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# main

The app’s main storyboard.

```
class var main: NSStoryboard? { get }
```

## Discussion

The name of the main storyboard is stored in the <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/BundleResources/Information-Property-List/NSMainStoryboardFile> key of the app’s `Info.plist` file.

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