---
title: isApplicationAuthorizedForPlayback
framework: avfoundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: avfoundation/avplayeritem/isapplicationauthorizedforplayback
---

# isApplicationAuthorizedForPlayback

A Boolean value that indicates whether the application can be used to play the content.

## Declaration

```swift
var isApplicationAuthorizedForPlayback: Bool { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion This property reports whether or not the calling application is authorized to play the content associated with the item. Application authorization is independent of content authorization (see isContentAuthorizedForPlayback) and that both must be granted in order for an application to be allowed to play protected content. Also, unlike content authorization, application authorization is not dependent on user credentials (that is, if applicationAuthorizedForPlayback is false, there are no means to obtain authorization). This property is not key-value observable.

## See Also

### Managing playback authorization in macOS

- [isContentAuthorizedForPlayback](avfoundation/avplayeritem/iscontentauthorizedforplayback.md)
- [isAuthorizationRequiredForPlayback](avfoundation/avplayeritem/isauthorizationrequiredforplayback.md)
- [requestContentAuthorizationAsynchronously(withTimeoutInterval:completionHandler:)](avfoundation/avplayeritem/requestcontentauthorizationasynchronously(withtimeoutinterval:completionhandler:).md)
- [contentAuthorizationRequestStatus](avfoundation/avplayeritem/contentauthorizationrequeststatus.md)
- [AVContentAuthorizationStatus](avfoundation/avcontentauthorizationstatus.md)
- [cancelContentAuthorizationRequest()](avfoundation/avplayeritem/cancelcontentauthorizationrequest().md)