabel. At runtime i will assign this xib file as navigation controller. i need to set constraint using VFL(Visual Format Language) in ViewController.
let tempView = Bundle.main.loadNibNamed("CustomNavigation", owner: self, options: nil)?.first as! CustomNavigationView
self.view.addSubview(tempView)
tempView.backgroundColor = UIColor.lightGray
//tempView.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width:width, height: 64)
let backBtn = tempView.back as UIButton
let naviTitle = tempView.naviTitle as UILabel
let bell = tempView.bell as UIButton
let order = tempView.order as UIButton
I need to set constraint for backBtn, naviTitle, bell, order. i set constraint like this
let views = ["backBtn": backBtn,
"naviTitle": naviTitle,
"order": order] as [String : AnyObject]
let iconVerticalConstraints = NSLayoutConstraint.constraints(
withVisualFormat: "V:|-20-[backBtn(60)]",
options: [],
metrics: nil,
views: views)
allConstraints += iconVerticalConstraints
let nameLabelVerticalConstraints = NSLayoutConstraint.constraints(
withVisualFormat: "V:|-23-[naviTitle]",
options: [],
metrics: nil,
views: views)
allConstraints += nameLabelVerticalConstraints
let skipButtonVerticalConstraints = NSLayoutConstraint.constraints(
withVisualFormat: "V:|-20-[order]",
options: [],
metrics: nil,
views: views)
allConstraints += skipButtonVerticalConstraints
let welcomeHorizontalConstraints = NSLayoutConstraint.constraints(
withVisualFormat: "H:|[backBtn]-5-[naviTitle]-5-[order]|",
options: [],
metrics: nil,
views: views)
allConstraints += welcomeHorizontalConstraints
let topRowHorizontalConstraints = NSLayoutConstraint.constraints(
withVisualFormat: "H:|-15-[backBtn(60)]-[naviTitle]-[order]-15-|",
options: [.alignAllCenterY],
metrics: nil,
views: views)
allConstraints += topRowHorizontalConstraints
NSLayoutConstraint.activate(allConstraints)
But it won't work
At first I guess you have to disable autoresizing mask
backBtn.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
naviTitle.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
bell.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
order.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
Then repair your constraints as those can't be satisfied at same time
"H:|[backBtn]-5-[naviTitle]-5-[order]|"
"H:|-15-[backBtn(60)]-[naviTitle]-[order]-15-|"
Your backBtn distance from superview can't be 0 and 15 at the same time, same for rest of those constraints.