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# isPlaying

Indicates whether playback is active.

```
@MainActor var isPlaying: Bool { get set }
```

## Discussion

Setting this to `true` should start playback; setting it to `false` should pause it. This property reflects
playback intent — it should remain `true` while [`isBuffering`](/documentation/AVKit/AVPlaybackUserInterfacePlaybackControllable-9he54/isBuffering) is `true`, indicating that playback
should resume automatically once sufficient data is available.

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