#JuniorTipThread
Let& #39;s talk AutoLayout.
AutoLayout is one of those things that until it clicks, it& #39;s super hard. Once it clicks, though, there& #39;s many new concepts that just keep building on top of it...
For example, content hugging and compression resistance.
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Let& #39;s talk AutoLayout.
AutoLayout is one of those things that until it clicks, it& #39;s super hard. Once it clicks, though, there& #39;s many new concepts that just keep building on top of it...
For example, content hugging and compression resistance.
I fell into the classic trap where I& #39;d set up my UI, then if one item was bigger than the others, so I& #39;d just randomly move both content hugging and compression resistance until it behaved like I expected.
ngl, it took me a long time to understand it.
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ngl, it took me a long time to understand it.
Yeah, doesn& #39;t matter if you& #39;re a senior, you& #39;re still prone to just wanting to get the thing done instead of learning.
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Anyway, content hugging and compression resistance basically allow you to determine which of two objects is going to expand or contract if...
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Anyway, content hugging and compression resistance basically allow you to determine which of two objects is going to expand or contract if...
... the constraints demand it. A picture is worth a thousand words.
For example, what if you want your blue label to expand and the green label to contract? That& #39;s what content hugging and compression priorities are all about.
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For example, what if you want your blue label to expand and the green label to contract? That& #39;s what content hugging and compression priorities are all about.
To explain it, here& #39;s this great article by Abhimuralidharan, which could be a really long name, a really long username or both. Names are hard.
https://abhimuralidharan.medium.com/ios-content-hugging-and-content-compression-resistance-priorities-476fb5828ef
Don& #39;t">https://abhimuralidharan.medium.com/ios-conte... be lazy like me. Read the article, understand both concepts and save yourself a lot of time.
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https://abhimuralidharan.medium.com/ios-content-hugging-and-content-compression-resistance-priorities-476fb5828ef
Don& #39;t">https://abhimuralidharan.medium.com/ios-conte... be lazy like me. Read the article, understand both concepts and save yourself a lot of time.
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