---
title: backgroundConfiguration
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/uitableviewheaderfooterview/backgroundconfiguration-52wng
---

# backgroundConfiguration

The current background configuration of the view.

## Declaration

```swift
@MainActor @preconcurrency var backgroundConfiguration: UIBackgroundConfiguration? { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion Using a background configuration, you can obtain system default background styling for a variety of different view states. Create a background configuration with one of the default system styles, customize the configuration to match your view’s style as necessary, and assign the configuration to this property. var backgroundConfig = UIBackgroundConfiguration.listPlainHeaderFooter() backgroundConfig.backgroundColor = .systemGray header.backgroundConfiguration = backgroundConfig A background configuration is mutually exclusive with background views, so you must use one approach or the other. Setting a non-nil value for this property resets the following APIs to nil: backgroundColor backgroundView

## See Also

### Configuring the background

- [defaultBackgroundConfiguration()](uikit/uitableviewheaderfooterview/defaultbackgroundconfiguration().md)
- [automaticallyUpdatesBackgroundConfiguration](uikit/uitableviewheaderfooterview/automaticallyupdatesbackgroundconfiguration.md)
- [backgroundView](uikit/uitableviewheaderfooterview/backgroundview.md)