---
title: referenceView
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/uidynamicanimator/referenceview
---

# referenceView

The view that a dynamic animator was initialized with.

## Declaration

```swift
var referenceView: UIView? { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion This property has a value only for a dynamic animator initialized using the init(referenceView:) method.

## See Also

### Accessing a dynamic animator’s state

- [elapsedTime](uikit/uidynamicanimator/elapsedtime.md)
- [isRunning](uikit/uidynamicanimator/isrunning.md)
- [behaviors](uikit/uidynamicanimator/behaviors.md)
- [updateItem(usingCurrentState:)](uikit/uidynamicanimator/updateitem(usingcurrentstate:).md)