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Understanding what "greater than or equal" and "less than or equal" are in Auto Layout

suppose I have this layout:

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I would like to set contraint from trailing of the color view to the superview in such a way that when the label expands, it will push the colored view to the right, but not exceeding the screen.

So, what I understand is, setting trailing of the colored view to superview with less than or equal relationship will do the trick. But it does not.

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So, what is really the use of greater than or equal and less than or equal anyway?

Solution

  • set color view's trailing constraint to greater than or equal to some constant! And it will manage space equal to that constant!

    Your label should be self sizing, I mean should increase width with content and you should give fixed width to your color view!