---
title: activationState
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/uiscene/activationstate-swift.property
---

# activationState

The current execution state of the scene.

## Declaration

```swift
var activationState: UIScene.ActivationState { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion When it is running, a scene is usually in the UIScene.ActivationState.foregroundActive or UIScene.ActivationState.background state. A state may also enter other states for a short time as part of a transition.

## See Also

### Getting the scene attributes

- [UIScene.ActivationState](uikit/uiscene/activationstate-swift.enum.md)
- [title](uikit/uiscene/title.md)
- [subtitle](uikit/uiscene/subtitle.md)