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# appliesPreferredDisplayCriteriaAutomatically

A Boolean value that indicates whether the view controller automatically sets the screen’s display criteria to match that of the currently playing asset.

```
var appliesPreferredDisplayCriteriaAutomatically: Bool { get set }
```

## Discussion

If this property value is `true`, the player uses the preferred display criteria of the video asset when playing the content in fullscreen. The display criteria is reset to the display’s default criteria when full-screen playback ends. Don’t change this value during full-screen presentation unless you’ve disposed of the player or player item.

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