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# authorizationStatus(for:)

Returns an authorization status that indicates whether the user grants the app permission to capture media of a particular type.

```
class func authorizationStatus(for mediaType: AVMediaType) -> AVAuthorizationStatus
```

## Parameters

`mediaType`

A media type for which to check the authorization status. The supported media types are [`video`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVMediaType/video) and [`audio`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVMediaType/audio).

## Return Value

An authorization status value.

## Discussion

A user must explicitly grant your app access to record audio or video. Call this method to determine your app’s current authorization status. If it returns a value of [`AVAuthorizationStatus.notDetermined`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVAuthorizationStatus/notDetermined), call [`requestAccess(for:completionHandler:)`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVCaptureDevice/requestAccess(for:completionHandler:)) to prompt the user for capture permission.

After the user grants permission, the system remembers their choice and doesn’t prompt them again. However, a user can change their choice at any time in the Settings app.

> Note:
> If a user has denied your app recording permission, or hasn’t yet responded to the permission prompt, audio recordings contain only silence and video recordings contain only black frames.

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