UIScrollView constraints unexpected behaviour - swift

Question

I have a simple log in view implemented as follows :
import UIKit
class LoginViewController: UIViewController {
private var safeArea : UILayoutGuide!
private let scrollView : UIScrollView = {
let view = UIScrollView()
view.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
view.keyboardDismissMode = .onDrag
return view
}()
private let containerView : UIView = {
let view = UIView()
view.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
return view
}()
private let logoView : UIImageView = {
let view = UIImageView()
view.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
view.contentMode = .scaleAspectFill
view.layer.cornerRadius = 8
view.image = UIImage(named: "logo")!
return view
}()
private let emailOrPhoneTextFieldView : UITextField = {
let view = UITextField()
view.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
view.layer.borderColor = UIColor.lightGray.cgColor
view.layer.borderWidth = 0.5
view.layer.cornerRadius = 10
view.placeholder = "Email or phone"
view.font = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 16, weight: .regular)
view.textColor = .black
view.autocapitalizationType = .none
view.tintColor = UIColor(named: "myColor")
view.backgroundColor = .systemGray
return view
}()
private let passwordTextFieldView : UITextField = {
let view = UITextField()
view.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
view.layer.borderColor = UIColor.lightGray.cgColor
view.layer.borderWidth = 0.5
view.layer.cornerRadius = 10
view.placeholder = "Password"
view.font = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 16, weight: .regular)
view.textColor = .black
view.autocapitalizationType = .none
view.tintColor = UIColor(named: "myColor")
view.isSecureTextEntry = true
view.backgroundColor = .systemGray
return view
}()
private let logInButtonView : UIButton = {
let view = UIButton()
view.setTitle("Log in", for: .normal)
view.setTitleColor(.white, for : .normal)
view.setBackgroundImage( UIImage(named: "blue_pixel")!, for: .normal)
view.layer.cornerRadius = 10
view.layer.masksToBounds = true
view.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
view.addTarget(self, action: #selector(logInButtonClickedHandler), for: .touchUpInside)
return view
}()
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
view.backgroundColor = .white
safeArea = view.layoutMarginsGuide
setupViews()
}
private func setupViews()
{
view.addSubview(scrollView)
containerView.addSubview(logoView)
containerView.addSubview(emailOrPhoneTextFieldView)
containerView.addSubview(passwordTextFieldView)
containerView.addSubview(logInButtonView)
scrollView.addSubview(containerView)
let constraints = [
scrollView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: safeArea.topAnchor),
scrollView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: safeArea.bottomAnchor),
scrollView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: safeArea.leadingAnchor),
scrollView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: safeArea.trailingAnchor),
containerView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: scrollView.topAnchor),
containerView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: scrollView.bottomAnchor),
containerView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: scrollView.leadingAnchor),
containerView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: scrollView.trailingAnchor),
containerView.widthAnchor.constraint(equalTo: scrollView.widthAnchor),
logoView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: containerView.topAnchor, constant: 120),
logoView.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 100),
logoView.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 100),
logoView.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: containerView.centerXAnchor),
emailOrPhoneTextFieldView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: containerView.leadingAnchor, constant: 16),
emailOrPhoneTextFieldView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: containerView.trailingAnchor, constant: -16),
emailOrPhoneTextFieldView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: logoView.bottomAnchor, constant: 120),
emailOrPhoneTextFieldView.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 50),
passwordTextFieldView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: emailOrPhoneTextFieldView.bottomAnchor),
passwordTextFieldView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: emailOrPhoneTextFieldView.leadingAnchor),
passwordTextFieldView.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 50),
passwordTextFieldView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: emailOrPhoneTextFieldView.trailingAnchor),
logInButtonView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: passwordTextFieldView.bottomAnchor, constant: 16),
logInButtonView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: passwordTextFieldView.leadingAnchor),
logInButtonView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: passwordTextFieldView.trailingAnchor),
logInButtonView.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 50),
logInButtonView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: containerView.bottomAnchor)
]
NSLayoutConstraint.activate(constraints)
}
override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
super.viewWillAppear(animated)
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self,
selector: #selector(keyboardWillShow(notification:)),
name: UIResponder.keyboardWillShowNotification,
object: nil)
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self,
selector: #selector(keyboardWillShow(notification:)),
name: UIResponder.keyboardWillHideNotification,
object: nil)
}
override func viewDidDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
super.viewDidDisappear(animated)
NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self, name: UIResponder.keyboardWillShowNotification, object: nil)
NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self, name: UIResponder.keyboardWillHideNotification, object: nil)
}
override func viewDidLayoutSubviews() {
super.viewDidLayoutSubviews()
}
#objc private func logInButtonClickedHandler() {
print("button pressed")
}
}
//MARK: Keyboard Notifications
private extension LoginViewController {
#objc func keyboardWillShow(notification: NSNotification) {
if let keyboardSize = (notification.userInfo?[UIResponder.keyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] as? NSValue)?.cgRectValue {
scrollView.contentInset.bottom = keyboardSize.height
scrollView.verticalScrollIndicatorInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0, left: 0, bottom: keyboardSize.height, right: 0)
}
}
#objc func keyboardWillHide(notification: NSNotification) {
scrollView.contentInset.bottom = .zero
scrollView.verticalScrollIndicatorInsets = .zero
}
}
Everything is fine with the implementation but 2 things looks very strange for me and I guess I misunderstood smth
If I comment out
containerView.widthAnchor.constraint(equalTo: scrollView.widthAnchor),
I see that my container view does not fit the whole screen width (actually it's about 50% of it)
Why? I set trailing and leading constraints to scrollview, which is 100% of view width.
If I comment out
logInButtonView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: containerView.bottomAnchor)
I don't get button click events and I'm not able to input anything inside textfields. What is the issue here?

Answer 1

From the Apple Docs:
Constraints between the edges or margins of the scroll view and its
content attach to the scroll view’s content area.
Constraints between the height, width, or centers attach to the scroll
view’s frame.
Hence you need the width constraint in order to make the contentView the full width of the ScrollView's frame.
As above, without that constraint the contentView only has constraints to the top/bottom edge of the scrollView this doesn't define its height and so you need to add full top-to-bottom constraints on the subviews of the contentView in order to define its height.
If you use the View Hierarchy Debugger you'll see the contentView has 0 height without that constraint (it just isn't clipping the content), hence why you can't tap on any controls.
It's worth giving the 'Working with Scroll Views' section of Apple Auto-Layout docs a read.