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# allowsActions

Determines whether to display buttons for actions such as sending a text message
or initiating a FaceTime call.

```
var allowsActions: Bool { get set }
```

## Discussion

By default the value of this property is <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true>.

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