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# ImageTrackingProvider

A source of live data about a 2D image’s position in a person’s surroundings.

```
final class ImageTrackingProvider
```

## Topics

### Creating an image-tracking provider

[`init(referenceImages:)`](/documentation/ARKit/ImageTrackingProvider/init(referenceImages:))

Creates an image-tracking provider that tracks the reference images you supply.

[`isSupported`](/documentation/ARKit/ImageTrackingProvider/isSupported)

A Boolean value that indicates whether the current runtime environment supports image-tracking providers.

[`requiredAuthorizations`](/documentation/ARKit/ImageTrackingProvider/requiredAuthorizations)

The types of authorizations necessary for tracking images.

### Tracking images

[`anchorUpdates`](/documentation/ARKit/ImageTrackingProvider/anchorUpdates)

A sequence of updates that provide information about images a provider tracks.

### Inspecting an image-tracking provider

[`state`](/documentation/ARKit/ImageTrackingProvider/state)

The current status of data coming from a provider.

[`description`](/documentation/ARKit/ImageTrackingProvider/description)

A textual representation of this image tracking provider.

[`allAnchors`](/documentation/ARKit/ImageTrackingProvider/allAnchors)

An array of all the image anchors the provider is tracking.


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