---
title: contentOverlayView
framework: avkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: avkit/avplayerview/contentoverlayview
---

# contentOverlayView

A view that adds additional custom views between the video content and the controls.

## Declaration

```swift
var contentOverlayView: NSView? { get }
```

## See Also

### Customizing the user interface

- [controlsStyle](avkit/avplayerview/controlsstyle.md)
- [AVPlayerViewControlsStyle](avkit/avplayerviewcontrolsstyle.md)
- [showsFrameSteppingButtons](avkit/avplayerview/showsframesteppingbuttons.md)
- [showsSharingServiceButton](avkit/avplayerview/showssharingservicebutton.md)
- [showsFullScreenToggleButton](avkit/avplayerview/showsfullscreentogglebutton.md)
- [showsTimecodes](avkit/avplayerview/showstimecodes.md)
- [actionPopUpButtonMenu](avkit/avplayerview/actionpopupbuttonmenu.md)
- [updatesNowPlayingInfoCenter](avkit/avplayerview/updatesnowplayinginfocenter.md)