knConstraints

This is my own Auto layout functions. I tried some libs before and found TinyConstraint from Robert-Hein Hooijmans (https://github.com/roberthein/TinyConstraints). It's really exciting and sweet. Learnt from his code and tried my own one. Now, here it is.

Why KNConstraints?

• Short syntax
• Easily and quickly understand

Example

Fill a view to other view

Old way

    orangeView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.topAnchor, constant: 68).isActive = true
    orangeView.leftAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.leftAnchor, constant: 68).isActive = true
    orangeView.rightAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.rightAnchor, constant: -68).isActive = true
    orangeView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.bottomAnchor, constant: -68).isActive = true

Old way

    orangeView.fill(toView: view, space: UIEdgeInsets(space: 68))

or

    orangeView.horizontal(toView: view, space: 68)
    orangeView.vertical(toView: view, space: 68)

Align a view to left/right/top/bottom to other view

Old way

    yellowView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.bottomAnchor, constant: -8)
    yellowView.rightAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.rightAnchor, constant: -8)

Old way

    yellowView.bottom(toView: view, space: -8)
    yellowView.right(toView: view, space: -8)

Easier way

    yellowView.bottomLeft(toView: view, bottom: -8, left: -8)

Size

Old way

    redView.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 100).isActive = true
    redView.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 100).isActive = true

Old way

    redView.height(100)
    redView.width(100)

Easier way

    redView.size(CGSize(width: 100, height: 100))

or

    redView.square(edge: 100)

Stack views

Stack views but don't want to use UIStackView, try this

stackHorizontally(views: [orangeView, redView], viewSpaces: 4, leftSpace: 16, rightSpace: nil)

rightSpace is nil that means the redView's rightAnchor is free (not set to the superview)

The orangeView has leftAnchor align to superview's leftAnchor with 16px spacing.

Suggestions or feedback?

Feel free to create a pull request, open an issue