---
title: "assignRole(_:)"
framework: groupactivities
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "groupactivities/systemcoordinator/assignrole(_:)"
---

# assignRole(_:)

Assigns the given spatial template role to the local participant.

## Declaration

```swift
final func assignRole(_ role: some SpatialTemplateRole)
```

## Discussion

Discussion For example, in a table tennis game with two teams you might have the following: switch selectedTeam { case .blue:     systemCoordinator.assignRole(TableTennisTemplate.Role.blueTeam) case .red:     systemCoordinator.assignRole(TableTennisTemplate.Role.redTeam) } Note that assigning a given role does not guarantee that the participant will be placed in a seat with that role. If more participants are assigned a role than there are seats for that role, the participant may be placed in a non-roled seat instead. In most cases, your app should try to avoid allowing for that scenario. warning: You should only assign roles that exist in the current spatial template. This method will emit a runtime warning if the given role is not assigned to a seat in the current spatialTemplatePreference.

## See Also

### Assigning the local participant role

- [resignRole()](groupactivities/systemcoordinator/resignrole().md)