A pure Swift library that simplifies Auto Layout programmatically with concise, descriptive APIs.
QuickLayout is a Swift library that provides a simplified, code-based approach to managing Auto Layout constraints. It allows developers to align UI elements programmatically without explicitly creating NSLayoutConstraint instances, reducing boilerplate and improving readability.
iOS, tvOS, and macOS developers who build user interfaces programmatically and prefer a concise, Swift-native alternative to verbose Auto Layout APIs.
Developers choose QuickLayout for its descriptive, minimal API that drastically shortens layout code, offers cross-platform consistency, and includes advanced features like ratio-based sizing and array-based constraints out of the box.
Written in pure Swift, QuickLayout offers a simple and easy way to manage Auto Layout in code.
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Methods like layoutToSuperview(.top) and set(.height, of: 50) drastically reduce Auto Layout boilerplate, as shown in the README's code examples for constant edges and superview layout.
Provides a unified API via QLView for iOS, tvOS, and macOS, eliminating platform-specific Auto Layout quirks, which is highlighted in the Naming Convention section.
Supports ratios, offsets, priorities, and array operations out of the box, enabling complex layouts like spreading views or setting content wrapping with minimal code, as detailed in the Array Operations and More sections.
Simplifies setting content hugging and compression resistance with methods like forceContentWrap(), making it straightforward to manage intrinsic content size, as explained in the Content Wrap section.
Version 2.0.0 introduced significant naming changes (e.g., QLView replaces UIView), indicating a pattern of breaking updates that could require future code migrations and increase maintenance burden.
Since QuickLayout uses its own QLView type, it may not integrate smoothly with libraries or tools that expect standard UIKit or AppKit view instances, limiting ecosystem flexibility.
Adds a layer on top of Auto Layout, which, while minimal, could introduce performance degradation in highly dynamic or complex UI scenarios compared to raw NSLayoutConstraint usage.