Displaying property with Horizontal and Vertical Stack View in Swift - swift

Question

I am new to swift . I am following the programmatic approach to create the view . I created two stack view . One is horizontal and other one is vertical. Into horizontal stack view I want to display the label property and Vertical stack view I want to display the Image. I want to display the image on left side and label properties on right side.
Here is the code I used ..
import UIKit
class PeopleCell: UITableViewCell {
static let identifier = "PeopleCell"
private lazy var mainStackView: UIStackView = {
let stackView = UIStackView()
stackView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
stackView.axis = .vertical
stackView.distribution = .fill
stackView.alignment = .leading
return stackView
}()
private lazy var stackView: UIStackView = {
let stackView = UIStackView()
stackView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
stackView.axis = .horizontal
stackView.distribution = .fill
stackView.alignment = .center
return stackView
}()
private lazy var lastnameTitleLabel: UILabel = {
let label = UILabel()
label.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
label.numberOfLines = 0
label.textAlignment = .center
return label
}()
private lazy var firstnameTitleLabel: UILabel = {
let label = UILabel()
label.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
label.numberOfLines = 0
label.textAlignment = .center
return label
}()
private lazy var peopleImageView: UIImageView = {
let imageView = UIImageView()
imageView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
imageView.contentMode = .scaleAspectFit
// imageView.backgroundColor = .blue
return imageView
}()
override init(style: UITableViewCell.CellStyle, reuseIdentifier: String?) {
super.init(style: style, reuseIdentifier: reuseIdentifier)
setUpUI()
}
required init?(coder: NSCoder) {
fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
}
func configureCell(firstName: String, lastName: String) {
firstnameTitleLabel.text = "Firstname :\(firstName)"
lastnameTitleLabel.text = "Lastname : \(lastName)"
}
func configureImageCell(row: Int, viewModel: ViewModel) {
peopleImageView.image = nil
viewModel
.downloadImage(row: row) { [weak self] data in
let image = UIImage(data: data)
self?.peopleImageView.image = image
}
}
private func setUpUI() {
stackView.addArrangedSubview(lastnameTitleLabel)
stackView.addArrangedSubview(firstnameTitleLabel)
mainStackView.addArrangedSubview(peopleImageView)
mainStackView.addArrangedSubview(stackView)
contentView.addSubview(mainStackView)
// constraints
let safeArea = contentView.safeAreaLayoutGuide
mainStackView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: safeArea.topAnchor).isActive = true
mainStackView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: safeArea.bottomAnchor).isActive = true
mainStackView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: safeArea.leadingAnchor, constant: 10).isActive = true
mainStackView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: safeArea.trailingAnchor, constant: -10).isActive = true
peopleImageView.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 140).isActive = true
peopleImageView.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 140).isActive = true
stackView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: mainStackView.leadingAnchor).isActive = true
stackView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: mainStackView.trailingAnchor).isActive = true
}
}
Here is the screenshot ..
Here is the expected result.

Answer 1

The main problem is that you have your .axis properties reversed.
You want your mainStackView.axis to be .horizontal and your stackView.axis to be .vertical.
Also, these two lines are not needed (and cause problems):
// don't do this
//stackView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: mainStackView.leadingAnchor).isActive = true
//stackView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: mainStackView.trailingAnchor).isActive = true
As a side note, instead of:
let safeArea = contentView.safeAreaLayoutGuide
you may want to use:
let safeArea = contentView.layoutMarginsGuide
which gives you the default cell margins.
Edit
// this is the "main" stack view with
// the image on the left
// the labels on the right
// so it needs to be HORIZONTAL
private lazy var mainStackView: UIStackView = {
let stackView = UIStackView()
stackView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
//stackView.axis = .vertical
stackView.axis = .horizontal
stackView.distribution = .fill
return stackView
}()
// this is the "labels" stack view with
// two (or more) labels from top down
// so it needs to be VERTICAL
private lazy var stackView: UIStackView = {
let stackView = UIStackView()
stackView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
//stackView.axis = .horizontal
stackView.axis = .vertical
stackView.distribution = .fill
return stackView
}()