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# PKCanvasViewDrawingPolicy

Constants that you use to specify the type of drawing gestures your app permits while the user draws on the canvas.

```
enum PKCanvasViewDrawingPolicy
```

## Topics

### Drawing policies

[`case `default``](/documentation/PencilKit/PKCanvasViewDrawingPolicy/default)

The default input type to use for drawing on a canvas.

[`case anyInput`](/documentation/PencilKit/PKCanvasViewDrawingPolicy/anyInput)

Allows drawing on the canvas from any input source.

[`case pencilOnly`](/documentation/PencilKit/PKCanvasViewDrawingPolicy/pencilOnly)

Pencil touches are the only input that draw on the canvas.

### Initializers

[`init?(rawValue: UInt)`](/documentation/PencilKit/PKCanvasViewDrawingPolicy/init(rawValue:))

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`RawRepresentable`](/documentation/Swift/RawRepresentable)

[`BitwiseCopyable`](/documentation/Swift/BitwiseCopyable)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

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