---
title: UIUserNotificationActivationMode.background
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Case
path: uikit/uiusernotificationactivationmode/background
---

# UIUserNotificationActivationMode.background

Activate the app and put it in the background. If the app is already in the foreground, it remains in the foreground.

## Declaration

```swift
case background
```

## See Also

### Constants

- [UIUserNotificationActivationMode.foreground](uikit/uiusernotificationactivationmode/foreground.md)