Scaling current dot of UIPageControl and keeping it centered

Question

I\'ve subclassed UIPageControl in order to have its current dot bigger.

class CustomPageControl: UIPageControl {
    override var currentPage: Int {
        didS         


        

Answer 1

I tried the solution proposed by Cœur in Swift 5 and Xcode 11 and it works fine with a few notes:

• The PageControl element in IB/Storyboard has to be positioned with constraints.
• The dots are slightly off-center but it can be quickly fixed by changing the constant of the last constraint to systemDotDistance * ( CGFloat($0.offset) - (halfCount - 0.5)).
• If the updateConstraints override is never called, you might need to call self.view.setNeedsUpdateConstraints() in the view controller.

Answer 2

I got it finally working by rewriting all the subviews constraints by myself.

// https://stackoverflow.com/a/55063316/1033581
class DefaultPageControl: UIPageControl {

    override var currentPage: Int {
        didSet {
            updateDots()
        }
    }

    override func sendAction(_ action: Selector, to target: Any?, for event: UIEvent?) {
        super.sendAction(action, to: target, for: event)
        updateDots()
    }

    private func updateDots() {
        let currentDot = subviews[currentPage]
        let largeScaling = CGAffineTransform(scaleX: 3.0, y: 3.0)
        let smallScaling = CGAffineTransform(scaleX: 1.0, y: 1.0)

        subviews.forEach {
            // Apply the large scale of newly selected dot.
            // Restore the small scale of previously selected dot.
            $0.transform = $0 == currentDot ? largeScaling : smallScaling
        }
    }

    override func updateConstraints() {
        super.updateConstraints()
        // We rewrite all the constraints
        rewriteConstraints()
    }

    private func rewriteConstraints() {
        let systemDotSize: CGFloat = 7.0
        let systemDotDistance: CGFloat = 16.0

        let halfCount = CGFloat(subviews.count) / 2
        subviews.enumerated().forEach {
            let dot = $0.element
            dot.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
            NSLayoutConstraint.deactivate(dot.constraints)
            NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
                dot.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: systemDotSize),
                dot.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: systemDotSize),
                dot.centerYAnchor.constraint(equalTo: centerYAnchor, constant: 0),
                dot.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: centerXAnchor, constant: systemDotDistance * (CGFloat($0.offset) - halfCount))
            ])
        }
    }
}

System constants in the code (7.0 and 16.0) are respectively the size and the distance found for a default UIPageControl dot on iOS 12.