---
title: setNeedsUpdateOfHomeIndicatorAutoHidden()
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: uikit/uiviewcontroller/setneedsupdateofhomeindicatorautohidden()
---

# setNeedsUpdateOfHomeIndicatorAutoHidden()

Notifies UIKit that your view controller updated its preference regarding the visual indicator for returning to the Home screen.

## Declaration

```swift
func setNeedsUpdateOfHomeIndicatorAutoHidden()
```

## Discussion

Discussion When you change the value returned by your view controller’s prefersHomeIndicatorAutoHidden or childForHomeIndicatorAutoHidden method, call this method to let UIKit know that it should call those methods again.

## See Also

### Coordinating with system gestures

- [preferredScreenEdgesDeferringSystemGestures](uikit/uiviewcontroller/preferredscreenedgesdeferringsystemgestures.md)
- [childForScreenEdgesDeferringSystemGestures](uikit/uiviewcontroller/childforscreenedgesdeferringsystemgestures.md)
- [setNeedsUpdateOfScreenEdgesDeferringSystemGestures()](uikit/uiviewcontroller/setneedsupdateofscreenedgesdeferringsystemgestures().md)
- [prefersHomeIndicatorAutoHidden](uikit/uiviewcontroller/prefershomeindicatorautohidden.md)
- [childForHomeIndicatorAutoHidden](uikit/uiviewcontroller/childforhomeindicatorautohidden.md)