BJDraggable

A simple protocol (No need to subclass, no need to implement methods and properties yourself. Just drop the BJDraggable file into your project) utilizing the powerful UIKitDynamics API, which makes ANY UIView draggable within a boundary view that acts as collision body, with a single method call.

Installation

Use pod 'BJDraggable'

OR

Drag and Drop the BJDraggable.swift file (Located inside the Source folder in repo.) into your Xcode project.

Usage

• Just call the addDraggability method on your view and pass in a boundary view and that's it:

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    self.loginView.addDraggability(withinView: self.view)
    self.omegaView.addDraggability(withinView: self.omegaContainerView)
    self.omegaContainerView.addDraggability(withinView: self.view)
    self.signupButton.addDraggability(withinView: self.view)
}

• You can also add margin to your boundary view by passing in a UIEdgeInsets parameter:

self.loginView.addDraggability(withinView: self.view, withMargin: UIEdgeInsets(top: 10, left: 10, bottom: 10, right: 10))

• To stop the dragging ability, simply call removeDraggability method:

@IBAction func removeDraggabilityButtonTouched(_ sender: UIButton) {
    self.loginView.removeDraggability()
    self.omegaView.removeDraggability()
    self.omegaContainerView.removeDraggability()
    self.signupButton.removeDraggability()
}

Note: Call removeDraggability() in the deinit of your UIViewController or UIView if your think you're done with it. This does the cleanup of memory and other variables used.

Optional Usage

• If you want the view to move to its original position (respecting its autolayout constraints) after removing draggability like in the example GIF above, set the shouldResetViewPositionAfterRemovingDraggability property to true. Default value is false.

• To visually highlight the boundary lines within which the drag will happen, you can make isDraggableDebugModeEnabled property to true. The effective boundary (with margins applied) will be highlighted in red color. Specifying your own color will be added in the next or subsequent commits.

Limitations

• Currently, due to the nature of the implementation, the draggability will not work well with rounded-corner views, since invisible walls are drawn around the superview separately in the manner like left, right, top, bottom to simulate boundary.
• This could be overcome by eliminating the use of imaginary special views and instead, using real boundaries with paths. BUT this method comes with one little caveat that, the view that you're dragging will not slide against the walls, they just stick to it.

License

This code is distributed under the terms and conditions of the MIT license.