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# AVCaptureView

A view that displays standard user interface controls for capturing media data.

```
class AVCaptureView
```

## Topics

### Configuring the Capture Session

[`session`](/documentation/AVKit/AVCaptureView/session)

The view’s associated capture session.

[`setSession(_:showVideoPreview:showAudioPreview:)`](/documentation/AVKit/AVCaptureView/setSession(_:showVideoPreview:showAudioPreview:))

Sets the view’s capture session.

### Customizing the View

[`controlsStyle`](/documentation/AVKit/AVCaptureView/controlsStyle)

The style of the capture controls presented by the view.

[`AVCaptureViewControlsStyle`](/documentation/AVKit/AVCaptureViewControlsStyle)

Constants that describe the capture view’s supported controls styles.

[`videoGravity`](/documentation/AVKit/AVCaptureView/videoGravity)

A string value that defines how the capture view displays video within its bounds.

### Configuring the Delegate

[`delegate`](/documentation/AVKit/AVCaptureView/delegate)

The capture view’s delegate object.

[`AVCaptureViewDelegate`](/documentation/AVKit/AVCaptureViewDelegate)

The protocol that defines the methods you can implement to respond to capture view events.

### Recording Media

[`fileOutput`](/documentation/AVKit/AVCaptureView/fileOutput)

The capture file output used to record media data.


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