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# AVCaptureDeskViewApplication

An object that programmatically presents Desk View.

```
class AVCaptureDeskViewApplication
```

## Overview

Use this class to programmatically launch Desk View from your app. You can optionally customize the presentation and specifiy an action to take afterward.

> Note:
> Desk View is available in iOS 16 and later on iPhone 11 and later, excluding iPhone SE, for use with a Mac running macOS 13 and later.

The following example shows how to configure and present Desk View with a completion handler:

```swift
let deskView = AVCaptureDeskViewApplication()
let configuration = AVCaptureDeskViewApplication.LaunchConfiguration()

// Use the previously set frame.
configuration.mainWindowFrame = .zero

// Execute the completion handler when the user starts Desk View.
configuration.requiresSetUpModeCompletion = true

// Launch Desk View with a configuration and completion handler.
deskView.present(launchConfiguration: configuration) { error in
    // Perform error handling and additional tasks.
}
```

## Topics

### Presenting the Desk View app

[`present(completionHandler:)`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVCaptureDeskViewApplication/present(completionHandler:))

Launches Desk View with no additional configuration and then performs a completion handler if you specify it.

[`present(launchConfiguration:completionHandler:)`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVCaptureDeskViewApplication/present(launchConfiguration:completionHandler:))

Launches Desk View with the configuration and completion handler that you specify.

[`AVCaptureDeskViewApplication.LaunchConfiguration`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVCaptureDeskViewApplication/LaunchConfiguration)

An object that configures how to present Desk View.


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