swift,  auto-layout

UIScrollView with AutoLayout, programmatically

It is fairly easy to use UIScrollView with the AutoLayout on iOS 12+ but only if one follows the following steps ...

UIScrollView with AutoLayout, programmatically

It is fairly easy to use UIScrollView with the AutoLayout on iOS 12+ but only if one follows the following steps:

  1. Add UIScrollView and pin it 0,0,0,0 to superview (or your desired size)
NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
    scrollView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.safeAreaLayoutGuide.topAnchor),
    scrollView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.safeAreaLayoutGuide.bottomAnchor),
    scrollView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.safeAreaLayoutGuide.leadingAnchor),
    scrollView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.safeAreaLayoutGuide.trailingAnchor)
])
  1. Add UIView in ScrollView, pin it 0,0,0,0 to all 4 sides.
NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
    contentView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: scrollView.contentLayoutGuide.topAnchor),
    contentView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: scrollView.contentLayoutGuide.bottomAnchor),
    contentView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: scrollView.contentLayoutGuide.leadingAnchor),
    contentView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: scrollView.contentLayoutGuide.trailingAnchor)
])
  1. Center contentView X and Y and set Y’s priority to low. Set contentView height to greaterThanOrEqualTo it’s parent height.
let contentViewCenterY = contentView.centerYAnchor.constraint(equalTo: scrollView.centerYAnchor)
contentViewCenterY.priority = .defaultLow

let contentViewHeight = contentView.heightAnchor.constraint(greaterThanOrEqualTo: view.heightAnchor)
contentViewHeight.priority = .defaultLow

NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
    contentView.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: scrollView.centerXAnchor),
    contentViewCenterY,
    contentViewHeight
])
  1. Add all views that you need into this view. Don’t forget to set the bottom constraint on the lowest view.

The source code can be found here: seifeet/SwiftFormScrolling

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