How to to determinate in Swift the current width of the app when in Split View? - swift

Question

EDIT: I have a project with a row of buttons on top on it. Usually the buttons are 5 in Compact view and 6 in Regular view. I would like to remove a button when the app runs in 1/3 Split View. How can I determine the width of the app?
I'm using this code to determinate the current width of the app when in Split View (multitasking):
override func viewWillTransitionToSize(size: CGSize, withTransitionCoordinator coordinator: UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator) {
// works but it's deprecated:
let currentWidth = UIScreen.mainScreen().applicationFrame.size.width
print(currentWidth)
}
It works, but unfortunately applicationFrame is deprecated in iOS 9, so I'm trying to replace it with this:
override func viewWillTransitionToSize(size: CGSize, withTransitionCoordinator coordinator: UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator) {
// gives you the width of the screen not the width of the app:
let currentWidth = UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds.size.width
print(currentWidth)
}
The problem is that the first statement gives you the effective width of the app and it's fine, instead the second one, gives you the width of the screen, so you can't use it to learn the real width of the app when it is in Split View.
Would someone know what code would be necessary to replace this deprecated statement?
let currentWidth = UIScreen.mainScreen().applicationFrame.size.width // deprecated

Answer 1

#TheValyreanGroup's answer will work if there are no intervening view controllers mucking with sizes. If that possibility exists you should be able to use self.view.window.frame.size.width

Answer 2

You can just get the size of the parent view.
let currentSize = self.view.bounds.width
That will return the width accurately even in split view.
You can do something like this to determine whether to show or hide a button.
let totalButtonWidth: Int
for b in self.collectionView.UIViews{
let totalButtonWidth += b.frame.width + 20 //Where '20' is the gap between your buttons
}
if (currentSize < totalButtonWidth){
self.collectionView.subviews[self.collectionView.subviews.count].removeFromSuperview()
}else{
self.collectionView.addSubview(buttonViewToAdd)
}
Something like that, but i think you can get the idea.

Answer 3

Thanks to the replay of TheValyreanGroup and David Berry on this page I made a solution that can respond to the interface changes without using the deprecate statement UIScreen.mainScreen().applicationFrame.size.width I post it here with its context to made more clear what is the problem and the (surely improvable) solution. Please post any suggestion and comment you think could improve the code.
// trigged when app opens and when other events occur
override func traitCollectionDidChange(previousTraitCollection: UITraitCollection?) {
let a = self.view.bounds.width
adaptInterface(Double(a))
}
// not trigged when app opens or opens in Split View, trigged when other changes occours
override func viewWillTransitionToSize(size: CGSize, withTransitionCoordinator coordinator: UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator) {
adaptInterface(Double(size.width))
}
func isHorizontalSizeClassCompact () -> Bool {
if (view.traitCollection.horizontalSizeClass == UIUserInterfaceSizeClass.Compact) {
return true // Comapact
} else {
return false // Regular
}
}
func adaptInterface(currentWidth: Double) {
if isHorizontalSizeClassCompact() { // Compact
// do what you need to do when sizeclass is Compact
if currentWidth <= 375 {
// do what you need when the width is the one of iPhone 6 in portrait or the one of the Split View in 1/3 of the screen
} else {
// do what you need when the width is bigger than the one of iPhone 6 in portrait or the one of the Split View in 1/3 of the screen
}
} else { // Regular
// do what you need to do when sizeclass is Regular
}
}