Bring a subview of a UITableViewCell to the very front

Question

I have a UITextField within a container view in my UITableViewCell . I want to bring its container to the very front when the text field is tapped. To clarify: I added a subview to "mask" the background when the text field is tapped, so only the text field is showing. However I am having trouble with some methods i've tried:

1. self.view.bringSubviewToFront(subview1) This does not seem to work even if I have a reference to the view in my UIViewController , I am guessing it is because the view is buried too deep (but i'm not entirely sure)?

2. self.view.insertSubview(subview1, aboveSubview: maskBackgroundView) This does bring the subview to the front, but it screws up the constraints I set on the subview.

Answer 1

You should be using the view.hidden property to control the look, rather than shifting the order. view.hidden = true hides the view, while false displays it.