How do you change constraint priority?

Just click on these constraints in the Attribute Inspector and you will see the option to set the constraint priority. The default is 1000, there are some optional values, Apple recommends us to use 250, 750 and 1000, but in fact, you can choose any number from 0 to 1000.

What is NSLayoutConstraint?

The relationship between two user interface objects that must be satisfied by the constraint-based layout system.

Can I change multiplier property for NSLayoutConstraint?

The multiplier property is read only. You have to remove the old NSLayoutConstraint and replace it with a new one to modify it. However, since you know you want to change the multiplier, you can just change the constant by multiplying it yourself when changes are needed which is often less code.

What does visual format mean?

The Visual Format Language is a declarative language that is used to define Auto Layout constraints for views. Its syntax is expressive and easy to understand when you are skimming through code.

What is priority in constraint?

You can see there’s a field named “Priority”, this is the priority of a constraint. Constant priority is a number to determine how important is that constraint. The number can range from 1 to 1000, the higher the number goes, the more important a constraint is.

What is content hugging priority?

The content-hugging priority represents the resistance a view has to grow larger than its intrinsic content size. Conversely, the compression-resistance priority represents the resistance a view has to shrink beyond its intrinsic content size.

What is Leadinganchor?

A layout anchor representing the leading edge of the view’s frame.

What is multiplier in Swift?

Multiplier is there for creating Proportional Constraint. Auto Layout calculates the first item’s attribute to be the product of the second item’s attribute and this multiplier . Any value other than 1 creates a proportional constraint.

What is priority in storyboard?

When you define a new constraint in Interface Builder / Storyboard, Xcode will auto assign the constraint priority as 1000. 1000 is the highest constraint priority, meaning it is mandatory as no other constraint can have higher priority than this and this constraint will never be ignored in favor of others.

What is content compression?

And the Content Compression Resistance is, how much a view “resists” getting smaller The View with higher resistance priority value is the one that will resist compression.