# CPTemplateApplicationDashboardSceneDelegate The methods for responding to the life-cycle events of your navigation app’s dashboard scene. ``` protocol CPTemplateApplicationDashboardSceneDelegate : UISceneDelegate ``` ## Overview This protocol defines methods that CarPlay calls when the scene connects and disconnects, and your implementation provides the appropriate behavior when these events occur. For example, setting the window’s root view controller when CarPlay connects your navigation app’s dashboard scene. You don’t create instances of your dashboard scene delegate directly. Instead, you specify the name of the class as part of the CarPlay scene configuration you add to your `Info.plist` file—see the example below—or that you return from your app delegate’s method. ```plist CPTemplateApplicationDashboardSceneSessionRoleApplication UISceneClassName CPTemplateApplicationDashboardScene UISceneConfigurationName MyCarPlayDashboardSceneConfiguration UISceneDelegateClassName MyCarPlayDashboardSceneDelegate ``` ## Topics ### Responding to the Scene Life Cycle [`func templateApplicationDashboardScene(CPTemplateApplicationDashboardScene, didConnect: CPDashboardController, to: UIWindow)`](/documentation/CarPlay/CPTemplateApplicationDashboardSceneDelegate/templateApplicationDashboardScene(_:didConnect:to:)) Tells the delegate about the addition of a CarPlay Dashboard scene to your navigation app. [`func templateApplicationDashboardScene(CPTemplateApplicationDashboardScene, didDisconnect: CPDashboardController, from: UIWindow)`](/documentation/CarPlay/CPTemplateApplicationDashboardSceneDelegate/templateApplicationDashboardScene(_:didDisconnect:from:)) Tells the delegate when CarPlay removes the dashboard scene from your navigation app. ## Relationships ### Inherits From [`NSObjectProtocol`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObjectProtocol) [`UISceneDelegate`](/documentation/UIKit/UISceneDelegate) --- Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. | [Terms of Use](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html) | [Privacy Policy](https://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-policy)