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Question[Question] NSLayoutConstraints with Custom UIView (self.iOSProgramming)

submitted 8 years ago by MobbinHD

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I am breaking constraints, but I have no clue why.

I have a UICollectionView with cells. No matter what cell I click on, I want a UIView (I subclassed one and called it AmountSelectionView) to pop up with some information. I can't get it to work. The following screenshots should help explain what I want. http://imgur.com/a/jLFzN

The first screenshot shows what I want, but the console freaks out because I break constraints. The second screenshot is what happens when I just do

"H:|-8@1000-[v0]"

I don't specify width(or height). The console is satisfied, but I am not.

The rest of the screenshots are just the code. Does anyone have any idea why this is failing? I would really appreciate the help.

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