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# smartFramingMonitor

A monitor owned by the device that recommends an optimal framing based on the content in the scene.

```
var smartFramingMonitor: AVCaptureSmartFramingMonitor? { get }
```

## Discussion

An ultra wide camera device that supports dynamic aspect ratio configuration may also support “smart framing monitoring”. If this property returns non `nil`, you may use it to listen for framing recommendations by configuring its [`enabledFramings`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVCaptureSmartFramingMonitor/enabledFramings) and calling [`startMonitoring()`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVCaptureSmartFramingMonitor/startMonitoring()). The smart framing monitor only makes recommendations when the current [`activeFormat`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVCaptureDevice/activeFormat) supports smart framing (see [`isSmartFramingSupported`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVCaptureDevice/Format/isSmartFramingSupported)).

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