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# UIMutableApplicationShortcutItem

A mutable Home Screen dynamic quick action, which is an item that specifies a configurable user-initiated action for your app.

```
class UIMutableApplicationShortcutItem
```

## Overview

This class is a convenience subclass of [`UIApplicationShortcutItem`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplicationShortcutItem), helping you work with registered, and therefore immutable, quick actions. For information about how to use objects of this class in your app, read the overview in [`UIApplicationShortcutItem`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplicationShortcutItem).

## Topics

### Inspecting a Home Screen dynamic mutable quick action

[`localizedTitle`](/documentation/UIKit/UIMutableApplicationShortcutItem/localizedTitle)

The required, user-visible title for the Home Screen dynamic mutable quick action.

[`localizedSubtitle`](/documentation/UIKit/UIMutableApplicationShortcutItem/localizedSubtitle)

The optional, user-visible subtitle for the Home Screen dynamic mutable quick action.

[`type`](/documentation/UIKit/UIMutableApplicationShortcutItem/type)

A required, app-specific string that you can employ to identify the type of quick action to perform.

[`icon`](/documentation/UIKit/UIMutableApplicationShortcutItem/icon)

The optional icon for the Home Screen dynamic mutable quick action.

[`userInfo`](/documentation/UIKit/UIMutableApplicationShortcutItem/userInfo)

Optional, app-specific information that you can provide for use when your app performs the Home Screen dynamic mutable quick action.

### Designating the scene to activate

[`targetContentIdentifier`](/documentation/UIKit/UIMutableApplicationShortcutItem/targetContentIdentifier)

The object that determines which scene handles the quick action.


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