---
title: view
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/uigesturerecognizer/view
---

# view

The view the gesture recognizer is attached to.

## Declaration

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

## Discussion

Discussion You attach (or add) a gesture recognizer to a UIView object using the addGestureRecognizer(_:) method.

## See Also

### Getting the recognizer’s state and view

- [state](uikit/uigesturerecognizer/state-swift.property.md)
- [UIGestureRecognizer.State](uikit/uigesturerecognizer/state-swift.enum.md)
- [isEnabled](uikit/uigesturerecognizer/isenabled.md)
- [buttonMask](uikit/uigesturerecognizer/buttonmask.md)
- [modifierFlags](uikit/uigesturerecognizer/modifierflags.md)