I want to use layout constraints and create my UI programmatically. Here is a simple program that I'm hoping you can help me understand. In Interface Builder, I simply took the defaults -- there is an NSWindow with its default contentView. Below is all the code, and a screenshot.
I create a single button, and place it in the content view. Then I try to use constraints to make it fill the window. As you can see, it claims the layout is ambiguous. But when I click that button to "Exercise Ambiguity", nothing changes. The docs say it should choose a different possible layout.
I also think the content view is tightly surrounding the button and not filling the window, but I don't know how to force that with constraints.
// In AppDelegate.h
#interface AppDelegate : NSObject <NSApplicationDelegate> {
NSButton *_button;
}
#property (assign) IBOutlet NSWindow *window;
#end
// In AppDelegate.m
#implementation AppDelegate
- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(NSNotification *)aNotification {
NSView *contentView = (NSView*)_window.contentView;
_button = [[NSButton alloc] init];
_button.title = #"Test";
_button.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = NO;
contentView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = NO;
[contentView addSubview:_button];
NSDictionary *viewsDict = NSDictionaryOfVariableBindings(_button, contentView);
NSMutableArray *constraints = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
[constraints addObjectsFromArray: [NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:#"|[_button]|" options:0 metrics:0 views:viewsDict]];
[constraints addObjectsFromArray: [NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:#"V:|[_button]|" options:0 metrics:0 views:viewsDict]];
[contentView addConstraints:constraints];
[_window visualizeConstraints:constraints];
printf("Is layout ambiguous? %d\n", contentView.hasAmbiguousLayout);
}
#end
What if you visualize constraints on a subsequent iteration of the run loop, for example with a timer or by clicking a button, after the layout engine has had a pass at it? It may just be ambiguous because the layout engine hasn’t solved the system yet.
Edit: I ran your code, and am seeing the same issue. I’m also stumped now.
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I've been working on an application port that must show a status menu and some dynamic items within. It's behaviour is similar to the apple WIFI menu which has an icon, some fixed items and some dynamic items in the center (the available WIFI networks).
For various reasons I decided to go nibless. I've managed to get the menu icon to appear, but I can't seem to get the items to show in the menu when I click the icon.
This is what I have so far:
AppDelegate.h
#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
#interface AppDelegate : NSObject <NSApplicationDelegate>
// Strange, if these are not properties and not declared strong,
// the menu flashes momentarily and disappears. Could the dynamic menu items be related to object lifetime?
#property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet NSMenu *statusMenu;
#property (strong, nonatomic) NSStatusItem *statusItem;
#end
AppDelegate.m
import "AppDelegate.h"
#implementation AppDelegate
- (IBAction)loginClicked:(id)sender
{
NSLog(#"LoginClicked");
}
- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(NSNotification *)aNotification {
// Insert code here to initialize your application
NSLog(#"AppDidFinishLaunching!");
self.statusItem = [[NSStatusBar systemStatusBar] statusItemWithLength:NSVariableStatusItemLength];
[self.statusItem setMenu:self.statusMenu];
NSImage *statusImage = [[NSImage alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:#"/tmp/applogo.png"];
//menuImage = [[NSImage alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:[bundle pathForResource:#"applogo" ofType:#"png"]];
[self.statusItem setImage:statusImage];
[self.statusItem setAlternateImage:statusImage];
//[self.statusItem setTitle:#"MyApp"];
[self.statusItem setHighlightMode:YES];
// Add login
NSMenuItem *login = [[NSMenuItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"Login" action:loginClicked keyEquivalent:#""];
[self.statusMenu addItem:login];
NSMenuItem *quit = [[NSMenuItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"Quit" action:nil keyEquivalent:#""];
[self.statusMenu addItem:quit];
}
- (void)applicationWillTerminate:(NSNotification *)aNotification {
// Insert code here to tear down your application
}
main.m
#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
#import "AppDelegate.h"
int main(int argc, const char* argv[])
{
#autoreleasepool { // Do I need this or is it on by default?
// make sure the application singleton has been instantiated
NSApplication * application = [NSApplication sharedApplication];
// instantiate our application delegate
AppDelegate * applicationDelegate = [[AppDelegate alloc] init];
// assign our delegate to the NSApplication
[application setDelegate:applicationDelegate];
// call the run method of our application
[application run];
}
// execution never gets here...
return 0;
}
After much mucking around, I tried something that now seems obvious.
I don't know why, but in examples of StatusBar Apps that use nib, IBMenu is not alloc'ed and inited. It appears to be done automatically somehow.
Adding the following seemed to fix it.
self.statusMenu = [[NSMenu alloc] init];
Also, noting my comment on lifetime. If I don't use properties, I have to set retain on statusItem when creating it. Then it doesn't get destroyed. I'm still learning about how objective-C managages object lifetime and still a bit confused about ARC here. But it least it now seems to show my menu items.
I have made the following example app to illustrate my question.
The left view is a place holder view (added in Interface Builder). When the App loads I add a subview managed by a NSViewController. The NSViewController draws the different coloured rectangles, each of which is a NSView, and the layout of these coloured views managed by constraint created programmatically and added to the -loadView method of the controller.
The right view is an NSTableView (added in Interface Builder). When the App loads I use the same NSViewController class to provide views to for the table view (only one row is added).
When I add the subview the the place holder view I also add two additional constraints,
[_placeholderView addConstraints:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:#"H:|[CTRL_VIEW]|" options:0 metrics:nil views:views]];
[_placeholderView addConstraints:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:#"V:|[CTRL_VIEW]|" options:0 metrics:nil views:views]];
These constraints set the frame of the subview to be equal to the bounds of the superview. All is good.
However, when I provide the view for the NSTableView using the delegate method -tableView:viewForTableColumn:row:, the view has not yet been added to the table. As such it doesn't have a superview, so constraints cannot (yet) be added to the view. This is why the view in the table view does not have the same bounds as the table view cell.
So my question is how can I add constraints to the view I supply to the table view? Can I access the view again after the table view has added it? This seems a bit hack-ish.
The source code for the AppDelegate.h,
#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
#class BlahViewController;
#interface AppDelegate : NSObject <NSApplicationDelegate, NSTableViewDataSource, NSTableViewDelegate>
#property (assign) IBOutlet NSWindow *window;
/* Left view controller and place holding view */
#property (strong) BlahViewController *viewController;
#property (weak) IBOutlet NSView *placeholderView;
/* Right view (which is an NSTableView) */
#property (weak) IBOutlet NSTableView *tableView;
#end
and AppDelegate.m,
#import "AppDelegate.h"
#import "BlahViewController.h"
#interface AppDelegate ()
#property NSMutableArray *tableData;
#end
#implementation AppDelegate
- (id)init
{
self = [super init];
if (self) {
_tableData = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
[_tableData addObject:[[BlahViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"BlahViewController" bundle:nil]];
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setBool:YES forKey:#"NSConstraintBasedLayoutVisualizeMutuallyExclusiveConstraints"];
}
return self;
}
- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(NSNotification *)aNotification {
/* Add a managed subview to the place holder view*/
_placeholderView.layer.backgroundColor = CGColorCreateGenericGray(0.5, 1.0);
_viewController = [[BlahViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"BlahViewController" bundle:nil];
[_viewController.view setFrame:_placeholderView.bounds];
[_placeholderView addSubview:_viewController.view];
/* Additional constraints so the managed subview resizes with the place holder view */
NSDictionary *views = #{ #"CTRL_VIEW" : _viewController.view };
[_placeholderView addConstraints:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:#"H:|[CTRL_VIEW]|" options:0 metrics:nil views:views]];
[_placeholderView addConstraints:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:#"V:|[CTRL_VIEW]|" options:0 metrics:nil views:views]];
}
-(NSInteger) numberOfRowsInTableView:(NSTableView *)tableView
{
return [_tableData count];
}
-(id) tableView:(NSTableView *)tableView viewForTableColumn:(NSTableColumn *)tableColumn row:(NSInteger)row {
return [_tableData[row] view];
}
-(CGFloat) tableView:(NSTableView *)tableView heightOfRow:(NSInteger)row {
return 150.;
}
#end
Update #jrturton
Adding the constraints in -(void) tableView:(NSTableView *)tableView didAddRowView:(NSTableRowView *)rowView forRow:(NSInteger)row worked.
#swalkner
The constraints I added are very basic,
-(void) tableView:(NSTableView *)tableView didAddRowView:(NSTableRowView *)rowView forRow:(NSInteger)row {
NSView *view = [rowView viewAtColumn:0];
NSDictionary *views = NSDictionaryOfVariableBindings(view);
[view.superview addConstraints:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:#"H:|-12-[view]-12-|" options:0 metrics:nil views:views]];
[view.superview addConstraints:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:#"V:|-12-[view]-12-|" options:0 metrics:nil views:views]];
}
You can access the view after it has been added to the table in the delegate method tableView:willDisplayCell:forTableColumn:row:. At this point you can add the constraints, but you might want to be careful not to keep adding the same constraints over and over again.
As you found out yourself, the method tableView:didAddRowView:forRow: would be a better place, as this will only get called once per new view.
You may also be able to achieve this by setting a flexible width autoresizing mask on your view instead of any horizontal size constraints. The table will probably be taking this into account when adding cell views. You can mix and match autoresizing and constraints if you're careful.
I know some iOS, some Autolayout and only a little OS X so I can't give you much more than that. We don't have to worry about cell widths changing much in iOS land!
macOS 10.13 seems to include this capability out of the box with usesAutomaticRowHeights, but it is does not yet have explanation in the Cocoa docs:
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nstableview/2870126-usesautomaticrowheights
Also, this is featured in IB as a configuration setting on cell view height.
I haven't been able to verify, but maybe someone can.
I am making an app which uses many Textfields. Most of them are inside static tableViews. I use the split view application template. Every category selected from the left panel presents a storyboard scene inside a second view on the right panel.
I just want to get rid of the keyboard with the "done" button however everything i have tried that would work on a simple view fails to work under these circumstances.
Can you please help me out with this?
p.s. I try to dismiss the keyboard inside the implementation file of the presented storyboard scene. Should i do something inside the Detail Scene of the split view controller?
Here is my Scene's code:
.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface AfoEsoda : UITableViewController <UITextFieldDelegate>{
}
#property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UITextField *merismataTF;
-(IBAction)hideKeyboard:(id)sender;
#end
.m
#synthesize merismataTF;
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
merismataTF.delegate=self ;
}
//---------Hide Keyboard-------------------
//Tried but didn't work
-(IBAction)hideKeyboard:(id)sender {
[merismataTF resignFirstResponder];
}
- (BOOL)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *)textField {
[textField resignFirstResponder];
return YES;
}
//Of course i do not use both methods at the same time.
EDIT:
When i set the textfield's delegate to self i get this crash:
Try implementing the textField's delegate, set the delegate to self, and in the delegate's method
- (BOOL)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *)textField
set
[textField resignFirstResponder];
Another way could be going through all of the view's subviews and if it is a text field, resign first responder:
for(int i=0;i<self.view.subviews.count;i++)
{
if([[self.view.subviews objectAtIndex:i] isKindOfClass:[UITextField class]])
{
if([[self.view.subviews objectAtIndex:i] isFirstResponder])
[[self.view.subviews objectAtIndex:i] resignFirstResponder];
}}
OK, I got it. Use this with with the textFieldShouldReturn method.
So here is your answer: You have declared your text field as a property and then use alloc and init it over and over again for each cell. Probably it only works properly for the last row.
Here is an example of how your cellForRow method should look like:
-(UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{ static NSString *cellIdentifier = #"My cell identifier";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
UITextField *newTextField;
if(cell == nil)
{
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
newTextField = [[UITextField alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake:(0,0,25,25)];
newTextField.tag = 1;
newTextField.delegate = self;
[cell.contentView addSubview:newTextField];
}
else
newTextField = (UITextField *)[cell.contentView viewWithTag:1];
And then, if you need the textField's value for a certaing row, simply use:
UITextField *someTextField = (UITextField *)[[tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath].contentView viewWithTag:1];
NSLog(#"textField.text = %#", someTextField.text);
I am a .Net developer that needs to port a small program over to Mac OS X. I have this mostly done (partly thanks to people on this site, thanks!) but have a bug that maybe people I can get help with.
I am creating a tool that sits in the status bar, that when clicked opens a window with several links or buttons. When the links or buttons are clicked they either open a website or external program. The problem is that the icon in the status bar disappears as I launch one of these external commands. Even more interesting is that the space on the status bar where the icon should be still responds; meaning that if I click on the area (even without the visible icon) it still runs the code and opens the window.
Here is the current code:
tray.m
#import "tray.h"
#import "MyView.h"
#implementation Tray
-(void) awakeFromNib{
NSBundle *bundle = [NSBundle mainBundle];
statusItem = [[NSImage alloc] initWithContentsofFile:[bundle pathForResource:"#icon" ofType:#"png"]];
MyView *view = [MyView new];
[statusItem setImage:statusImage];
view.image = statusImage;
[statusitem setView:view];
[statusitem setToolTip:#"Tray App"];
[view setTarget:self];
[view setAction:#selector(openWindow)];
}
-(IBAction)openWindow:(id)sender{
[trayWin makeKeyAndOrderFront:nil];
}
-(IBAction)openActMon:(id)sender {
(void)system("open '\/Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor.app'");
}
tray.h
#import "MyView.h"
#interface Tray : NSObject {
NSStatusItem *statusItem;
NSImage *statusImage;
IBOutlet NSWindow * trayWin;
IBOutlet NSButton *ActMon;
void *openWindow;
}
#property (retain,nonatomic) NSStatusItem *statusItem;
-(IBAction)ActMon:(id)sender;
#end
MyView.h
#interface MyView : NSControl {
NSImage *image;
id target;
SEL action;
}
#property (retain)NSImage *image;
#property (assign) id target;
#property (assign) SEL action;
#end
MyView.m
#import "MyView.h"
#implementation MyView;
#synthethize image, target, action;
-(void)mousemouseUP:(NSEvent *)event{
[NSApp sendAction:selfself.action to:self.target from:self];
}
-(void)dealloc {
self.image = nil;
[super dealloc];
}
-(void)drawRect:(NSRect)rect {
[self.image drawInRect:CGRectMake(0,0,18,18) fromRect:NSZeroRect operation:NSCompositeSourceOver];
}
#end
}
The openActMon is run when the image/button is clicked, the image is located in the trayWin Window that is opened when the icon is clicked. At this point, Activity monitor successfully launches, but the icon in the StatusBar disappears.
I have tried putting a [super setNeedsDisplay:YES] in the openActMon, but that didn't help. And I added [view setNeedsDisplay:YES] in the openActMon and it responded undeclared.
I have given all of this code because, as I said, I am not a Objective-C coder, but .Net who just needs to port something small over. Hoping that this will be helpful to others in the future. Alot of this I have hodgepodged together from different forums and sites or have gotten from some help on StackOverflow. I am hoping someone can help.
Thanks in advance!
In awakeFromNib add:
[statusitem retain];
In awakeFromNib, you are allocating the NSImage into statusItem. I think you mean to allocate it into statusImage.
How do I put a template'd background image on a text area?
Not sure what you mean with "template'd"... but....
In interface builder, add the imageview behind the textview, uncheck the "opaque" box for the textview.
You can set the contents property of the text views layer.
#import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h>
...
- (void) viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
textView.layer.contents = (id)[UIImage imageNamed:#"myImage.png"].CGImage
}
should work
If you want to add the image programmaticaly I managed to do it this way:
First in my textviewViewController.h I added an outlet for the UITextView.
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface textviewViewController : UIViewController {
UITextView *textView;
}
#property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UITextView *textView;
#end
Next, in my .xib I added my UITextView and connected my outlet.
Lastly in the viewDidLoad of textviewViewController.m I add the image as a subview to my textview.
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
// Change the pathForResource to reflect the name and type of your image file
NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"d" ofType:#"jpg"];
UIImage *img = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:path];
UIImageView *imgView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:img];
[self.textView insertSubview:imgView atIndex:0];
[imgView release];
}
I tried the insertSubview:atIndex: with both 0 and 1 with the same result, but I would stick with 0 idicating that it's behind the textview.