Underline Single Button from Top menu bar - uiscrollview

Question

As seen in the image MyTopBar
I have 5 uibuttons inside a scroll view. I am using it as Navigation/Top bar
I want to achieve an underline effect only on selected button among the 5 button. imageTarget
I saw some libraries but it did not work as I expected them to
I will be refreshing same view so that’s not really useful
Can some tell me a simple way to achieve this underline affect?

Answer 1

There are various ways to do this. Here's one approach...
Put your buttons in a horizontal stack view
add a UIView as your "underline view"
For your "underline view":
set height constraint to 4
set top constraint equal to the stack view's bottom
set widthAnchor equal to first button widthAnchor, constant 8 (4-pts wider)
set centerXAnchor equal to first button centerXAnchor
Connect the width and center anchors to #IBOutlets in your custom class.
When a button is tapped:
de-activate width and centerX constraints
set them to the tapped button
re-activate them
animate into position if desired
Here is code for a sample implementation:
protocol TopBarButtonTapProtocol {
func didSelect(_ sender: UIButton)
}
class MyTopBar: UIView {
var delegate: TopBarButtonTapProtocol?
#IBOutlet var theStack: UIStackView!
#IBOutlet var uView: UIView!
#IBOutlet var uWidth: NSLayoutConstraint!
#IBOutlet var uCenter: NSLayoutConstraint!
override func didMoveToWindow() {
super.didMoveToWindow()
let btns = theStack.arrangedSubviews
btns.forEach { v in
guard let btn = v as? UIButton else {
fatalError("Stack view must contain buttons only!")
}
btn.addTarget(self, action: #selector(didTap(_:)), for: .touchUpInside)
}
}
#objc func didTap(_ sender: UIButton) -> Void {
uCenter.isActive = false
uWidth.isActive = false
uCenter = uView.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: sender.centerXAnchor)
uWidth = uView.widthAnchor.constraint(equalTo: sender.widthAnchor, constant: 8)
uCenter.isActive = true
uWidth.isActive = true
UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.3) {
self.layoutIfNeeded()
}
delegate?.didSelect(sender)
}
}
class TestMyTopBarViewController: UIViewController, TopBarButtonTapProtocol {
#IBOutlet var myTopBar: MyTopBar!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
myTopBar.delegate = self
}
func didSelect(_ sender: UIButton) {
print("Top Bar button selected:", sender.currentTitle)
}
}
and here is the source to an example Storyboard:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<document type="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder3.CocoaTouch.Storyboard.XIB" version="3.0" toolsVersion="16096" targetRuntime="iOS.CocoaTouch" propertyAccessControl="none" useAutolayout="YES" useTraitCollections="YES" useSafeAreas="YES" colorMatched="YES" initialViewController="abg-zX-CIL">
<device id="retina4_7" orientation="portrait" appearance="light"/>
<dependencies>
<plugIn identifier="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder.IBCocoaTouchPlugin" version="16087"/>
<capability name="Safe area layout guides" minToolsVersion="9.0"/>
<capability name="documents saved in the Xcode 8 format" minToolsVersion="8.0"/>
</dependencies>
<scenes>
<!--Test My Top Bar View Controller-->
<scene sceneID="Jte-e1-dR6">
<objects>
<viewController id="abg-zX-CIL" customClass="TestMyTopBarViewController" customModule="MiniScratch" customModuleProvider="target" sceneMemberID="viewController">
<view key="view" contentMode="scaleToFill" id="TsC-q0-s74">
<rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="375" height="667"/>
<autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" widthSizable="YES" heightSizable="YES"/>
<subviews>
<view contentMode="scaleToFill" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="kx6-5a-S6X" customClass="MyTopBar" customModule="MiniScratch" customModuleProvider="target">
<rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="375" height="46"/>
<subviews>
<scrollView clipsSubviews="YES" multipleTouchEnabled="YES" contentMode="scaleToFill" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="BXS-ke-LLN">
<rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="375" height="46"/>
<subviews>
<stackView opaque="NO" contentMode="scaleToFill" spacing="16" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="Gtj-bJ-9xt">
<rect key="frame" x="16" y="8" width="406" height="30"/>
<subviews>
<button opaque="NO" contentMode="scaleToFill" contentHorizontalAlignment="center" contentVerticalAlignment="center" buttonType="roundedRect" lineBreakMode="middleTruncation" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="ljU-s4-4DJ">
<rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="65" height="30"/>
<state key="normal" title="FOR YOU">
<color key="titleColor" white="0.0" alpha="1" colorSpace="custom" customColorSpace="genericGamma22GrayColorSpace"/>
</state>
</button>
<button opaque="NO" contentMode="scaleToFill" contentHorizontalAlignment="center" contentVerticalAlignment="center" buttonType="roundedRect" lineBreakMode="middleTruncation" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="242-wz-PkM">
<rect key="frame" x="81" y="0.0" width="75" height="30"/>
<state key="normal" title="TRENDING">
<color key="titleColor" white="0.0" alpha="1" colorSpace="custom" customColorSpace="genericGamma22GrayColorSpace"/>
</state>
</button>
<button opaque="NO" contentMode="scaleToFill" contentHorizontalAlignment="center" contentVerticalAlignment="center" buttonType="roundedRect" lineBreakMode="middleTruncation" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="c15-qj-lxv">
<rect key="frame" x="172" y="0.0" width="34" height="30"/>
<state key="normal" title="NEW">
<color key="titleColor" white="0.0" alpha="1" colorSpace="custom" customColorSpace="genericGamma22GrayColorSpace"/>
</state>
</button>
<button opaque="NO" contentMode="scaleToFill" contentHorizontalAlignment="center" contentVerticalAlignment="center" buttonType="roundedRect" lineBreakMode="middleTruncation" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="5DP-bs-qBc">
<rect key="frame" x="222" y="0.0" width="75" height="30"/>
<state key="normal" title="FEATURED">
<color key="titleColor" white="0.0" alpha="1" colorSpace="custom" customColorSpace="genericGamma22GrayColorSpace"/>
</state>
</button>
<button opaque="NO" contentMode="scaleToFill" contentHorizontalAlignment="center" contentVerticalAlignment="center" buttonType="roundedRect" lineBreakMode="middleTruncation" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="ZfK-40-1VN">
<rect key="frame" x="313" y="0.0" width="93" height="30"/>
<state key="normal" title="BOOKMARKS">
<color key="titleColor" white="0.0" alpha="1" colorSpace="custom" customColorSpace="genericGamma22GrayColorSpace"/>
</state>
</button>
</subviews>
</stackView>
<view contentMode="scaleToFill" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="974-mZ-VM1">
<rect key="frame" x="12" y="38" width="73" height="4"/>
<color key="backgroundColor" systemColor="systemRedColor" red="1" green="0.23137254900000001" blue="0.18823529410000001" alpha="1" colorSpace="custom" customColorSpace="sRGB"/>
<constraints>
<constraint firstAttribute="height" constant="4" id="rvK-8e-XTq"/>
</constraints>
</view>
</subviews>
<constraints>
<constraint firstItem="Gtj-bJ-9xt" firstAttribute="trailing" secondItem="Zfb-Kx-C2I" secondAttribute="trailing" constant="16" id="4nw-75-kgv"/>
<constraint firstItem="974-mZ-VM1" firstAttribute="centerX" secondItem="ljU-s4-4DJ" secondAttribute="centerX" id="9Ig-gt-a62"/>
<constraint firstItem="Gtj-bJ-9xt" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="Zfb-Kx-C2I" secondAttribute="leading" constant="16" id="EGu-UL-6tD"/>
<constraint firstItem="Gtj-bJ-9xt" firstAttribute="bottom" secondItem="Zfb-Kx-C2I" secondAttribute="bottom" id="Fby-qZ-GyD"/>
<constraint firstItem="974-mZ-VM1" firstAttribute="width" secondItem="ljU-s4-4DJ" secondAttribute="width" constant="8" id="GNh-W8-umn"/>
<constraint firstItem="974-mZ-VM1" firstAttribute="top" secondItem="Gtj-bJ-9xt" secondAttribute="bottom" id="QeJ-UW-lPh"/>
<constraint firstItem="Gtj-bJ-9xt" firstAttribute="top" secondItem="Zfb-Kx-C2I" secondAttribute="top" constant="8" id="gXv-a7-43N"/>
<constraint firstItem="x1k-em-xS5" firstAttribute="bottom" secondItem="Gtj-bJ-9xt" secondAttribute="bottom" constant="8" id="yQ5-dH-18H"/>
</constraints>
<viewLayoutGuide key="contentLayoutGuide" id="Zfb-Kx-C2I"/>
<viewLayoutGuide key="frameLayoutGuide" id="x1k-em-xS5"/>
</scrollView>
</subviews>
<color key="backgroundColor" white="1" alpha="1" colorSpace="custom" customColorSpace="genericGamma22GrayColorSpace"/>
<constraints>
<constraint firstAttribute="trailing" secondItem="BXS-ke-LLN" secondAttribute="trailing" id="1Qh-mv-QIl"/>
<constraint firstItem="BXS-ke-LLN" firstAttribute="top" secondItem="kx6-5a-S6X" secondAttribute="top" id="XBR-Uf-huR"/>
<constraint firstItem="BXS-ke-LLN" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="kx6-5a-S6X" secondAttribute="leading" id="YyI-HM-ve8"/>
<constraint firstAttribute="bottom" secondItem="BXS-ke-LLN" secondAttribute="bottom" id="ioI-y3-Lmd"/>
</constraints>
<connections>
<outlet property="theStack" destination="Gtj-bJ-9xt" id="5XU-eX-2NB"/>
<outlet property="uCenter" destination="9Ig-gt-a62" id="TxH-Bf-Hy0"/>
<outlet property="uView" destination="974-mZ-VM1" id="BZ0-ne-Fcb"/>
<outlet property="uWidth" destination="GNh-W8-umn" id="aFq-4f-sQu"/>
</connections>
</view>
</subviews>
<color key="backgroundColor" systemColor="systemBackgroundColor" cocoaTouchSystemColor="whiteColor"/>
<constraints>
<constraint firstItem="kx6-5a-S6X" firstAttribute="top" secondItem="u6w-w1-8iK" secondAttribute="top" id="KhJ-Id-pdJ"/>
<constraint firstItem="kx6-5a-S6X" firstAttribute="trailing" secondItem="u6w-w1-8iK" secondAttribute="trailing" id="R2z-YZ-Vkl"/>
<constraint firstItem="kx6-5a-S6X" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="u6w-w1-8iK" secondAttribute="leading" id="ifV-RN-a6g"/>
</constraints>
<viewLayoutGuide key="safeArea" id="u6w-w1-8iK"/>
</view>
<navigationItem key="navigationItem" id="cpA-Qb-gmu">
<barButtonItem key="rightBarButtonItem" systemItem="add" id="mAr-W2-GXa">
<connections>
<action selector="addBtnPressed:" destination="abg-zX-CIL" id="OIu-lZ-j2s"/>
</connections>
</barButtonItem>
</navigationItem>
<connections>
<outlet property="myTopBar" destination="kx6-5a-S6X" id="Ssi-YG-3F2"/>
</connections>
</viewController>
<placeholder placeholderIdentifier="IBFirstResponder" id="wfE-oG-abp" userLabel="First Responder" customClass="UIResponder" sceneMemberID="firstResponder"/>
</objects>
<point key="canvasLocation" x="1703" y="1657"/>
</scene>
</scenes>
</document>
and here's how it looks at run-time, with the buttons scrolled to the left, and the "Featured" button selected: