What's the difference between XConstraint and WidthConstraint or YConstraint and HeightConstraint when using Relative layout in Xamarin.Forms?
It seems like they both serve the same purpose and they can be used interchangeably. Here's an example from Microsoft's documentation.
<RelativeLayout>
<BoxView Color="Red" x:Name="redBox"
RelativeLayout.YConstraint="{ConstraintExpression Type=RelativeToParent,
Property=Height,Factor=.15,Constant=0}"
RelativeLayout.WidthConstraint="{ConstraintExpression
Type=RelativeToParent,Property=Width,Factor=1,Constant=0}"
RelativeLayout.HeightConstraint="{ConstraintExpression
Type=RelativeToParent,Property=Height,Factor=.8,Constant=0}" />
<BoxView Color="Blue"
RelativeLayout.YConstraint="{ConstraintExpression Type=RelativeToView,
ElementName=redBox,Property=Y,Factor=1,Constant=20}"
RelativeLayout.XConstraint="{ConstraintExpression Type=RelativeToView,
ElementName=redBox,Property=X,Factor=1,Constant=20}"
RelativeLayout.WidthConstraint="{ConstraintExpression
Type=RelativeToParent,Property=Width,Factor=.5,Constant=0}"
RelativeLayout.HeightConstraint="{ConstraintExpression
Type=RelativeToParent,Property=Height,Factor=.5,Constant=0}" />
</RelativeLayout>
No, they are different.
XConstraint
– decide the x (horizontal) position of the view's anchor
YConstraint
– decide the y (vertical) position of the view's anchor
WidthConstraint
– decide the width of the view
HeightConstraint
– decide the height of the view
Each of those values are set as a proportional value in RelativeLayout.