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I've been working with the new layout system Apple added in iOS6 (Auto Layout). You basically define a set of rules like: this sticks to this, this view's heigh

by awolf 14y ago

I've been working with the new layout system Apple added in iOS6 (Auto Layout). You basically define a set of rules like: this sticks to this, this view's height is proportional to this view's height, etc. The SDK attempts to reconcile the rules you gave and lets you know if there are any ambiguities in a clear way. It's very well thought out- powerful yet easy to use. I don't think fragmentation will be a problem. I do think however that the extra width in Landscape will now require a completely different interface. Adding 88 extra screen pixels means that simply rotating and stretching the interface has crossed the line from "looks kinda weird" to "looks terrible".

andybak 14y ago
Isn't that pretty much what other layout engines do? i.e. QT etc. What was the situation before? Absolute positioning via x/y? Really?
- awolf 14y ago
  Absolute positioning, along with an "auto-resizing" mask for each view defining how it should react to change in the parent view's size. The old way was versatile actually. What it lacked was being able to relate views to anything aside from it's parent container.