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# image

The image displayed in the view’s background.

```
@property (nonatomic, strong, nullable) UIImage * image;
```

## Discussion

This property contains the image displayed in the view’s background. If this property is set to `nil`, the view displays no background image.

Changing the image in this property doesn’t change the size of the view automatically. You can use the background configuration’s [`imageContentMode`](/documentation/UIKit/UIBackgroundConfiguration-c.class/imageContentMode) to specify how to lay out the image when its size differs from the size in the view’s bounds.

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