Auto Layout by Tutorials (First Edition): Build Dynamic User Interfaces on iOS

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	About the Authors
	About the Editors
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Chapter 1: Introducing Auto Layout
	What is Auto Layout?
	Beginning Auto Layout
	UIView and the View Hierarchy
	Thinking in Auto Layout
	Constraints
	Intrinsic content size
	Priorities
Chapter 2: Construct Auto Layout with the Interface Builder
	Setting up the launch screen layout using a storyboard
	Using Xibs
	Challenges
	Key points
Chapter 3: Stack View
	Implementing a vertical stack view
	Adding constraints to a stack view
	Embedding views into a horizontal stack view
	Alignment and distribution
	Nesting stack views
	When not to use stack views
	Challenges
	Key points
Chapter 4: Construct Auto Layout with Code
	Launching a view controller from the storyboard in code
	Launching a view controller without initializing storyboard
	Building out a view controller’s user interface in code
	Auto Layout with visual format language
	Benefits and drawbacks from choosing the code approach
	Challenges
	Key points
Chapter 5: Scroll View
	Working with scroll view and Auto Layout
	Adding the Options Menu to the Profile Screen
	Challenge
	Key points
Chapter 6: Self-Sizing Views
	Accomplishing self-sizing views
	Table views
	Collection View
	Key points
Chapter 7: Layout Guides
	Available Layout Guides
	Creating layout guides
	Creating custom layout guides
	Key points
Chapter 8: Content-Hugging & Compression-Resistance Priorities
	Intrinsic Size and Priorities
	Practical use case
	Challenge
	Key points
Chapter 9: Animating Auto Layout Constraints
	Animate Auto Layout using Core Animations
	Key points
Chapter 10: Adaptive Layout
	One storyboard to run them all
	Size classes
	Adaptive presentation
	UIKit and adaptive interfaces
	Adaptive images
	Challenge
	Key points
Chapter 11: Dynamic Type
	Why Dynamic Type?
	Setting the preferred font size
	Making labels support Dynamic Type
	Making custom fonts support Dynamic Type
	Managing layouts based on the text size
	Supporting Dynamic Type with UITableView
	Supporting Dynamic Type with UICollectionView
	Challenges
	Key points
Chapter 12: Internationalization & Localization
	What’s internationalization and localization?
	Auto Layout and internationalization
	Previewing languages in Interface Builder
	Key points
Chapter 13: Common Auto Layout Issues
	Understanding and solving Auto Layout issues
	Common performance issues
	Key points
Chapter 14: Under the Hood of Auto Layout
	Alignment rectangles versus frame rectangles
	Fitting Auto Layout in the big picture
	Solving constraints
	Solving equality constraints
	Solving linear programming problems
	Cassowary
	Key points
Chapter 15: Optimizing Auto Layout Performance
	Betting safe on performance with Interface Builder
	Factoring in the render loop
	Why update constraints
	Constraints churn
	Unsatisfiable constraints
	Constraints dependencies
	Advanced Auto Layout features and cost
	Apple optimizing UIKit
	Key points
Chapter 16: Layout Prototyping with Playgrounds
	Getting started with playgrounds
	Creating a custom button
	Moving code to the Sources folder
	Working with more complex custom views
	Key points
Chapter 17: Auto Layout for External Displays
	Getting started
	Building a layout for an external display
	Configuring an external display window
	Handling an existing external display connection
	Connecting a new external display
	Disconnecting an external display
	Accommodating external display resolutions
	Key points
Chapter 18: Designing Custom Controls
	Getting started
	Applying adaptive layout to a custom view
	Integrating a custom view from NIB to storyboard
	Visualizing XIB/NIB files in storyboards
	Preparing custom views for Interface Builder
	Making a custom UIButton
	Making a custom UIControl
	Implementing accessibility features.
	Key points
Conclusion