When to use Multiplier in iOS AutoLayout?

Question

An autolayout constraint can be definded as:

self.view.addConstraint(NSLayoutConstraint(item: label, 
       attribute: .Bottom, 
       relatedBy: .Equal, 
       toItem: self.view, 
       attribute: .Bottom, 
       multiplier: 1, 
       constant: 0))

I did not understand what a use case would be for using the multiplier.

When to use Multiplier in iOS AutoLayout?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26964139/understanding-multiplier-in-auto-layout-to-use-relative-positioning — Yogesh Suthar, Jun 04 '15 at 14:17

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 04 '15 at 14:20

One use case that I commonly use is when I want one view to be 30% of the width of another view. It would look like this:

self.view.addConstraint(NSLayoutConstraint(item: label, 
   attribute: .Width, 
   relatedBy: .Equal, 
   toItem: self.view, 
   attribute: .Width, 
   multiplier: 0.3, 
   constant: 0))

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 02 '15 at 07:38

If you have two view. and your requirement is that one view is always half of other view or may be 10% of other view than you can use multiplier.

for ex,

i want this two view always in this proposition.

so drag and drop from one view to another and select equal height.

bt it shows errors that both view not in same height.

so select height

now you have to change multiplier by calculating like (second_view_height/first_view_height). and add that in multiplier

this way you use in storyboard

for manual coding you can use this way

self.view.addConstraint(NSLayoutConstraint(item: label, 
   attribute: .Width, 
   relatedBy: .Equal, 
   toItem: self.view, 
   attribute: .Width, 
   multiplier: 0.4869, 
   constant: 0))

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 04 '15 at 14:23

In Apple documentation :

Auto Layout calculates the first item’s attribute to be the product of the second item’s attribute and this multiplier. Any value other than 1 creates a proportional constraint.

Take a look at this link : Auto Layout Multiplier

When to use Multiplier in iOS AutoLayout?

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