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# UIDropInteractionDelegate

The interface for configuring and controlling a drop interaction.

```
@MainActor protocol UIDropInteractionDelegate : NSObjectProtocol
```

## Topics

### Handling the drop

[`-  dropInteraction:canHandleSession:`](/documentation/UIKit/UIDropInteractionDelegate/dropInteraction(_:canHandle:))

Asks the delegate whether it can handle the session’s drag items.

[`-  dropInteraction:performDrop:`](/documentation/UIKit/UIDropInteractionDelegate/dropInteraction(_:performDrop:))

Tells the delegate it can request the item provider data from the session’s drag items.

### Tracking the drop movements

[`-  dropInteraction:sessionDidEnter:`](/documentation/UIKit/UIDropInteractionDelegate/dropInteraction(_:sessionDidEnter:))

Tells the delegate the drop session has moved into the drop interaction’s view.

[`-  dropInteraction:sessionDidUpdate:`](/documentation/UIKit/UIDropInteractionDelegate/dropInteraction(_:sessionDidUpdate:))

Tells the delegate the drop session has changed.

[`-  dropInteraction:sessionDidExit:`](/documentation/UIKit/UIDropInteractionDelegate/dropInteraction(_:sessionDidExit:))

Tells the delegate the drop session has moved out of the drop interaction’s view.

[`-  dropInteraction:sessionDidEnd:`](/documentation/UIKit/UIDropInteractionDelegate/dropInteraction(_:sessionDidEnd:))

Tells the delegate the drop session has ended.

### Animating the drop

[`-  dropInteraction:item:willAnimateDropWithAnimator:`](/documentation/UIKit/UIDropInteractionDelegate/dropInteraction(_:item:willAnimateDropWith:))

Tells the delegate the system’s drop animation is about to start.

[`-  dropInteraction:previewForDroppingItem:withDefault:`](/documentation/UIKit/UIDropInteractionDelegate/dropInteraction(_:previewForDropping:withDefault:))

Asks the delegate for the targeted drag item preview to show during the drop animation.

[`-  dropInteraction:concludeDrop:`](/documentation/UIKit/UIDropInteractionDelegate/dropInteraction(_:concludeDrop:))

Tells the delegate the drop activity and its related animations have finished.

## Relationships

### Inherits From

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

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