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# MSStickerView

A view for displaying a sticker.

```
class MSStickerView
```

## Overview

Use the [`MSStickerView`](/documentation/Messages/MSStickerView) class to display stickers. The sticker view also provides drag-and-drop functionality. The user can press and hold a sticker to peel it from the view, and then drag the sticker to any balloon in the transcript.

## Topics

### Working with Sticker Views

[`init(frame:sticker:)`](/documentation/Messages/MSStickerView/init(frame:sticker:))

Initializes a new sticker view with the provided sticker and frame.

[`sticker`](/documentation/Messages/MSStickerView/sticker)

The displayed sticker object.

### Controlling Sticker Animation

[`animationDuration`](/documentation/Messages/MSStickerView/animationDuration)

The amount of time it takes to complete the sticker’s animation.

[`isAnimating()`](/documentation/Messages/MSStickerView/isAnimating())

Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the sticker is animating.

[`startAnimating()`](/documentation/Messages/MSStickerView/startAnimating())

Starts the sticker’s animation, beginning with the first frame.

[`stopAnimating()`](/documentation/Messages/MSStickerView/stopAnimating())

Stops the sticker’s animation.


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