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# UIApplicationSceneManifest

The information about the app’s scene-based life-cycle support.

## Discussion

The presence of this key indicates that the app supports scenes and doesn’t use an app delegate object to manage transitions to and from the foreground or background.

## Topics

### Multiple windows

[`UIApplicationSupportsMultipleScenes`](/documentation/BundleResources/Information-Property-List/UIApplicationSceneManifest/UIApplicationSupportsMultipleScenes)

A Boolean value indicating whether the app supports two or more scenes simultaneously.

[`UIApplicationSupportsTabbedSceneCollection`](/documentation/BundleResources/Information-Property-List/UIApplicationSceneManifest/UIApplicationSupportsTabbedSceneCollection)

A Boolean value indicating whether an app built with Mac Catalyst supports automatic tabbing mode.

### CarPlay

[`CPSupportsDashboardNavigationScene`](/documentation/BundleResources/Information-Property-List/UIApplicationSceneManifest/CPSupportsDashboardNavigationScene)

A Boolean value that indicates whether your app supports displaying navigation content in the CarPlay Dashboard.

[`CPSupportsInstrumentClusterNavigationScene`](/documentation/BundleResources/Information-Property-List/UIApplicationSceneManifest/CPSupportsInstrumentClusterNavigationScene)

A Boolean value that indicates whether your app supports displaying navigation content in the CarPlay Instrument Cluster.

### Configuration

[`UISceneConfigurations`](/documentation/BundleResources/Information-Property-List/UIApplicationSceneManifest/UISceneConfigurations)

The default configuration details the system uses to create new scenes.


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