Controlling iTunes on iPhone from within an app

Question

Hi I was just wondering if there is a library or set of methods for controlling the audio playing on an iPhone, i.e. play/pause, next/prev etc.

I can't seem to find anything, does anyone know if they exist?

Answer 1

You can use the MPMusicPlayerController from the MediaPlayer framework to play "iPod" music.

MPMusicPlayerController *player = [MPMusicPlayerController iPodMusicPlayer];
[player skipToNextItem];
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