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# authorizationStatus

The status of the user’s agreement to let the app access this reader’s sensor.

```
var authorizationStatus: SRAuthorizationStatus { get }
```

## Discussion

When an app wishes to read data from a particular sensor, it checks for user approval first by accessing the value of this property. If the value is [`SRAuthorizationStatus.authorized`](/documentation/SensorKit/SRAuthorizationStatus/authorized), an app may begin recording (see [`startRecording()`](/documentation/SensorKit/SRSensorReader/startRecording())) and execute data fetches (see [`fetch(_:)`](/documentation/SensorKit/SRSensorReader/fetch(_:))).

If the value is [`SRAuthorizationStatus.denied`](/documentation/SensorKit/SRAuthorizationStatus/denied), an app can’t begin recording or execute fetches until the user switches on authorization for the reader’s sensor in Settings.

If the value is [`SRAuthorizationStatus.notDetermined`](/documentation/SensorKit/SRAuthorizationStatus/notDetermined), the user has not answered the in-app prompt. To display the prompt, call [`requestAuthorization(sensors:completion:)`](/documentation/SensorKit/SRSensorReader/requestAuthorization(sensors:completion:)).

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