初识Container View Controller

0x00 前言

Container view controller可以将多个ViewController放到一个界面上显示，如UINavigationController、UITabBarController、UISplitViewController等系统控件就是用它实现的。还可以实现一些自定义菜单，如网易新闻新闻分类顶部bar、qq的侧滑效果等。

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0x01 添加Child View Controller

根据苹果官方文档所述，添加步骤如下：

1. Call the addChildViewController: method of your container view controller.This method tells UIKit that your container view controller is now managing the view of the child view controller.
2. Add the child’s root view to your container’s view hierarchy. Always remember to set the size and position of the child’s frame as part of this process.
3. Add any constraints for managing the size and position of the child’s root view.
4. Call the didMoveToParentViewController: method of the child view controller.

1. 调用addChildViewController:告诉UIKit子视图(child view controller)和父容器(container view controller)的关系，建立父子关系；
2. 将子视图的根view添加到父容器view中，并指定子视图的位置和大小；
3. 设置子视图的约束；
4. 调用didMoveToParentViewController:，通知子视图父视图发生改变。

addChildView三步曲