Beginning Xcode

Chapter     6

Constraints

Chapter 5 detailed the many ways Xcode gives you access to help, documentation, and guidance. You created a handy communications application along the way that could compose a text message, an e-mail, or even open a web site in another browser. You also looked at an alternative to the Assistant Editor for making connections between Interface Builder controls and your outlets and actions, and I talked briefly about how the Organizer had changed significantly since Xcode 4.

This chapter will introduce you to another significant change in Xcode—a change to the Auto Layout system. Auto Layout (or Autolayout as Apple sometimes refers to it) has been completely overhauled in Xcode 5, and in this chapter, you’ll use Auto Layout ...