Overheard a dev say "just use auto-layout for everything" and it set off alarms

I was grabbing coffee near the design wing last Thursday and caught two junior devs talking. One was bragging about how they never touch constraints or anchors anymore, just auto-layout on every single element. I wanted to jump in and say that's a disaster waiting to happen on complex forms or data-heavy screens. Has anyone else seen a project get bloated because people lean too hard on auto-layout instead of learning the basics?

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sam_harris684d ago

Auto layout is like those meal kit delivery services, convenient for basic stuff but you wouldn't use it to cook a Thanksgiving dinner for twenty people. Saw a finance app once where the devs auto-layout'd a tax form, and it turned into a scrolling nightmare that lagged on older phones. Sometimes you gotta get your hands dirty with the fundamentals, even if it takes a little longer upfront.

uma8964d ago

Ha, @sam_harris68, you just described my last attempt at baking cookies from scratch!