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# Deprecated symbols

Review symbols that are no longer in active development, and their recommended replacements.

## Overview

Although these symbols are available for use, Apple is no longer actively developing them, and may remove them in a future release. Apple recommends moving away from these symbols and using their indicated replacements instead. Check the individual symbol pages for the recommended replacements.

## Topics

### Deprecated constants

[`static let bluetoothCentrals: UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplication/LaunchOptionsKey/bluetoothCentrals)

A key indicating that the app was relaunched to handle Bluetooth-related events.

[`static let bluetoothPeripherals: UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplication/LaunchOptionsKey/bluetoothPeripherals)

A key indicating that the app should continue actions associated with its Bluetooth peripheral objects.

[`static let cloudKitShareMetadata: UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplication/LaunchOptionsKey/cloudKitShareMetadata)

A key indicating that the app received a CloudKit share invitation.

[`static let eventAttribution: UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplication/LaunchOptionsKey/eventAttribution)

UserInfo contains a [`UIEventAttribution`](/documentation/UIKit/UIEventAttribution) to go along with a URL open on launch

[`static let location: UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplication/LaunchOptionsKey/location)

A key indicating that the app was launched to handle an incoming location event.

[`static let newsstandDownloads: UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplication/LaunchOptionsKey/newsstandDownloads)

A key indicating that the app was launched to process newly downloaded Newsstand assets.

[`static let remoteNotification: UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplication/LaunchOptionsKey/remoteNotification)

A key indicating that a remote notification is available for the app to process.

[`static let shortcutItem: UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplication/LaunchOptionsKey/shortcutItem)

A key indicating that the app was launched in response to the user selecting a Home screen quick action.

[`static let sourceApplication: UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplication/LaunchOptionsKey/sourceApplication)

A key indicating that another app requested the launch of your app.

[`static let url: UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplication/LaunchOptionsKey/url)

A key indicating that the app was launched so that it could open the specified URL.

[`static let userActivityDictionary: UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplication/LaunchOptionsKey/userActivityDictionary)

A key indicating a dictionary associated with an activity that the user wants to continue.

[`static let userActivityType: UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplication/LaunchOptionsKey/userActivityType)

A key indicating the type of user activity that the user wants to continue.

[`static let annotation: UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplication/LaunchOptionsKey/annotation)

A key indicating that the URL passed to your app contained custom annotation data from the source app.

[`static let localNotification: UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplication/LaunchOptionsKey/localNotification)

A key indicating that the app was launched to handle a local notification.


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