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# UITouch.Phase

The phase of a touch event.

```
enum Phase
```

## Overview

The phase of a `UITouch` instance changes as the system receives updates during the course of an event. Access this value through the [`phase`](/documentation/UIKit/UITouch/phase-swift.property) property.

## Topics

### Constants

[`UITouchPhaseBegan`](/documentation/UIKit/UITouch/Phase-swift.enum/began)

A touch for a given event has pressed down on the screen.

[`UITouchPhaseMoved`](/documentation/UIKit/UITouch/Phase-swift.enum/moved)

A touch for a given event has moved over the screen.

[`UITouchPhaseStationary`](/documentation/UIKit/UITouch/Phase-swift.enum/stationary)

A touch for a given event is pressed down on the screen, but hasn’t moved since the previous event.

[`UITouchPhaseEnded`](/documentation/UIKit/UITouch/Phase-swift.enum/ended)

A touch for a given event has lifted from the screen.

[`UITouchPhaseCancelled`](/documentation/UIKit/UITouch/Phase-swift.enum/cancelled)

The system canceled tracking for a touch, for example, when the user moves the device against their face.

[`UITouchPhaseRegionEntered`](/documentation/UIKit/UITouch/Phase-swift.enum/regionEntered)

A touch for a given event has entered a window on the screen.

[`UITouchPhaseRegionMoved`](/documentation/UIKit/UITouch/Phase-swift.enum/regionMoved)

A touch for the given event is within a window on the screen, but has not yet pressed down.

[`UITouchPhaseRegionExited`](/documentation/UIKit/UITouch/Phase-swift.enum/regionExited)

A touch for a given event has left a window on the screen.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`RawRepresentable`](/documentation/Swift/RawRepresentable)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`BitwiseCopyable`](/documentation/Swift/BitwiseCopyable)

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

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