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# SWStartCollaborationAction

An object that represents the first action sent to an app when the user shares a collaboration.

```
class SWStartCollaborationAction
```

## Overview

The action contains an updated [`SWCollaborationMetadata`](/documentation/SharedWithYouCore/SWCollaborationMetadata) that include the user-selected share options. Fulfill this action with the universal link and a device-independent identifier for the collaboration.

## Topics

### Accessing action attributes

[`collaborationMetadata`](/documentation/SharedWithYouCore/SWStartCollaborationAction/collaborationMetadata)

An object for that conveys data during a collaboration.

### Fulfilling an action

[`-  fulfillUsingURL:collaborationIdentifier:`](/documentation/SharedWithYouCore/SWStartCollaborationAction/fulfill(using:collaborationIdentifier:))

Informs an app to set up the universal link and device independent identifier to provide to the system.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`NSObjectProtocol`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObjectProtocol)

[`NSCoding`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCoding)

[`NSSecureCoding`](/documentation/Foundation/NSSecureCoding)

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

[`NSCopying`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCopying)

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

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

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

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

### Inherits From

[`SWAction`](/documentation/SharedWithYouCore/SWAction)

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