Question

I was in an (probably false) assumption that enabling the right margin indicator in xib is equivalent to using UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleLeftMargin inside code and so on.

So, I used to think according to this snapshot:

Later today I had to cross check, and stumbled upon this thread.

And also the apple documentation, entitled with the section with title – “Handling Layout Changes Automatically Using Autoresizing Rules” in this link: https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/WindowsViews/Conceptual/ViewPG_iPhoneOS/CreatingViews/CreatingViews.html

So I now have a renewed concept in my mind as to how setting autoresizing masks programmatically would be equivalent to xib settings:

Scenario 1:
Setting only (UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight) is equivalent to:

In XIB?

Scenario 2:
Setting (UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleLeftMargin | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleRightMargin | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleTopMargin | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleBottomMargin) in code is equivalent to:

In XIB?

Are my 2 renewed scenarios correct? Am I right now in my understanding?

Answer 1

Yes, Interface Builder has it “reversed” in a sense (or UIView, depending on how you look at it). Your cited “scenarios” are correct.