# casatwy/HandyAutoLayout

handy categories for generate NSLayoutConstraint programmatically, and layout your Frame easy

Repository: https://github.com/casatwy/HandyAutoLayout
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/handyautolayout
Language: Objective-C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2018-04-28T14:29:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4388, "days_push": 3049, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1257, forks 245 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:09.466715+00:00)

## What it is
HandyAutoLayout is an Objective-C library of UIKit categories that simplifies generating NSLayoutConstraint programmatically and laying out views by frame. It provides concise methods for common Auto Layout constraints and frame positioning on iOS.

## Use cases
- create Auto Layout constraints in code without visual format strings
- center a view in its superview with one line
- set view sizes and edge distances programmatically
- lay out views using frames with handy helper methods
- reduce boilerplate when building iOS layouts in Objective-C

## When to choose
- you maintain an Objective-C iOS codebase using manual constraint code
- you want lightweight categories instead of a full layout DSL
- you mix frame-based and constraint-based layout and want consistent helpers

## When to avoid
- you use Swift and prefer SnapKit or native anchors
- you build layouts primarily in Interface Builder or SwiftUI
- you need a library under active development

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components
- domain: mobile-development, frontend
- platform: -
- tags: objective-c, autolayout, nslayoutconstraint, cocoapods, uikit, frame-layout, ios-categories, ios, mobile

## Member repositories
- casatwy/HandyAutoLayout (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:09.466715+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T05:07:10.877045+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/casatwy/HandyAutoLayout (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:09.466715+00:00, sha 5a8619a9a64e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.