[dimillian]

This is exactly why I don't use it. I do iOS development since the first SDK public release, I have a love/hate relationship with Interface Builder. I used to use it a lot, but now I use it only in small projects. Storyboard is awesome for small apps.

But for my big projects I do 100% of the UI in the code, if the UI use a lot of custom control, it just not worth it to use IB, the end result is that what you see is not at all what you get. BUT it improved a lot with Xcode 6, because now it can render custom views live in Interface Builder.

Auto layout on the other side.... it's just broken.... Every time I try to use it I got what you mentioned in your first paragraph. And I do a lot of animations in my apps, and playing with 10 constrains instead of a simple frame is just .... too much of a burden.

Again, for big custom apps I don't use it, but I love those functionalities for small & simple apps.