---
title: preferredFrameRate
framework: spritekit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: spritekit/skview/preferredframerate
---

# preferredFrameRate

## Declaration

```swift
var preferredFrameRate: Float { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion This function is deprecated. Use preferredFramesPerSecond instead.

## See Also

### Controlling the Timing of a Scene’s Rendering

- [isPaused](spritekit/skview/ispaused.md)
- [preferredFramesPerSecond](spritekit/skview/preferredframespersecond.md)
- [delegate](spritekit/skview/delegate.md)
- [SKViewDelegate](spritekit/skviewdelegate.md)
- [frameInterval](spritekit/skview/frameinterval.md)