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# AVAuthorizationStatus

Constants that indicate the status of an app’s authorization to capture media.

```
enum AVAuthorizationStatus
```

## Overview

Call [`authorizationStatus(for:)`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVCaptureDevice/authorizationStatus(for:)) to determine the app’s current permission to capture media.

## Topics

### Status values

[`AVAuthorizationStatus.notDetermined`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVAuthorizationStatus/notDetermined)

A status that indicates the user hasn’t yet granted or denied authorization.

[`AVAuthorizationStatus.restricted`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVAuthorizationStatus/restricted)

A status that indicates the app isn’t permitted to use media capture devices.

[`AVAuthorizationStatus.denied`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVAuthorizationStatus/denied)

A status that indicates the user has explicitly denied an app permission to capture media.

[`AVAuthorizationStatus.authorized`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVAuthorizationStatus/authorized)

A status that indicates the user has explicitly granted an app permission to capture media.


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