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NSLayoutAnchor<AnchorType> Class

Definition

Generates NSLayoutConstraint objects based on the value of the NSLayoutConstraint associated with this.

[Foundation.Register("NSLayoutAnchor", true)]
public class NSLayoutAnchor<AnchorType> : Foundation.NSObject, Foundation.INSCoding, Foundation.INSCopying, IDisposable where AnchorType : NSObject
[<Foundation.Register("NSLayoutAnchor", true)>]
type NSLayoutAnchor<'AnchorType (requires 'AnchorType :> NSObject)> = class
    inherit NSObject
    interface INSCoding
    interface INativeObject
    interface IDisposable
    interface INSCopying

Type Parameters

AnchorType

Whether the generating anchor is an NSLayoutXAxisAnchor, an NSLayoutYAxisAnchor, or an NSLayoutDimension.

Inheritance
NSLayoutAnchor<AnchorType>
Derived
Attributes
Implements

Remarks

The NSLayoutAnchor<AnchorType> class, introduced in iOS 9, allows layout constraints to be specified in code, in a fluent manner. For example:

blueView = new ContentView(UIColor.Blue);
view.AddSubview(blueView);

blueView.TranslatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false;
var blueConstraints = new []
{ 
blueView.LeadingAnchor.ConstraintEqualTo(greenView.LeadingAnchor),
blueView.TrailingAnchor.ConstraintEqualTo(greenView.TrailingAnchor),
blueView.TopAnchor.ConstraintEqualTo(greenView.BottomAnchor, 10.0f),
blueView.HeightAnchor.ConstraintEqualTo(greenView.HeightAnchor),
blueView.WidthAnchor.ConstraintEqualTo(greenView.WidthAnchor)
};

NSLayoutConstraint.ActivateConstraints(blueConstraints);

In this example, the newly-created blueViewNSView has its height, width, leading, and trailing anchors defined as equal to that of a previously-defined greenView while its TopAnchor is set to be 10 logical pixels below the greenView's BottomAnchor.

Constructors

Name Description
NSLayoutAnchor<AnchorType>(NativeHandle)

A constructor used when creating managed representations of unmanaged objects. Called by the runtime.

NSLayoutAnchor<AnchorType>(NSCoder)

A constructor that initializes the object from the data stored in the unarchiver object.

NSLayoutAnchor<AnchorType>(NSObjectFlag)

Constructor to call on derived classes to skip initialization and merely allocate the object.

Properties

Name Description
Class (Inherited from NSObject)
ClassHandle

The Objective-C class handle for this class.

ConstraintsAffectingLayout
DebugDescription (Inherited from NSObject)
Description (Inherited from NSObject)
ExposedBindings (Inherited from NSObject)
Handle

Handle (pointer) to the unmanaged object representation.

(Inherited from NSObject)
HasAmbiguousLayout
IsDirectBinding (Inherited from NSObject)
IsProxy (Inherited from NSObject)
Item
Name
RetainCount (Inherited from NSObject)
Self (Inherited from NSObject)
Superclass (Inherited from NSObject)
SuperHandle

Handle used to represent the methods in the base class for this NSObject.

(Inherited from NSObject)
Zone (Inherited from NSObject)

Methods

Name Description
AddObserver(NSObject, NSString, NSKeyValueObservingOptions, IntPtr) (Inherited from NSObject)
AddObserver(NSObject, String, NSKeyValueObservingOptions, IntPtr) (Inherited from NSObject)
AddObserver(NSString, NSKeyValueObservingOptions, Action<NSObservedChange>)

Registers an object for being observed externally using an arbitrary method.

(Inherited from NSObject)
AddObserver(String, NSKeyValueObservingOptions, Action<NSObservedChange>)

Registers an object for being observed externally using an arbitrary method.

(Inherited from NSObject)
AwakeFromNib() (Inherited from NSObject)
BeginInvokeOnMainThread(Action) (Inherited from NSObject)
BeginInvokeOnMainThread(Selector, NSObject)

Invokes asynchrously the specified code on the main UI thread.

(Inherited from NSObject)
Bind(NSString, NSObject, String, NSBindingOptions) (Inherited from NSObject)
Bind(NSString, NSObject, String, NSDictionary) (Inherited from NSObject)
CommitEditing() (Inherited from NSObject)
CommitEditing(NSObject, Selector, IntPtr) (Inherited from NSObject)
ConformsToProtocol(NativeHandle) (Inherited from NSObject)
ConstraintEqualTo(NSLayoutAnchor<AnchorType>, NFloat)

Creates a NSLayoutConstraint whose value is equal to that of the constraint of the anchor plus constant pixels.

ConstraintEqualTo(NSLayoutAnchor<AnchorType>)

Creates a NSLayoutConstraint whose value is equal to that of the constraint of the anchor.

ConstraintGreaterThanOrEqualTo(NSLayoutAnchor<AnchorType>, NFloat)

Creates a NSLayoutConstraint whose value is at least equal to that of the constraint of the anchor plus constant pixels.

ConstraintGreaterThanOrEqualTo(NSLayoutAnchor<AnchorType>)

Creates a NSLayoutConstraint whose value is at least equal to that of the constraint of the anchor.

ConstraintLessThanOrEqualTo(NSLayoutAnchor<AnchorType>, NFloat)

Creates a NSLayoutConstraint whose value is at most equal to that of the constraint of the anchor plus constant pixels.

ConstraintLessThanOrEqualTo(NSLayoutAnchor<AnchorType>)

Creates a NSLayoutConstraint whose value is at most equal to that of the constraint of the anchor.

Copy() (Inherited from NSObject)
Copy(NSZone)

Performs a copy of the underlying Objective-C object.

DangerousAutorelease()

Calls the 'autorelease' selector on this object.

(Inherited from NSObject)
DangerousRelease()

Calls the 'release' selector on this object.

(Inherited from NSObject)
DangerousRetain()

Calls the 'retain' selector on this object.

(Inherited from NSObject)
DidChange(NSKeyValueChange, NSIndexSet, NSString) (Inherited from NSObject)
DidChange(NSString, NSKeyValueSetMutationKind, NSSet) (Inherited from NSObject)
DidChangeValue(String) (Inherited from NSObject)
Dispose()

Releases the resources used by the NSObject object.

(Inherited from NSObject)
Dispose(Boolean)
DoesNotRecognizeSelector(Selector) (Inherited from NSObject)
EncodeTo(NSCoder)

Encodes the state of the object using the provided encoder.

Equals(NSObject) (Inherited from NSObject)
Equals(Object) (Inherited from NSObject)
GetBindingInfo(NSString) (Inherited from NSObject)
GetBindingOptionDescriptions(NSString) (Inherited from NSObject)
GetBindingValueClass(NSString) (Inherited from NSObject)
GetDictionaryOfValuesFromKeys(NSString[]) (Inherited from NSObject)
GetHashCode()

Generates a hash code for the current instance.

(Inherited from NSObject)
GetMethodForSelector(Selector) (Inherited from NSObject)
GetNativeHash() (Inherited from NSObject)
Init() (Inherited from NSObject)
InitializeHandle(NativeHandle, String) (Inherited from NSObject)
InitializeHandle(NativeHandle) (Inherited from NSObject)
Invoke(Action, Double) (Inherited from NSObject)
Invoke(Action, TimeSpan) (Inherited from NSObject)
InvokeOnMainThread(Action) (Inherited from NSObject)
InvokeOnMainThread(Selector, NSObject)

Invokes synchrously the specified code on the main UI thread.

(Inherited from NSObject)
IsEqual(NSObject) (Inherited from NSObject)
IsKindOfClass(Class) (Inherited from NSObject)
IsMemberOfClass(Class) (Inherited from NSObject)
MarkDirty()

Promotes a regular peer object (IsDirectBinding is true) into a toggleref object.

(Inherited from NSObject)
MutableCopy() (Inherited from NSObject)
ObjectDidEndEditing(NSObject) (Inherited from NSObject)
ObserveValue(NSString, NSObject, NSDictionary, IntPtr) (Inherited from NSObject)
PerformSelector(Selector, NSObject, Double, NSString[]) (Inherited from NSObject)
PerformSelector(Selector, NSObject, Double) (Inherited from NSObject)
PerformSelector(Selector, NSObject, NSObject) (Inherited from NSObject)
PerformSelector(Selector, NSObject) (Inherited from NSObject)
PerformSelector(Selector, NSThread, NSObject, Boolean, NSString[]) (Inherited from NSObject)
PerformSelector(Selector, NSThread, NSObject, Boolean) (Inherited from NSObject)
PerformSelector(Selector) (Inherited from NSObject)
PrepareForInterfaceBuilder() (Inherited from NSObject)
RemoveObserver(NSObject, NSString, IntPtr) (Inherited from NSObject)
RemoveObserver(NSObject, NSString) (Inherited from NSObject)
RemoveObserver(NSObject, String, IntPtr) (Inherited from NSObject)
RemoveObserver(NSObject, String) (Inherited from NSObject)
RespondsToSelector(Selector) (Inherited from NSObject)
SetNilValueForKey(NSString) (Inherited from NSObject)
SetValueForKey(NSObject, NSString) (Inherited from NSObject)
SetValueForKeyPath(NativeHandle, NSString) (Inherited from NSObject)
SetValueForKeyPath(NSObject, NSString) (Inherited from NSObject)
SetValueForUndefinedKey(NSObject, NSString) (Inherited from NSObject)
SetValuesForKeysWithDictionary(NSDictionary) (Inherited from NSObject)
ToString()

Returns a string representation of the value of the current instance.

(Inherited from NSObject)
Unbind(NSString) (Inherited from NSObject)
ValueForKey(NSString) (Inherited from NSObject)
ValueForKeyPath(NSString) (Inherited from NSObject)
ValueForUndefinedKey(NSString) (Inherited from NSObject)
WillChange(NSKeyValueChange, NSIndexSet, NSString) (Inherited from NSObject)
WillChange(NSString, NSKeyValueSetMutationKind, NSSet) (Inherited from NSObject)
WillChangeValue(String) (Inherited from NSObject)

Extension Methods

Name Description
ObjectDidBeginEditing(NSObject, INSEditor)
ObjectDidEndEditing(NSObject, INSEditor)
GetValidModes(NSObject, NSFontPanel)
ValidateToolbarItem(NSObject, NSToolbarItem)
BrowserAccessibilityDeleteTextAtCursor(NSObject, IntPtr)
BrowserAccessibilityInsertTextAtCursor(NSObject, String)
GetAccessibilityLineEndPositionFromCurrentSelection(NSObject)
GetAccessibilityLineRangeForPosition(NSObject, IntPtr)
GetAccessibilityLineStartPositionFromCurrentSelection(NSObject)
GetBrowserAccessibilityAttributedValue(NSObject, NSRange)
GetBrowserAccessibilityContainerType(NSObject)
GetBrowserAccessibilityCurrentStatus(NSObject)
GetBrowserAccessibilityHasDomFocus(NSObject)
GetBrowserAccessibilityIsRequired(NSObject)
GetBrowserAccessibilityPressedState(NSObject)
GetBrowserAccessibilityRoleDescription(NSObject)
GetBrowserAccessibilitySelectedTextRange(NSObject)
GetBrowserAccessibilitySortDirection(NSObject)
GetBrowserAccessibilityValue(NSObject, NSRange)
SetBrowserAccessibilityContainerType(NSObject, BEAccessibilityContainerType)
SetBrowserAccessibilityCurrentStatus(NSObject, String)
SetBrowserAccessibilityHasDomFocus(NSObject, Boolean)
SetBrowserAccessibilityIsRequired(NSObject, Boolean)
SetBrowserAccessibilityPressedState(NSObject, BEAccessibilityPressedState)
SetBrowserAccessibilityRoleDescription(NSObject, String)
SetBrowserAccessibilitySelectedTextRange(NSObject, NSRange)
SetBrowserAccessibilitySortDirection(NSObject, String)
ProvideImageData(NSObject, IntPtr, UIntPtr, UIntPtr, UIntPtr, UIntPtr, UIntPtr, NSObject)
ProvideImageToMTLTexture(NSObject, IMTLTexture, IMTLCommandBuffer, UIntPtr, UIntPtr, UIntPtr, UIntPtr, NSObject)
SetSharedObservers(NSObject, NSKeyValueSharedObserversSnapshot)
GetDebugDescription(INSObjectProtocol)
GetHandle(INativeObject)
GetNonNullHandle(INativeObject, String)
AcceptsPreviewPanelControl(NSObject, QLPreviewPanel)
BeginPreviewPanelControl(NSObject, QLPreviewPanel)
EndPreviewPanelControl(NSObject, QLPreviewPanel)

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