---
title: MKScaleView
framework: mapkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Class
path: mapkit/mkscaleview
---

# MKScaleView

A specialized view that displays the scale information for its associated map.

## Declaration

```swift
class MKScaleView
```

## Overview

Overview Use this class when you want to incorporate a standard scale view into your own view hierarchy. A scale view displays a legend with distance information for its associated map view. As the map region changes, the scale view updates automatically to reflect any changes in scale.

## Topics

### Creating a scale view

- [init(mapView:)](mapkit/mkscaleview/init(mapview:).md)

### Getting the scale view attributes

- [mapView](mapkit/mkscaleview/mapview.md)
- [scaleVisibility](mapkit/mkscaleview/scalevisibility.md)
- [legendAlignment](mapkit/mkscaleview/legendalignment.md)
- [MKScaleView.Alignment](mapkit/mkscaleview/alignment.md)

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [UIView](uikit/uiview.md)

### Conforms To

- [CALayerDelegate](quartzcore/calayerdelegate.md)
- [CLBodyIdentifiable](corelocation/clbodyidentifiable.md)
- [CMBodyIdentifiable](coremotion/cmbodyidentifiable.md)
- [CVarArg](swift/cvararg.md)
- [CustomDebugStringConvertible](swift/customdebugstringconvertible.md)
- [CustomStringConvertible](swift/customstringconvertible.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [NSCoding](foundation/nscoding.md)
- [NSObjectProtocol](objectivec/nsobjectprotocol.md)
- [NSTouchBarProvider](appkit/nstouchbarprovider.md)
- [Sendable](swift/sendable.md)
- [SendableMetatype](swift/sendablemetatype.md)
- [UIAccessibilityIdentification](uikit/uiaccessibilityidentification.md)
- [UIActivityItemsConfigurationProviding](uikit/uiactivityitemsconfigurationproviding.md)
- [UIAppearance](uikit/uiappearance.md)
- [UIAppearanceContainer](uikit/uiappearancecontainer.md)
- [UICoordinateSpace](uikit/uicoordinatespace.md)
- [UIDynamicItem](uikit/uidynamicitem.md)
- [UIFocusEnvironment](uikit/uifocusenvironment.md)
- [UIFocusItem](uikit/uifocusitem.md)
- [UIFocusItemContainer](uikit/uifocusitemcontainer.md)
- [UILargeContentViewerItem](uikit/uilargecontentvieweritem.md)
- [UIPasteConfigurationSupporting](uikit/uipasteconfigurationsupporting.md)
- [UIPopoverPresentationControllerSourceItem](uikit/uipopoverpresentationcontrollersourceitem.md)
- [UIResponderStandardEditActions](uikit/uiresponderstandardeditactions.md)
- [UITraitChangeObservable](uikit/uitraitchangeobservable-67e94.md)
- [UITraitEnvironment](uikit/uitraitenvironment.md)
- [UIUserActivityRestoring](uikit/uiuseractivityrestoring.md)

## See Also

### Map customization

- [MKMapCamera](mapkit/mkmapcamera.md)
- [MKCompassButton](mapkit/mkcompassbutton.md)
- [MKZoomControl](mapkit/mkzoomcontrol.md)
- [MKPitchControl](mapkit/mkpitchcontrol.md)
- [MKUserTrackingButton](mapkit/mkusertrackingbutton.md)
- [MKUserTrackingBarButtonItem](mapkit/mkusertrackingbarbuttonitem.md)