Automatically adjustable view height based on text height in SwiftUI
Here is a solution based on view preference key. Tested with Xcode 11.4 / iOS 13.4
struct DynamicallyScalingView: View {
@State private var labelHeight = CGFloat.zero // << here !!
var body: some View {
HStack(spacing: 20) {
Image(systemName: "snow")
.font(.system(size: 32))
.padding(20)
.frame(minHeight: labelHeight) // << here !!
.background(Color.red.opacity(0.4))
.cornerRadius(8)
VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 8) {
Text("My Title")
.foregroundColor(.white)
.font(.system(size: 13))
.padding(5)
.background(Color.black)
.cornerRadius(8)
Text("Dynamic text that can be of different leghts. Spanning from one to multiple lines. When it's multiple lines, the background on the left should scale vertically")
.font(.system(size: 13))
}
.background(GeometryReader { // << set right side height
Color.clear.preference(key: ViewHeightKey.self,
value: $0.frame(in: .local).size.height)
})
}
.onPreferenceChange(ViewHeightKey.self) { // << read right side height
self.labelHeight = $0 // << here !!
}
.padding(.horizontal)
}
}
struct ViewHeightKey: PreferenceKey {
static var defaultValue: CGFloat { 0 }
static func reduce(value: inout Value, nextValue: () -> Value) {
value = value + nextValue()
}
}