TOStackView is a container view that handles laying out
a collection of subviews in a vertical or horizontal alignment.
It is a very basic version of UIStackView that can be used in use cases where the flexibility and complexity of UIStackView isn't necessary.
I built this control after I became addicted to the simplicity of VStack and HStack in SwiftUI, and wanted similar convenience in my UIKit apps, without needing the full complexity of UIStackView.
- Lays out a collection of subviews in a horizontal or vertical alignment.
- Allows for controlling the alignment of the elements on the alternate axis (eg, Left-alignment in vertically stacked elements).
- Provides basic self-sizing functionality.
- Handles baseline alignment of elements that support it, such as SF Symbols images.
iOS 9.0 and above.
As a CocoaPods Dependency
Add the following to your Podfile:
pod 'TOStackView'
Swift Package Manager
Will be coming as soon as I get the time! If you can't wait, please consider filing a PR.
Manual Installation
Copy the folder TOStackView to your Xcode project.
TOStackView is an Objective-C project, but it has been written to work properly in Swift as well. If you are using it in a Swift project, don't forget to include it in your Objective-C bridging header.
// Create some content views
UILabel *leftLabel = [[UILabel alloc] init];
leftLabel.text = @"Hello";
[leftLabel sizeToFit];
UILabel *rightLabel = [[UILabel alloc] init];
rightLabel.text = @"Hello";
[rightLabel sizeToFit];
// Create a stack view enclosing the content views
TOStackView *stackView = [[TOStackView alloc] initWithArrangedSubviews:@[leftLabel, rightLabel]];
// Size the stack view to wrap the content views
[stackView sizeToFit];
TOStackView was originally created by Tim Oliver as a component for iComics 2, an upcoming comic reader app for iOS.
iOS Device mockups used in the screenshot created by Pixeden.
TOStackView is licensed under the MIT License, please see the LICENSE file.