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# UIDragInteraction

An interaction to enable dragging of items from a view, employing a delegate to provide drag items and to respond to calls from the drag session.

```
@MainActor class UIDragInteraction
```

## Topics

### Initializing the drag interaction

[`init(delegate:)`](/documentation/UIKit/UIDragInteraction/init(delegate:))

Initializes a drag interaction object with a custom delegate object.

### Configuring lift behavior

[`liftBehavior`](/documentation/UIKit/UIDragInteraction/liftBehavior-swift.property)

A value that controls the timing behavior for initiating a drag gesture from a touch.

[`UIDragInteraction.LiftBehavior`](/documentation/UIKit/UIDragInteraction/LiftBehavior-swift.enum)

Constants that determine the lift behavior for a drag interaction.

[`allowsPointerDragBeforeLiftDelay`](/documentation/UIKit/UIDragInteraction/allowsPointerDragBeforeLiftDelay)

A Boolean value that controls whether pointer-initiated drags begin before the lift delay elapses.

### Managing drag interactions

[`allowsSimultaneousRecognitionDuringLift`](/documentation/UIKit/UIDragInteraction/allowsSimultaneousRecognitionDuringLift)

A Boolean value that determines whether the interaction allows recognition of other gestures during the lift activity.

[`delegate`](/documentation/UIKit/UIDragInteraction/delegate)

An object that configures and controls a drag interaction.

[`UIDragInteractionDelegate`](/documentation/UIKit/UIDragInteractionDelegate)

The interface for configuring and controlling a drag interaction.

### Enabling the interactions

[`isEnabled`](/documentation/UIKit/UIDragInteraction/isEnabled)

A Boolean value that specifies whether the drag interaction responds to touches and is allowed to participate in a drag activity.

[`isEnabledByDefault`](/documentation/UIKit/UIDragInteraction/isEnabledByDefault)

A device-dependent Boolean value that indicates whether a newly-instantiated drag interaction is allowed to participate in a drag activity.


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