How to add multiple subviews in xcode in a viewcontroller

Question

I have a view controller when practicing making a newsfeed following a youtube tutorial but in order to do so I had to include a sub view:

        view.addSubview(tableView)

It is intended to act like a table view where I can scroll through posts. However, I want to add an "add posts" button but only problem is that it does not show up on the simulator because as you can see I needed to put a subview in so I think the button is behind tableView. Is there a way that I can bring it forward.

I am still learning so please be patient with me :).

self.view.bringSubviewToFront solve your issue ?

Jawad Ali
– Jawad Ali

2020-04-21 15:51:39 +00:00
Commented Apr 21, 2020 at 15:51 — Jawad Ali
– Jawad Ali, Commented Apr 21, 2020 at 15:51

sahib · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-21 15:47:24Z

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if you are sure you that your button is behind your tableView, then you can use this code

self.view.bringSubviewToFront(yourButton)

answered Apr 21, 2020 at 15:47

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ctrl freak Over a year ago

While this may solve his immediate problem, this is most certainly not the way to go.

sahib Over a year ago

this is the answer to his question. I don't know if he just wants anything else

Usmaan Mahmood Over a year ago

Thanks everyone this is all super helpful to my learning of Xcode, quarantine definitely gives me a lot of time to learn. I ended up just doing view.addsubview(mybutton) and it appeared. Sorry if I may have worded the question incorrectly, still learning the terminology.

Rupesh · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-21 16:13:35Z

Even though as sahib mentioned self.view.bringSubviewToFront(yourButton) solves the issue. I assume it won't make a good User Experience.

Instead I suggest you to keep the button as tableHeader or footerView as per your need. Or you can set the button frame to the top of viewController and set the tableview's frame below it as follows:

let viewWidth = self.view.frame.width
let viewHeight = self.view.frame.height
let button = UIButton(frame: CGRect(x: viewWidth - 60,y:20,height:30,width: 40))
self.view.addSubView(button)
let tableView = UITableView(frame: CGRect(x: viewWidth, y: viewHeight-50,height:viewHeight-50,width:viewWidth))
self.view.addSubView(tableView)

You can achieve the same using constraints too.

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