---
title: messageType
framework: intents
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: intents/inmessage/messagetype
---

# messageType

The type of content the message contains.

## Declaration

```swift
var messageType: INMessageType { get }
```

## See Also

### Getting the Supplementary Attributes

- [dateSent](intents/inmessage/datesent.md)
- [groupName](intents/inmessage/groupname.md)
- [INMessageType](intents/inmessagetype.md)
- [serviceName](intents/inmessage/servicename.md)