vfl
H:[cancelButton(72)]-12-[acceptButton(50)]
canelButton宽72,acceptButton宽50,它们之间间距12
H:[wideView(>=60@700)]
wideView宽度大于等于60point,该约束条件优先级为700(优先级最大值为1000,优先级越高的约束越先被满足)
V:[redBox][yellowBox(==redBox)]
竖直方向上,先有一个redBox,其下方紧接一个高度等于redBox高度的yellowBox
H:|-10-[Find]-[FindNext]-[FindField(>=20)]-|
水平方向上,Find距离父view左边缘默认间隔宽度,之后是FindNext距离Find间隔默认宽度;再之后是宽度不小于20的FindField,它和FindNext以及父view右边缘的间距都是默认宽度。(竖线“|” 表示superview的边缘)
使用VFL来创建约束数组
+ (NSArray *)constraintsWithVisualFormat:(NSString *)format options:(NSLayoutFormatOptions)opts metrics:(NSDictionary *)metrics views:(NSDictionary *)views;
format :VFL语句
opts :约束类型
metrics :VFL语句中用到的具体数值
views :VFL语句中用到的控件
创建一个字典(内部包含VFL语句中用到的控件)的快捷宏定义
NSDictionaryOfVariableBindings(...)
UIView *blueView = [[UIView alloc] init];
blueView.backgroundColor = [UIColor blueColor];
blueView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = NO;
[self.view addSubview:blueView];
UIView *redView = [[UIView alloc] init];
redView.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
redView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = NO;
[self.view addSubview:redView];
NSNumber *margin = @20;
NSString *vfl = @"H:|-margin-[blueView]-margin-[redView(==blueView)]-margin-|";
NSDictionary *views = NSDictionaryOfVariableBindings(blueView,redView);
NSDictionary *metrics = NSDictionaryOfVariableBindings(margin);
NSArray *constraints = [NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:vfl options:kNilOptions metrics:metrics views:views];
[self.view addConstraints:constraints];
NSNumber *height = @50;
NSString *vfl2 = @"V:[blueView(height)]-margin-|";
NSDictionary *views2 = NSDictionaryOfVariableBindings(blueView);
NSDictionary *metrics2 = NSDictionaryOfVariableBindings(margin,height);
NSArray *constraints2 = [NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:vfl2 options:kNilOptions metrics:metrics2 views:views2];
[self.view addConstraints:constraints2];
NSLayoutConstraint *constraints3 = [NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:redView attribute:NSLayoutAttributeTop relatedBy:NSLayoutRelationEqual toItem:blueView attribute:NSLayoutAttributeTop multiplier:1.0 constant:0];
[self.view addConstraint:constraints3];
NSLayoutConstraint *constraints4 = [NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:redView attribute:NSLayoutAttributeBottom relatedBy:NSLayoutRelationEqual toItem:blueView attribute:NSLayoutAttributeBottom multiplier:1.0 constant:0];
[self.view addConstraint:constraints4];