---
title: "printInteractionControllerParentViewController(_:)"
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "uikit/uiprintinteractioncontrollerdelegate/printinteractioncontrollerparentviewcontroller(_:)"
---

# printInteractionControllerParentViewController(_:)

Returns a parent view controller for managing the printing-options view.

## Declaration

```swift
optional func printInteractionControllerParentViewController(_ printInteractionController: UIPrintInteractionController) -> UIViewController?
```

## Parameters

- `printInteractionController`: The shared instance of doc://com.apple.uikit/documentation/UIKit/UIPrintInteractionController that is managing the print job.

## Return Value

Return Value The view controller that is to be the parent of the print-interaction controller managing the printing-options view. Return nil for the standard presentation behavior.

## Discussion

Discussion This method allows an application to present the print-options view from a view controller of their own choosing. The parent view controller returned must be a UIViewController object, such as a UINavigationController object or a generic view controller. A common strategy for embedding is to create a UINavigationController object as the content view controller (contentViewController property) of a UIPopoverController object and return that. UIKit can push the returned view controller onto the stack if its parent is a navigation controller or present it modally if it isn’t. This method is invoked in any of the present... methods of the UIPrintInteractionController class (for example, present(animated:completionHandler:)).