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# textDraggableView(_:willAnimateLiftWith:session:)

Tells the delegate when the lift animation is about to begin, and gives you a chance to animate additional changes alongside the system animation.

```
optional func textDraggableView(_ textDraggableView: any UIView & UITextDraggable, willAnimateLiftWith animator: any UIDragAnimating, session: any UIDragSession)
```

## Parameters

`textDraggableView`

The text view where the drag activity was started.

`animator`

The animator that you use when adding animations.

`session`

The drag session of the current drag activity.

## Discussion

You implement this delegate method when you want to add animations that happen alongside the system animation during the lift activity. To add such an animation, use the animator’s [`addAnimations(_:)`](/documentation/UIKit/UIDragAnimating/addAnimations(_:)) method. To add an animation that happens after the system animation has ended, use the animator’s [`addCompletion(_:)`](/documentation/UIKit/UIDragAnimating/addCompletion(_:)) method.

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