swiftuitableviewuiactivityindicatorview

How do I center a UIActivityIndicatorView programmatically in Swift?


I want to place my activity indicator in the centre of my table view controller programmatically but when I run my code it always appears in the top left hand corner.

Here is my swift code;

let activityIndicator: UIActivityIndicatorView = {
    let activityIndicator = UIActivityIndicatorView()
    activityIndicator.style = .large
    activityIndicator.hidesWhenStopped = true
    activityIndicator.color = .white
    activityIndicator.startAnimating()
    return activityIndicator
}()

tableView.addSubview(activityIndicator)
    
NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
    activityIndicator.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: tableView.centerXAnchor),
    activityIndicator.centerYAnchor.constraint(equalTo: tableView.centerYAnchor)
])
    
tableView.layoutSubviews()

activity indicator


Solution

  • You need to set activityIndicator.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false

      lazy var activityIndicator: UIActivityIndicatorView = {
        let activityIndicator = UIActivityIndicatorView()
        activityIndicator.style = .large
        activityIndicator.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        activityIndicator.hidesWhenStopped = true
        activityIndicator.color = .white
        activityIndicator.startAnimating()
        return activityIndicator
    }()