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# UIViewAnimatingState.active

The animator object is active and animations are either running or paused. An animator moves to this state after the first call to [`startAnimation()`](/documentation/UIKit/UIViewAnimating/startAnimation()) or [`pauseAnimation()`](/documentation/UIKit/UIViewAnimating/pauseAnimation()). It stays in the active state until the animations finish naturally or until you call the [`stopAnimation(_:)`](/documentation/UIKit/UIViewAnimating/stopAnimation(_:)) method.

```
case active
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