UIScrollView not scrolling

Question

I have a UIScrollView which contains many UIImageViews, UILabels, etc... the labels are much longer that the UIScrollView, but when I run the app, I cannot click and scroll down...

Why might this be?

Thanks

Answer 1

It's always good to show a complete working code snippet:

// in viewDidLoad (if using Autolayout check note below):  UIScrollView *myScrollView; UIView *contentView; // scrollview won't scroll unless content size explicitly set  [myScrollView addSubview:contentView];//if the contentView is not already inside your scrollview in your xib/StoryBoard doc  myScrollView.contentSize = contentView.frame.size; //sets ScrollView content size 

Swift 4.0

let myScrollView let contentView  // scrollview won't scroll unless content size explicitly set  myScrollView.addSubview(contentView)//if the contentView is not already inside your scrollview in your xib/StoryBoard doc  myScrollView.contentSize = contentView.frame.size //sets ScrollView content size 

I have not found a way to set contentSize in IB (as of Xcode 5.0).

Note: If you are using Autolayout the best place to put this code is inside the -(void)viewDidLayoutSubviews method .

Answer 2

If you cannot scroll the view even after you set contentSize correctly, make sure you uncheck "Use AutoLayout" in Interface Builder -> File Inspector.