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# AVPlayerAudiovisualBackgroundPlaybackPolicy

Policies that describe playback behavior when an app transitions to the background while playing video.

```
enum AVPlayerAudiovisualBackgroundPlaybackPolicy
```

## Topics

### Policies

[`AVPlayerAudiovisualBackgroundPlaybackPolicy.automatic`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVPlayerAudiovisualBackgroundPlaybackPolicy/automatic)

The system decides whether playback continues.

[`AVPlayerAudiovisualBackgroundPlaybackPolicy.continuesIfPossible`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVPlayerAudiovisualBackgroundPlaybackPolicy/continuesIfPossible)

The app continues playback, if possible.

[`AVPlayerAudiovisualBackgroundPlaybackPolicy.pauses`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVPlayerAudiovisualBackgroundPlaybackPolicy/pauses)

The app pauses playback.


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