---
title: textureDataType
framework: metal
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: metal/mtltexturereferencetype/texturedatatype
---

# textureDataType

The data type of the texture.

## Declaration

```swift
var textureDataType: MTLDataType { get }
```

## See Also

### Describing the texture

- [textureType](metal/mtltexturereferencetype/texturetype.md)
- [access](metal/mtltexturereferencetype/access.md)
- [isDepthTexture](metal/mtltexturereferencetype/isdepthtexture.md)