Problem with spacing when embedded in UIStackView

[avf]

There seems to be a problem with setting the spacing to a value below 5 when the control is embedded in a UIStackView.

To reproduce this:

• Open the demo and delete all the constraints in the main storyboard.
• Select all the views and embed them in a stackview.
• Constrain the stackview to the edges
• Let IB auto-fix the hugging priorities
• Select the topmost HCSStarRatingView and set the spacing to something below 5
• You will see that the rendering is screwed up in interface builder

Now, when you build and run, it will actually draw correctly in the demo project, but in my own project, it won't, the spacings will be incorrect. I'm not entirely sure if this is really a problem on my side, but I think it's got something to do with the way intrinsicContentSize is calculated. Since you're pinning the height to 44, the spacing will always be incorrect when you constrain the view to a different height.

[hsousa]

Hi @avf! Did you find a solution to this?

From my experience, UIStackView should be doing the right thing (which is why it works in the demo project 😆).

Have you checked your constraints and content compression resistance priority? If something else inside the stack view has a higher CCRP than the rating view bad stuff might happen 😜

[menaweb]

Hi @avf, I have the same problem when embedded in UIStackView. My solution was add an aspect ratio constraint to the view and the spacing problem was fixed.

[hsousa]

Thanks @menaweb and @avf. I'll take a look as soon as I have some time to see what might be going on. 🤔