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# Deprecated symbols

Symbols that are no longer supported.

## Topics

### Deprecated

[`-  application:didRegisterUserNotificationSettings:`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplicationDelegate/application(_:didRegister:))

Called to tell the delegate the types of local and remote notifications that can be used to get the user’s attention.

[`-  application:didReceiveLocalNotification:`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplicationDelegate/application(_:didReceive:))

Sent to the delegate when a running app receives a local notification.

[`-  application:didReceiveRemoteNotification:`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplicationDelegate/application(_:didReceiveRemoteNotification:))

Called when your app has received a remote notification.

[`-  application:handleActionWithIdentifier:forLocalNotification:completionHandler:`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplicationDelegate/application(_:handleActionWithIdentifier:for:completionHandler:))

Called when your app has been activated because user selected a custom action from the alert panel of a local notification.

[`-  application:handleActionWithIdentifier:forLocalNotification:withResponseInfo:completionHandler:`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplicationDelegate/application(_:handleActionWithIdentifier:for:withResponseInfo:completionHandler:))

Called when your app has been activated by the user selecting an action from a local notification.

[`-  application:handleActionWithIdentifier:forRemoteNotification:completionHandler:`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplicationDelegate/application(_:handleActionWithIdentifier:forRemoteNotification:completionHandler:))

Tells the app delegate to perform the custom action specified by a remote notification.

[`-  application:handleActionWithIdentifier:forRemoteNotification:withResponseInfo:completionHandler:`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplicationDelegate/application(_:handleActionWithIdentifier:forRemoteNotification:withResponseInfo:completionHandler:))

Called when your app has been activated by the user selecting an action from a remote notification.

[`-  application:handleOpenURL:`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplicationDelegate/application(_:handleOpen:))

Asks the delegate to open a resource identified by URL.

[`-  application:openURL:sourceApplication:annotation:`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplicationDelegate/application(_:open:sourceApplication:annotation:))

Asks the delegate to open a resource identified by a URL.

[`-  application:willChangeStatusBarOrientation:duration:`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplicationDelegate/application(_:willChangeStatusBarOrientation:duration:))

Tells the delegate when the interface orientation of the status bar is about to change.

[`-  application:didChangeStatusBarOrientation:`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplicationDelegate/application(_:didChangeStatusBarOrientation:))

Tells the delegate when the interface orientation of the status bar has changed.

[`-  application:willChangeStatusBarFrame:`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplicationDelegate/application(_:willChangeStatusBarFrame:))

Tells the delegate when the frame of the status bar is about to change.

[`-  application:didChangeStatusBarFrame:`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplicationDelegate/application(_:didChangeStatusBarFrame:))

Tells the delegate when the frame of the status bar has changed.

[`-  application:handleIntent:completionHandler:`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplicationDelegate/application(_:handle:completionHandler:))

Asks the delegate to handle the specified SiriKit intent directly.

[`-  application:performFetchWithCompletionHandler:`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplicationDelegate/application(_:performFetchWithCompletionHandler:))

Tells the app that it can begin a fetch operation if it has data to download.

[`-  application:shouldSaveApplicationState:`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplicationDelegate/application(_:shouldSaveApplicationState:))

Asks the delegate whether to preserve the app’s state.

[`-  application:shouldRestoreApplicationState:`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplicationDelegate/application(_:shouldRestoreApplicationState:))

Asks the delegate whether to restore the app’s saved state.



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