Autolayout constraints warning "Will attempt to recover by breaking constraint"

Question

I am setting some specifics constraints for iPhone 4 when the app is ran on this device. Everything look great in terms of alignment and everything.

But, I am getting an error for all my constraints that is trying to recover them by breaking the constraints.

This method gets call in my viewDidLoad when it detects if its an iPhone 4

- (void) addConstraints {

    // removing automatic system constraints
    [self.view removeConstraints:self.view.constraints];
    [self.view setTranslatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints:NO];


    NSDictionary *views = NSDictionaryOfVariableBindings(appBackground, myCustomer, myItemDetails, myItemQuantity, myItemPrice, myNext, myBtn); // UIImageView, UITextField, UIButton

    for (UIView *view in [views allValues]) {
        view.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = NO;
    }

    NSDictionary *metrics = @{@"width": @210.0, @"height": @42.0, @"verticalSpacing": @34};

    NSArray *constraints = [NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"V:|[appBackground]|"
                                                                   options:0
                                                                   metrics:nil
                                                                     views:views];

    constraints = [constraints arrayByAddingObjectsFromArray:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"H:|[appBackground]|"
                                                                   options:0
                                                                   metrics:nil
                                                                     views:views]];

    constraints = [constraints arrayByAddingObjectsFromArray:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"V:|-(85)-[myCustomer(==height)]-(verticalSpacing)-[myItemDetails(==height)]-(verticalSpacing)-[myItemQuantity(==height)]-(verticalSpacing)-[myItemPrice(==height)]-(18)-[myNext(==35)]-(71.5)-[myBtn(==50)]-(7.5)-|"
                                                                    options:0
                                                                    metrics:metrics
                                                                      views:views]];

    constraints = [constraints arrayByAddingObjectsFromArray:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"H:|-50-[myCustomer(==width)]-|"
                                                                                                     options:0
                                                                                                     metrics:metrics
                                                                                                       views:views]];

    constraints = [constraints arrayByAddingObjectsFromArray:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"H:|-50-[myItemDetails(==width)]-|"
                                                                                                     options:0
                                                                                                     metrics:metrics
                                                                                                       views:views]];

    constraints = [constraints arrayByAddingObjectsFromArray:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"H:|-50-[myItemQuantity(==width)]-|"
                                                                                                     options:0
                                                                                                     metrics:metrics
                                                                                                       views:views]];

    constraints = [constraints arrayByAddingObjectsFromArray:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"H:|-50-[myItemPrice(==width)]-|"
                                                                                                     options:0
                                                                                                     metrics:metrics
                                                                                                       views:views]];

    constraints = [constraints arrayByAddingObjectsFromArray:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"H:|-78-[myNext(==173)]-|"
                                                                                                     options:0
                                                                                                     metrics:metrics
                                                                                                       views:views]];

    constraints = [constraints arrayByAddingObjectsFromArray:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"H:|-11.5-[myBtn(==54)]-|"
                                                                                                     options:0
                                                                                                     metrics:metrics
                                                                                                       views:views]];

    [self.view addConstraints:constraints];

}

Error!

Unable to simultaneously satisfy constraints.
    Probably at least one of the constraints in the following list is one you don't want. Try this: (1) look at each constraint and try to figure out which you don't expect; (2) find the code that added the unwanted constraint or constraints and fix it. (Note: If you're seeing NSAutoresizingMaskLayoutConstraints that you don't understand, refer to the documentation for the UIView property translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints) 
(
    "<NSLayoutConstraint:0xb8282f0 H:|-(50)-[UITextField:0xb823fc0]   (Names: '|':UIView:0xb82f360 )>",
    "<NSLayoutConstraint:0xb828320 H:[UITextField:0xb823fc0(210)]>",
    "<NSLayoutConstraint:0xb82be10 H:[UITextField:0xb823fc0]-(NSSpace(20))-|   (Names: '|':UIView:0xb82f360 )>",
    "<NSLayoutConstraint:0xb82d3d0 H:|-(78)-[UIButton:0xb82ad50]   (Names: '|':UIView:0xb82f360 )>",
    "<NSLayoutConstraint:0xb82d420 H:[UIButton:0xb82ad50(173)]>",
    "<NSLayoutConstraint:0xb82d450 H:[UIButton:0xb82ad50]-(NSSpace(20))-|   (Names: '|':UIView:0xb82f360 )>"
)

Will attempt to recover by breaking constraint 
<NSLayoutConstraint:0xb82d450 H:[UIButton:0xb82ad50]-(NSSpace(20))-|   (Names: '|':UIView:0xb82f360 )>

Break on objc_exception_throw to catch this in the debugger.
The methods in the UIConstraintBasedLayoutDebugging category on UIView listed in <UIKit/UIView.h> may also be helpful.
2014-08-03 14:03:29.239 iReceipt[2886:607] Unable to simultaneously satisfy constraints.
    Probably at least one of the constraints in the following list is one you don't want. Try this: (1) look at each constraint and try to figure out which you don't expect; (2) find the code that added the unwanted constraint or constraints and fix it. (Note: If you're seeing NSAutoresizingMaskLayoutConstraints that you don't understand, refer to the documentation for the UIView property translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints) 
(
    "<NSLayoutConstraint:0xb8282f0 H:|-(50)-[UITextField:0xb823fc0]   (Names: '|':UIView:0xb82f360 )>",
    "<NSLayoutConstraint:0xb828320 H:[UITextField:0xb823fc0(210)]>",
    "<NSLayoutConstraint:0xb82be10 H:[UITextField:0xb823fc0]-(NSSpace(20))-|   (Names: '|':UIView:0xb82f360 )>",
    "<NSLayoutConstraint:0xb82d480 H:|-(11.5)-[UIButton:0xb820120]   (Names: '|':UIView:0xb82f360 )>",
    "<NSLayoutConstraint:0xb82e390 H:[UIButton:0xb820120(54)]>",
    "<NSLayoutConstraint:0xb82e3c0 H:[UIButton:0xb820120]-(NSSpace(20))-|   (Names: '|':UIView:0xb82f360 )>"
)

Will attempt to recover by breaking constraint 
<NSLayoutConstraint:0xb82e3c0 H:[UIButton:0xb820120]-(NSSpace(20))-|   (Names: '|':UIView:0xb82f360 )>

Please let me know if you guys need more information..

Answer 1

These three constraints:

"<NSLayoutConstraint:0xb8282f0 H:|-(50)-[UITextField:0xb823fc0]   (Names: '|':UIView:0xb82f360 )>",
"<NSLayoutConstraint:0xb828320 H:[UITextField:0xb823fc0(210)]>",
"<NSLayoutConstraint:0xb82be10 H:[UITextField:0xb823fc0]-(NSSpace(20))-|   (Names: '|':UIView:0xb82f360 )>",

dictate that the superview be 50 + 210 + 20 == 280 points wide.

These three constraints:

"<NSLayoutConstraint:0xb82d3d0 H:|-(78)-[UIButton:0xb82ad50]   (Names: '|':UIView:0xb82f360 )>",
"<NSLayoutConstraint:0xb82d420 H:[UIButton:0xb82ad50(173)]>",
"<NSLayoutConstraint:0xb82d450 H:[UIButton:0xb82ad50]-(NSSpace(20))-|   (Names: '|':UIView:0xb82f360 )>"

dictate that the same superview be 78 + 173 + 20 == 271 points wide.

Obviously, those can't both be true at the same time. You need to decide what you really want to happen here. We can't read your mind and neither can UIKit.

Usually, you don't set a width constraint on a button; you let it use its intrinsic size with appropriate priorities for content hugging and compression resistance. Also, you may not wish to set hard spacing on either side of the button. Either let that spacing vary without constraint so the button can be its intrinsic size, lower the priority of that constraint so it's optional, or make an inequality so you have a minimum spacing but not an exact spacing.