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# layoutIfNeeded()

Recalculate the receiver’s layout, if required.

```
func layoutIfNeeded()
```

## Discussion

When this message is received, the layer’s super layers are traversed until a ancestor layer is found that does not require layout. Then layout is performed on the entire layer-tree beneath that ancestor.

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