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# isReadyForDisplay

A Boolean value that indicates whether the first video frame of the player’s current item is ready for display.

```
var isReadyForDisplay: Bool { get }
```

## Discussion

Use this property to determine when to show or animate a player layer into view. You can display a player layer while this property value is <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/false>, but the layer doesn’t present any content until the value becomes <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true>.

This property remains <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/false> for a player when its [`currentItem`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVPlayer/currentItem) contains no enabled video tracks.

This property is key-value observable.

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