Baya

A simple layout framework written in Swift.

Features

Baya encapsulates layout logic in structs.
Build nested layouts without a nested view hierachy.
Write simple and readable layout code.
It's extendable with your own layouts.
Works without Interface Builder or Auto Layout.

Installation

Carthage

Add the following to your Cartfile

github "getwagit/Baya" ~> 0.2.0

CocoaPods

Integrate Baya into your Podfile

pod 'Baya', '~> 0.2.0'

Basic Usage

With Baya you first define your layout and then apply it. In most cases you want to define your layout once and apply it whenever the frame or content changes. A basic layout in a ViewController could look like this:

...
var layout: BayaLayoutable?

override func loadView() {
  ...
  // Add views directly as sub views of the ViewControlles's root view.
  view.addSubView(profilePicture)
  ...

  // To create a layout call Baya's layout functions on a BayaLayoutable or an Array of BayaLayoutables.
  // A UIView is a BayaLayoutable by default.
  // In this example three simple UIViews are lined up horizontally.
  layout = [profilePicture, userName, friendCount].layoutLinearly(orientation: .horizontal)
}

Apply the layout by calling startLayout(with:). A good place to do this in a ViewController is viewWillLayoutSubviews().

override func viewWillLayoutSubviews() {
  // Apply the layout.
  layout?.startLayout(with: view.bounds)
}

You can use BayaLayouts to group UIViews and BayaLayoutables into tree-like layout structures. The layout of a simple UIViewController might look like this:

let buttonRowLayout = [button1, button2, button3]
  .layoutLinearly(
    orientation: .horizontal,
    spacing: 20)

let pictureLayout = profilePicture
  .layoutWithFixedSize(
    width: 100,
    height: 100)
  .layoutGravitating(to: .centerX)
  .layoutMatchingParentWidth()

let usernameLayout = nameLabel
  .layoutGravitating(to: .centerX)
  .layoutMatchingParentWidth()

layout = [pictureLayout, usernameLayout, buttonRowLayout]
  .layoutLinearly(orientation: .vertical)
  .layoutGravitating(
        horizontally: .centerX,
        vertically: .centerY)
  .layoutMatchingParent()

Docs

Visit the wiki for more information on the default layouts and how to use them.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please use the branch develop as base/target. If you modifiy the project.pbxproj file, use xUnique: $ xunique -u -s -c Baya.xcodeproj

License

Baya is available under the MIT license.

julasamer / Baya