---
title: activityCategory
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: uikit/uiactivity/activitycategory
---

# activityCategory

The category of the activity, which may be used to group activities in the UI.

## Declaration

```swift
class var activityCategory: UIActivity.Category { get }
```

## Return Value

Return Value The assigned category of the activity. The default implementation returns UIActivity.Category.action.

## Discussion

Discussion Override this property to define a different activity category for your custom activity.

## See Also

### Getting the activity information

- [UIActivity.Category](uikit/uiactivity/category.md)
- [activityType](uikit/uiactivity/activitytype-swift.property.md)
- [UIActivity.ActivityType](uikit/uiactivity/activitytype-swift.struct.md)
- [activityTitle](uikit/uiactivity/activitytitle.md)
- [activityImage](uikit/uiactivity/activityimage.md)