Nib-file loaded UIView in UITableViewCell does not stretch

Question

I have a UIView which is reusable via a nib/xib-file. I want to load this and fill a UITableViewCell which is to be used in a self-resizing UITableView. All with auto-layout.

Most works good, but It seems as the loaded UIView uses the added constraints around it to shrink the UITableViewCell's contentView. This is good for the height, but I don't want this for the width.

Ignore the grey cell below, this is just a selected cell.

public func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell
{
    let cellId = "RowView0002"
    var cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: cellId)
    if cell == nil {
        cell = UITableViewCell(style: UITableViewCellStyle.default, reuseIdentifier: cellId)

        let subView = RowView(frame: cell!.frame)

        cell!.contentView.attachViewWithConstraints(subView)
        let _ = subView.viewLoadedFromNibAttached(name: cellId)

    }

    return cell!
}

override public func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    tableView.delegate = self
    tableView.dataSource = self
    tableView.estimatedRowHeight = 40.0
    tableView.rowHeight = UITableViewAutomaticDimension
}

extension UIView
{
    public func attachViewWithConstraints(_ view:UIView)
    {
        addSubview(view)
        view.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        view.layoutAttachAll(to: self)
    }

    @discardableResult
    public func viewLoadedFromNibAttached<T : UIView>(name:String) -> T? {
        guard let view = Bundle.main.loadNibNamed(name, owner: self, options: nil)?[0] as? T else {
            return nil
        }
        attachViewWithConstraints(view)
        return view
    }

    public func layoutAttachAll(to childView:UIView)
    {
        var constraints = [NSLayoutConstraint]()

        childView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        constraints.append(NSLayoutConstraint(item: childView, attribute: .left, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: self, attribute: .left, multiplier: 1.0, constant: 0))
        constraints.append(NSLayoutConstraint(item: childView, attribute: .right, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: self, attribute: .right, multiplier: 1.0, constant: 0))
        constraints.append(NSLayoutConstraint(item: childView, attribute: .top, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: self, attribute: .top, multiplier: 1.0, constant: 0))
        constraints.append(NSLayoutConstraint(item: childView, attribute: .bottom, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: self, attribute: .bottom, multiplier: 1.0, constant: 0))

        childView.addConstraints(constraints)
    }

In RowView0002.xib I have set the rootviews background to red, added a UILabel with 4 constraints to it's sides with some margin as you can see. I both tried to set the rootView to the class RowView as well as it's File's Owner. Both "works".

Any idea how to get the contentView to match the UITableView?

*Edit 1: The green is the background of the UILabel. The red is the background of the nib-file. After running the app the View heirarcy is: UITableViewCell > ContentView > RowView > NibFileView (red) > UILabel (green)

Inspecting the view hierarchy shows that all constraints is setup as expected. However the UITableViewContentView have constraints that match the total size seen (wrong):

self.width = 156.5 @ 1000

Answer 1

I solved it by also adding a width constraint matching the tableViews width. This is code from CustomTableViewCell:

public override func layoutSubviews() {
    super.layoutSubviews()

    if let width = tableView()?.frame.width, !haveAddedWidthConstraint {
        haveAddedWidthConstraint = true
        rowView.addWidthConstraint(width: width)
    }
}

UIViewExtension:

public func addWidthConstraint(width: CGFloat) {
    let widthConstraint = NSLayoutConstraint(item: self, attribute: .width, relatedBy: .greaterThanOrEqual, toItem: nil, attribute: .notAnAttribute, multiplier: 1.0, constant: width)
    widthConstraint.priority = 1000
    addConstraint(widthConstraint)
}

UITableViewCellExtension:

func tableView() -> UITableView? {
    var currentView: UIView = self
    while let superView = currentView.superview {
        if superView is UITableView {
            return (superView as! UITableView)
        }
        currentView = superView
    }
    return nil
}