Is there a way to get the MPMusicPlayerControllerNowPlayingItemDidChange notification while the app is in the background?
I have an app that needs to be able to pause the music once a song has ended while in the background or when the screen is locked. I'm using a systemMusicPlayer to play the music.
I've tried adding the audio background capability and including a call to beginBackgroundTask in my applicationDidEnterBackground but that doesn't work for extended periods of time.
When in background, your app might be killed at any time, so you do not want to depend on acting in background.
How I understood, what you want to achieve is that when your app goes to background, the currently playing music goes on but stops after the currently playing song finished.
MPMusicPlayerController.systemMusicPlayer() is playing a queue of songs ("Playlist"). So I would try to manipulate this queue in applicationWillResignActive() to not have a song after the currently playing one .
I did not test this and I am not sure whether or not this is possible through public API.