> 2017-10-27 19:13 GMT+02:00 Stephane Ducasse <[email protected]>: >> >> I was wondering if there is a layout that we can use to propose >> alternate placing layout for widgets in spec? >> >> Like... >> attached to the left 10pixels rubber band box or fixed size box >> 10pixels attached to the right.
> On Oct 27, 2017, at 12:59 PM, Pavel Krivanek <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Maybe we should check cassowary > https://croisant.net/blog/2016-02-24-ui-layout-constraints-part-1/#ui- constraints On Sat, Oct 28, 2017 at 4:48 PM, Stephane Ducasse <[email protected]> wrote: > Pavel I do not think that cassowary is good for us. Do you mean Cassowary in particular, or constraint based UI in general? My naive first impression is, if Cassowary is good enough for Apple... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9846992 https://www.quora.com/Should-I-use-Auto-Layout and Google (search here for "solver")... https://academy.realm.io/posts/cool-constraintlayout-droidcon-boston-2017/ such that "in 2016, both iOS and Android have first-party layout systems based on Cassowary." https://www.bignerdranch.com/blog/constraintlayout-vs-auto-layout-how-do-they-compare/ then it seems worth some analysis, and discussion of better alternatives. Coincidentally, I see a Smalltalk implementation is available... http://www.squeaksource.com/Cassowary.html https://constraints.cs.washington.edu/solvers/cassowary-tochi.pdf For balance, some points against AutoLayout, but some alternatives also seem to use Cassowary solver... https://www.reddit.com/r/iOSProgramming/comments/4t6kd5/why_i_dont_use_autolayout/ https://www.bignerdranch.com/blog/constraintlayout-vs-auto-layout-how-do-they-compare/ https://makeapppie.com/2015/10/28/why-stack-views-are-your-best-friend-if-you-hate-auto-layout/ https://cocoacasts.com/working-with-stack-views/ cheers -ben
