mamaral/Neon
Neon
Neon is a Swift programmatic UI layout framework that orchestrates interface elements through a relative positioning engine. It calculates view sizes and positions at runtime to create responsive user interfaces without using constraints, springs, struts, or visual format language.
The system organizes elements into stacks and groups using a coordinate-based orchestrator that resolves alignment rules between sibling and parent components. It utilizes a rule-based coordinate mapping approach to translate high-level alignment descriptors into absolute screen coordinates.
The framework provides capabilities for superview anchoring, container space filling, and dynamic size-to-fit calculations. It further supports relative view alignment and the organization of sibling elements into horizontal or vertical stacks aligned to edges, corners, or centers.
Features
- Relative Layout Rules - Provides a layout engine that resolves a chain of alignment rules between sibling and parent components.
- iOS UI Layout - Provides a layout system specifically for building iOS interfaces using relative positioning rules.
- Constraint-Free Alternatives - Offers a programmatic alternative for managing screen space without using constraints, springs, or struts.
- Coordinate Mapping - Translates high-level alignment descriptors into absolute screen coordinates without using constraints.
- Dynamic Layout Engines - Provides a runtime engine for calculating view sizes and positions to create responsive interfaces.
- Flexible Layout Constraints - Builds flexible interfaces that automatically adjust element positions and sizes based on content.
- Parent-Relative Position Calculation - Calculates view positions by binding edges or centers to the boundaries of the superview.
- Programmatic Element Construction - Provides an API for generating user interfaces programmatically without the use of visual constraints.
- Programmatic UI Frameworks - Enables the construction of complete user interfaces through Swift code instead of visual storyboards.
- Relative Positioning Engines - Defines view locations based on the relationship between siblings and parent containers.
- Dynamic Height Calculation - Automatically determines necessary view dimensions based on intrinsic content during the layout process.
- Coordinate Orchestrators - Orchestrates interface elements into stacks and groups using a coordinate-based system of offsets and anchors.
- Linear Stacks - Provides the ability to organize multiple sibling views into logical horizontal or vertical stacks aligned to edges or centers.
- Swift UI Layout Development - Provides a programmatic approach to handle complex alignments and view grouping specifically for Swift interfaces.
- Automatic Element Alignment - Positions views relative to siblings by applying specific coordinate shifts during the alignment phase.
- Container Space Filling - Allows views to expand and occupy the entire parent container or remaining area between siblings.
- Component Grouping - Organizes multiple views into logical horizontal or vertical stacks that share alignment and spacing logic.
- Layout and Anchoring Systems - Positions views relative to the center, corners, or edges of a parent container.
- Alignment Offsets - Implements a coordinate-shift mechanism to fine-tune the final position of aligned UI elements.
- Layout Frameworks - Programmatic UI layout framework for Swift.
- User Interface Layout - Enables programmatic UI layout with a powerful syntax.
