Make a fixed size UIView, like UISwitch (using IBDesignable)

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When I'm using this guide to create a view that is designed in a XIB, reusable from within a storyboard using the IBDesignable attribute on my UIView subclass, how do I make it have a fixed size, and have its resizing behavior match that of a view like UISwitch?

With "resizing behavior" I also mean while designing in interface builder.

Smongo · Answer 1 · 2019-03-19T07:48:03.803

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You could override intrinsicContentSize() in your UIView subclass. Then you won't need to supply height and width constraints in the interface builder.

override var intrinsicContentSize: CGSize {
    return CGSizeMake(width: 100, height: 100)
}

If you only want to supply one of the dimensions, you can use UIView.noIntrinsicMetric instead of a value.

override var intrinsicContentSize: CGSize {
    return CGSizeMake(width: UIView.noIntrinsicMetric, height: 100)
}

edited Mar 19 '19 at 07:48

answered Nov 28 '15 at 17:14

Smongo

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Just an aside: IB doesn't seem to render the size correctly unless you put position constraints on the view. This tripped me up at first. – Paul Van Wieren Mar 21 '16 at 22:42
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FYI: In Swift 3, Xcode shows the signature as `override var intrinsicContentSize: CGSize { }` – Robotic Cat May 06 '17 at 19:11

Make a fixed size UIView, like UISwitch (using IBDesignable)

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