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# highlightedImage

The highlighted image displayed in the image view.

```
var highlightedImage: UIImage? { get set }
```

## Discussion

The image in this property is displayed when the image view’s [`isHighlighted`](/documentation/UIKit/UIImageView/isHighlighted) property is <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true>. If the [`highlightedAnimationImages`](/documentation/UIKit/UIImageView/highlightedAnimationImages) property contains a valid set of images, those image are used instead.

This property is set to the image (if any) you specified at initialization time. If you did not use the [`init(image:highlightedImage:)`](/documentation/UIKit/UIImageView/init(image:highlightedImage:)) method to initialize your image view, the initial value of this property is `nil`.

## See Also

[`highlightedAnimationImages`](/documentation/UIKit/UIImageView/highlightedAnimationImages)

An array of [`UIImage`](/documentation/UIKit/UIImage) objects to use for an animation when the view is highlighted.


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