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# WKSnapshotReason

The reason for a background snapshot task.

```
enum WKSnapshotReason
```

## Topics

### Enumeration Cases

[`case appBackgrounded`](/documentation/WatchKit/WKSnapshotReason/appBackgrounded)

The app transitioned from the foreground to the background.

[`case appScheduled`](/documentation/WatchKit/WKSnapshotReason/appScheduled)

The app scheduled this snapshot.

[`case complicationUpdate`](/documentation/WatchKit/WKSnapshotReason/complicationUpdate)

The app updated the complication timeline.

[`case prelaunch`](/documentation/WatchKit/WKSnapshotReason/prelaunch)

The system needs a snapshot for the dock, but the app has not been launched yet.

[`case returnToDefaultState`](/documentation/WatchKit/WKSnapshotReason/returnToDefaultState)

It has been more than an hour since the user’s last interaction with the app; the app’s snapshot should return to its default state.

### Initializers

[`init?(rawValue: Int)`](/documentation/WatchKit/WKSnapshotReason/init(rawValue:))

## Relationships

### Conforms To

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

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

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

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

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

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

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