---
title: RCSMessage.FileTransfer
framework: TelephonyMessagingKit
role: symbol
role_heading: Structure
platforms: [iOS 26.0+]
path: telephonymessagingkit/rcsmessage/filetransfer
---

# RCSMessage.FileTransfer

A structure that represents file transfer content in an RCS message.

## Declaration

```swift
struct FileTransfer
```

## Overview

Overview When sending a file to a recipient, you use the RCSService to call upload(_:) and use the metadata returned by that method to create a message of this type. When receiving a file, you handle messages of this type in the incomingMessageNotifications asynchronous sequence, and use the received message to create a RCSService.FileDownloadRequest for use with download(_:).

## Topics

### Creating a file transfer instance

- [init(fileMetadata:thumbnailMetadata:)](telephonymessagingkit/rcsmessage/filetransfer/init(filemetadata:thumbnailmetadata:).md)
- [RCSFileTransferMetadata](telephonymessagingkit/rcsfiletransfermetadata.md)

### Accessing file transfer properties

- [fileMetadata](telephonymessagingkit/rcsmessage/filetransfer/filemetadata.md)
- [thumbnailMetadata](telephonymessagingkit/rcsmessage/filetransfer/thumbnailmetadata.md)

### Supporting RCS encryption

- [isEndToEndEncrypted](telephonymessagingkit/rcsmessage/filetransfer/isendtoendencrypted.md)

## Relationships

### Conforms To

- [Decodable](swift/decodable.md)
- [Encodable](swift/encodable.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Sendable](swift/sendable.md)
- [SendableMetatype](swift/sendablemetatype.md)

## See Also

### Sending messages

- [sendMessage(_:to:using:messageID:)](telephonymessagingkit/rcsservice/sendmessage(_:to:using:messageid:)-70q7h.md)
- [RCSMessage.Text](telephonymessagingkit/rcsmessage/text.md)
- [sendMessage(_:to:using:messageID:)](telephonymessagingkit/rcsservice/sendmessage(_:to:using:messageid:)-63zct.md)
- [sendMessage(_:to:using:messageID:)](telephonymessagingkit/rcsservice/sendmessage(_:to:using:messageid:)-9i178.md)
- [RCSMessage.ComposingIndicator](telephonymessagingkit/rcsmessage/composingindicator.md)
- [sendMessage(_:to:using:messageID:)](telephonymessagingkit/rcsservice/sendmessage(_:to:using:messageid:)-y1z.md)
- [RCSMessage.GeolocationPush](telephonymessagingkit/rcsmessage/geolocationpush.md)
- [sendMessage(_:to:using:messageID:group:)](telephonymessagingkit/rcsservice/sendmessage(_:to:using:messageid:group:).md)
- [RCSMessage.DispositionNotification](telephonymessagingkit/rcsmessage/dispositionnotification.md)
- [RCSHandle](telephonymessagingkit/rcshandle.md)
- [CellularServiceID](telephonymessagingkit/cellularserviceid.md)
- [RCSMessageID](telephonymessagingkit/rcsmessageid.md)