---
title: isSymbolImage
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/uiimage/issymbolimage
---

# isSymbolImage

A Boolean value that indicates whether the image is a symbol.

## Declaration

```swift
var isSymbolImage: Bool { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion Symbol images are vector-based images that you use for your app’s iconography. The value of this property is true if the image is either a system-provided symbol image or a custom symbol image that you supplied in your asset catalog. The value is false for all other image types.

## See Also

### Accessing image attributes

- [imageOrientation](uikit/uiimage/imageorientation.md)
- [UIImage.Orientation](uikit/uiimage/orientation.md)
- [flipsForRightToLeftLayoutDirection](uikit/uiimage/flipsforrighttoleftlayoutdirection.md)
- [resizingMode](uikit/uiimage/resizingmode-swift.property.md)
- [UIImage.ResizingMode](uikit/uiimage/resizingmode-swift.enum.md)
- [duration](uikit/uiimage/duration.md)
- [capInsets](uikit/uiimage/capinsets.md)
- [alignmentRectInsets](uikit/uiimage/alignmentrectinsets.md)