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## Requirements
- iOS 8.0+ / Mac OS X 10.11+ / tvOS 9.0+
- Xcode 8.0+
- Swift 3.0+
## Migration Guides
- [SnapKit 3.0 Migration Guide](https://github.com/SnapKit/SnapKit/blob/master/Documentation/SnapKit%203.0%20Migration%20Guide.md)
## Communication
- If you **need help**, use [Stack Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/snapkit). (Tag 'snapkit')
- If you'd like to **ask a general question**, use [Stack Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/snapkit).
- If you **found a bug**, open an issue.
- If you **have a feature request**, open an issue.
- If you **want to contribute**, submit a pull request.
## Installation
### CocoaPods
[CocoaPods](http://cocoapods.org) is a dependency manager for Cocoa projects. You can install it with the following command:
```bash
$ gem install cocoapods
```
> CocoaPods 1.1.0+ is required to build SnapKit 3.0.0+.
To integrate SnapKit into your Xcode project using CocoaPods, specify it in your `Podfile`:
```ruby
source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'
platform :ios, '10.0'
use_frameworks!
target '<Your Target Name>' do
pod 'SnapKit', '~> 3.0'
end
```
Then, run the following command:
```bash
$ pod install
```
### Carthage
[Carthage](https://github.com/Carthage/Carthage) is a decentralized dependency manager that builds your dependencies and provides you with binary frameworks.
You can install Carthage with [Homebrew](http://brew.sh/) using the following command:
```bash
$ brew update
$ brew install carthage
```
To integrate SnapKit into your Xcode project using Carthage, specify it in your `Cartfile`:
```ogdl
github "SnapKit/SnapKit" ~> 3.0
```
Run `carthage update` to build the framework and drag the built `SnapKit.framework` into your Xcode project.
### Manually
If you prefer not to use either of the aforementioned dependency managers, you can integrate SnapKit into your project manually.
---
## Usage
SnapKit is designed to be extremely easy to use. Let's say we want to layout a box that is constrained to it's superview's edges with 20pts of padding.
```
let box = UIView()
superview.addSubview(box)
box.snp.makeConstraints { (make) -> Void in
make.top.equalTo(superview).offset(20)
make.left.equalTo(superview).offset(20)
make.bottom.equalTo(superview).offset(-20)
make.right.equalTo(superview).offset(-20)
}
```
Or even shorter:
```
let box = UIView()
superview.addSubview(box)
box.snp.makeConstraints { (make) -> Void in
make.edges.equalTo(superview).inset(UIEdgeInsetsMake(20, 20, 20, 20))
}
```
Not only does this greatly shorten and increase the readability of constraints SnapKit is also taking care of a few crucial steps in the process:
- Determining the best common superview to install the constraints on.
- Keeping track of the constrainted installed so they can easily be removed later.
- Ensuring `setTranslatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints(false)` is called on all appropriate views.
### Not all things are created equal
> `.equalTo` equivalent to **NSLayoutRelation.Equal**
> `.lessThanOrEqualTo` equivalent to **NSLayoutRelation.LessThanOrEqual**
> `.greaterThanOrEqualTo` equivalent to **NSLayoutRelation.GreaterThanOrEqual**
These three equality constraints accept one argument which can be any of the following:
#### 1. ViewAttribute
```
make.centerX.lessThanOrEqualTo(view2.snp.left)
```
ViewAttribute | NSLayoutAttribute
------------------------- | --------------------------
view.snp.left | NSLayoutAttribute.left
view.snp.right | NSLayoutAttribute.right
view.snp.top | NSLayoutAttribute.top
view.snp.bottom | NSLayoutAttribute.bottom
view.snp.leading | NSLayoutAttribute.leading
view.snp.trailing | NSLayoutAttribute.trailing
view.snp.width | NSLayoutAttribute.width
view.snp.height | NSLayoutAttribute.height
view.snp.centerX | NSLayoutAttribute.centerX
view.snp.centerY | NSLayoutAttribute.centerY
view.snp.lastBaseline | NSLayoutAttribute.lastBaseline
#### 2. UIView/NSView
if you want view.left to be greater than or equal to label.left:
```
// these two constraints are exactly the same
make.left.greaterThanOrEqualTo(label)
make.left.greaterThanOrEqualTo(label.snp.left)
```
#### 3. Strict Checks
Auto Layout allows width and height to be set to constant values.
if you want to set view to have a minimum and maximum width you could pass a primitive to the equality blocks:
```
// width >= 200 && width <= 400
make.width.greaterThanOrEqualTo(200)
make.width.lessThanOrEqualTo(400)
```
However Auto Layout does not allow alignment attributes such as left, right, centerY etc to be set to constant values.
So if you pass a primitive for these attributes SnapKit will turn these into constraints relative to the view's superview ie:
```
// creates view.left <= view.superview.left + 10
make.left.lessThanOrEqualTo(10)
```
You can also use other primitives and structs to build your constraints, like so:
```
make.top.equalTo(42)
make.height.equalTo(20)
make.size.equalTo(CGSize(width: 50, height: 100))
make.edges.equalTo(UIEdgeInsets(top: 10, left: 0, bottom: 10, right: 0))
make.left.equalTo(view).offset(UIEdgeInsets(top: 10, left: 0, bottom: 10, right: 0))
```
### Learn to prioritize
> `.priority` allows you to specify an exact priority
Priorities are can be tacked on to the end of a constraint chain like so:
```
make.top.equalTo(label.snp.top).priority(600)
```
### Composition, composition, composition
SnapKit also gives you a few convenience methods to create multiple constraints at the same time.
#### edges
```
// make top, left, bottom, right equal view2
make.edges.equalTo(view2);
// make top = superview.top + 5, left = superview.left + 10,
// bottom = superview.bottom - 15, right = superview.right - 20
make.edges.equalTo(superview).inset(UIEdgeInsets(top: 5, left: 10, bottom: 15, right: 20))
```
#### size
```
// make width and height greater than or equal to titleLabel
make.size.greaterThanOrEqualTo(titleLabel)
// make width = superview.width + 100, height = superview.height + 100
make.size.equalTo(superview).offset(100)
```
#### center
```
// make centerX and centerY = button1
make.center.equalTo(button1)
// make centerX = superview.centerX + 5, centerY = superview.centerY + 5
make.center.equalTo(superview).offset(5)
```
You can chain view attributes for increased readability:
```
// All edges but the top should equal those of the superview
make.left.right.bottom.equalTo(superview)
make.top.equalTo(otherView)
```
### Hold on for dear life
Sometimes you need modify existing constraints in order to animate or remove/replace constraints.
In SnapKit there are a few different approaches to updating constraints.
#### 1. References
You can hold on to a reference of a particular constraint by assigning the result of a constraint make expression to a local variable or a class property.
You could also reference multiple constraints by storing them away in an array.
```
var topConstraint: Constraint? = nil
...
// when making constraints
view1.snp.makeConstraints { (make) -> Void in
self.topConstraint = make.top.equalTo(superview).offset(padding.top).constraint
make.left.equalTo(superview).offset(padding.left)
}
...
// then later you can call
self.topConstraint.uninstall()
// or if you want to update the constraint
self.topConstraint.updateOffset(5)
```
### 2. snp.updateConstraints
Alternative if you are only updating the **constant** value of the constraint you can use the method `snp.updateConstraints` instead of `snp.makeConstraints`
```
// this is Apple's recommended place for adding/updating constraints
// this method can get called multiple times in response to setNeedsUpdateConstraints
// which can be called by UIKit internally or in your code if you need to trigger an update to your constraints
override func updateConstraints() {
self.growingButton.snp.updateConstraints { (make) -> Void in
make.center.equalTo(self);
make.width.equalTo(self.buttonSize.width).priority(250)
make.height.equalTo(self.buttonSize.height).priority(250)
make.width.lessThanOrEqualTo(self)
make.height.lessThanOrEqualTo(self)
}
// according to Apple super should be called at end of method
super.updateConstraints()
}
```
### 3. snp.remakeConstraints
`snp.remakeConstraints` is similar to `snp.makeConstraints`, but will first remove all existing constraints installed by SnapKit.
```
func changeButtonPosition() {
self.button.snp.remakeConstraints { (make) -> Void in
make.size.equalTo(self.buttonSize)
if topLeft {
make.top.left.equalTo(10)
} else {
make.bottom.equalTo(self.view).offset(-10)
make.right.equalTo(self.view).offset(-10)
}
}
}
```