---
title: presentationContext
framework: messages
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: messages/msmessagesappviewcontroller/presentationcontext
---

# presentationContext

The context describing where your iMessage app is presented.

## Declaration

```swift
var presentationContext: MSMessagesAppPresentationContext { get }
```

## Mentioned in

Adding Sticker packs and iMessage apps to the system Stickers app, Messages camera, and FaceTime

## Discussion

Discussion By default, the system only displays iMessage apps in the MSMessagesAppPresentationContext.messages context (the iMessage app only appears inside the Messages app). iMessage apps in the media context have additional limitations and design considerations. You can control the supported contexts by adding the MSSupportedPresentationContexts key to the iMessage app extension’s Info.plist file. For example, presentationContext enables the iMessage app in effects in Messages and FaceTime. <key>MSSupportedPresentationContexts</key> <array>   <string>MSMessagesAppPresentationContextMessages</string>   <string>MSMessagesAppPresentationContextMedia</string> </array>

## See Also

### Working with Presentation Styles and Contexts

- [presentationStyle](messages/msmessagesappviewcontroller/presentationstyle.md)
- [requestPresentationStyle(_:)](messages/msmessagesappviewcontroller/requestpresentationstyle(_:).md)
- [willTransition(to:)](messages/msmessagesappviewcontroller/willtransition(to:).md)
- [didTransition(to:)](messages/msmessagesappviewcontroller/didtransition(to:).md)
- [MSMessagesAppPresentationStyle](messages/msmessagesapppresentationstyle.md)
- [MSMessagesAppPresentationContext](messages/msmessagesapppresentationcontext.md)