As of iOS 5 we have access to MPNowPlayingInfoCenter to display info in the lockscreen and in the multimedia controls on the multitasking bar. I have an app that plays local audio files. I want to display info like the artist's name, the album and the artwork on the lockscreen with MPNowPlayingInfoCenter, but the only way to do this (As far as I know) is to use MPMusicPlayerController and get nowPlayingItem... The problem is that MPMusicPlayerController is used to play iPod Music only, and not locally stored files. Is there a way around this in iOS 5?
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Alex1987
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You can create your own NSDictionary and supply that to the MPNowPlayingInfoCenter.
NSArray *keys = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:MPMediaItemPropertyAlbumTitle, MPMediaItemPropertyArtist, ..., nil];
NSArray *values = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"Album", @"Artist", ..., nil];
NSDictionary *mediaInfo = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjects:values forKeys:keys];
[[MPNowPlayingInfoCenter defaultCenter] setNowPlayingInfo:mediaInfo];
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But how do I get the album name of a locally stored track? Or the artwork? – Alex1987 Mar 13 '12 at 08:31
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2You will need to read the ID3 tags of the locally stored file. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1239460/reading-mp3-information-using-objective-c – steharro Mar 13 '12 at 10:47
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2You also need to specify that you app receives remote control events: `[[UIApplication sharedApplication] beginReceivingRemoteControlEvents];` – Antonio R. Mar 18 '14 at 10:52
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Don't forget to `#import
` – sam_smith Sep 21 '17 at 23:27