Adding UIStackView as a empty container in Storyboard

Question

My wish is to have a UIStackView added in the Storyboard with 0 height that I reference in the code to add subviews to programatically. However, Storyboard is complaining about that it doesn't have a height (I haven't set it, so it is correct that it warns me). I only want it to act as a dynamic container for other views. The UIStackView I am talking about is added as a subview inside another UIStackView.

It is the stackview below "Name Label" it is all about.

Answer 1

1. Select your StackView which you want to set height 0
2. Select Size inspector
3. Select Intrinsic Size property of StackView
4. Change it to Placeholder from Default
5. Now change StackView Height as you wish!! even 0.

Answer 2

You can hide you inner stack view using the boolean .hidden property. Create an outlet to the inner stack view, say innerStackView , and hide it at initialization using innerStackView.hidden = true , eg:

@IBOutlet weak var innerStackView: UIStackView!

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    // ...

    innerStackView.hidden = true
}

This will hide the stack view even if it contains several other views; hence, it can act as your hidden dynamic container, and you needn't fiddle around with height properties. If you want to show the view again, simply bitswap the .hidden property to innerStackView.hidden = false .