---
title: backgroundView
framework: mediaplayer
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: mediaplayer/mpmovieplayercontroller/backgroundview
---

# backgroundView

A customizable view that is displayed behind the movie content.

## Declaration

```swift
var backgroundView: UIView! { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion This view provides the backing content, on top of which the movie content is displayed. You can add subviews to the background view if you want to display custom background content. This view is part of the view hierarchy returned by the view property.

## See Also

### Accessing the view

- [view](mediaplayer/mpmovieplayercontroller/view.md)