---
title: manufacturer
framework: avfoundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: avfoundation/avcapturedevice/manufacturer
---

# manufacturer

A human-readable string for the manufacturer of the device.

## Declaration

```swift
var manufacturer: String { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion You can use this property to identify capture devices by manufacturer. For all Apple devices, the value of this property is Apple Inc. tip: Devices from third-party manufacturers may not provide identifying text, in which case the value of this property is an empty string.

## See Also

### Identifying a device

- [uniqueID](avfoundation/avcapturedevice/uniqueid.md)
- [modelID](avfoundation/avcapturedevice/modelid.md)
- [localizedName](avfoundation/avcapturedevice/localizedname.md)
- [deviceType](avfoundation/avcapturedevice/devicetype-swift.property.md)
- [AVCaptureDevice.DeviceType](avfoundation/avcapturedevice/devicetype-swift.struct.md)
- [position](avfoundation/avcapturedevice/position-swift.property.md)
- [AVCaptureDevice.Position](avfoundation/avcapturedevice/position-swift.enum.md)