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# init(frame:)

Initializes and returns a newly allocated `NSView` object with a specified frame rectangle.

```
init(frame frameRect: NSRect)
```

## Parameters

`frameRect`

The frame rectangle for the created view object.

## Return Value

An initialized view or `nil` if AppKit couldn’t create the object.

## Discussion

Insert the view into your window’s view hieararchy before you can do anything with it. This method is the designated initializer for the [`NSView`](/documentation/AppKit/NSView) class.

## See Also

[`-  addSubview:positioned:relativeTo:`](/documentation/AppKit/NSView/addSubview(_:positioned:relativeTo:))

Inserts a view among the view’s subviews so it’s displayed immediately above or below another view.

[`frame`](/documentation/AppKit/NSView/frame)

The view’s frame rectangle, which defines its position and size in its superview’s coordinate system.

[`-  addSubview:`](/documentation/AppKit/NSView/addSubview(_:))

Adds a view to the view’s subviews so it’s displayed above its siblings.

  [View Programming Guide](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/CocoaViewsGuide/Introduction/Introduction.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40002978)


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