---
title: contentView
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/uivisualeffectview/contentview
---

# contentView

A view object that can have a visual effect view added to it.

## Declaration

```swift
var contentView: UIView { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion Add subviews to the contentView and not to UIVisualEffectView directly.

## See Also

### Retrieving view information

- [effect](uikit/uivisualeffectview/effect.md)