---
title: preferredUserInterfaceStyle
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/uiviewcontroller/preferreduserinterfacestyle
---

# preferredUserInterfaceStyle

The preferred interface style for this view controller.

## Declaration

```swift
var preferredUserInterfaceStyle: UIUserInterfaceStyle { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion Use this property to apply a specific appearance in your tvOS app. The default value of this property is UIUserInterfaceStyle.unspecified, which causes your view controller to follow the system’s current style. You can override this property to force the view controller to adopt a specific style.

## See Also

### Adjusting the interface style

- [overrideUserInterfaceStyle](uikit/uiviewcontroller/overrideuserinterfacestyle.md)
- [childViewControllerForUserInterfaceStyle](uikit/uiviewcontroller/childviewcontrollerforuserinterfacestyle.md)
- [setNeedsUserInterfaceAppearanceUpdate()](uikit/uiviewcontroller/setneedsuserinterfaceappearanceupdate().md)
- [UIUserInterfaceStyle](uikit/uiuserinterfacestyle.md)