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# alertTitle

A short description of the reason for the alert.

```
var alertTitle: String? { get set }
```

## Discussion

Use this property to provide a short description of the reason for the alert. You may specify a string with the text you want to display or you may specify a string to use as a lookup key in your app’s `Localizable.strings` file. The default value of this property is `nil`.

Title strings should be short, usually only a couple of words describing the reason for the notification. Apple Watch displays the title string as part of the short look notification interface, which has limited space.

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