The view hierarchy is not prepared for the constraint?

Question

I am receiving the following error, even though I have set the table view footer before adding the button and applying the constraints. I have tried calling the below method after setting and footer view in -viewDidLoad and also in -viewDidAppear. I cannot seem to isolate the problem.

The view hierarchy is not prepared for the constraint: When added to a view, the constraint's items must be descendants of that view (or the view itself). This will crash if the constraint needs to be resolved before the view hierarchy is assembled. Break on -[UIView _viewHierarchyUnpreparedForConstraint:] to debug.

2015-08-12 15:43:05.086 myApp[2293:299005] View hierarchy unprepared for constraint. Constraint: Container hierarchy: > | > View not found in container hierarchy: > That view's superview: ; layer = ; contentOffset: {0, 0}; contentSize: {800, 75}>

Here is the code that I am using to add the button and apply the constraints:

- (void)addButtonContraints{
//Create button
    _nextQuestionButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeSystem];
    [_nextQuestionButton addTarget:self action:@selector(nextQuestion) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
    //_nextQuestionButton.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 200,40);
    [_nextQuestionButton setTitle:@"Next Question" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    [_nextQuestionButton setTitleColor:[UIColor blackColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    _nextQuestionButton.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
    _nextQuestionButton.titleLabel.attributedText = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"Next Question"
                                                                                    attributes:@{NSForegroundColorAttributeName:[UIColor blackColor], NSFontAttributeName:[UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaNeue-Bold" size:18.0f]}];

    //Add shadow to button
    UIBezierPath *shadowPath = [UIBezierPath bezierPathWithRect:_nextQuestionButton.bounds];
    _nextQuestionButton.layer.masksToBounds = NO;
    _nextQuestionButton.layer.shadowColor = [UIColor blackColor].CGColor;
    _nextQuestionButton.layer.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(0.0f, 5.0f);
    _nextQuestionButton.layer.shadowOpacity = 0.25f;
    _nextQuestionButton.layer.shadowPath = shadowPath.CGPath;

    [_nextQuestionButton setTranslatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints:NO];


    [self.quizTableView.tableFooterView addSubview:_nextQuestionButton];



    //Add contraints to button

    NSDictionary *dict = NSDictionaryOfVariableBindings(_nextQuestionButton);

    //width
    [_nextQuestionButton addConstraints:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"H:[_nextQuestionButton(200)]"
                                                                                options:0x00
                                                                                metrics:nil
                                                                                  views:dict]];
    //height
    [_nextQuestionButton addConstraints:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"V:[_nextQuestionButton(40)]"
                                                                                options:0x00
                                                                                metrics:nil
                                                                                  views:dict]];
    //right
    [_nextQuestionButton addConstraints:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"[_nextQuestionButton]-40-|"
                                                                                options:0x00
                                                                                metrics:nil
                                                                                  views:dict]];
    //top
    [_nextQuestionButton addConstraints:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"V:|-20-[_nextQuestionButton]"
                                                                                options:0x00
                                                                                metrics:nil
                                                                                  views:dict]];
    _nextQuestionButton.hidden = YES;


}

almas almas · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-12T20:15:44

You should add the last two constraints to your self.quizTableView.tableFooterView, and not to _nextQuestionButton.

The view hierarchy is not prepared for the constraint?

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