Iphone SDK - Can I start a file (song) in the ipod feature of the iphone via the SDK?

Question

I would like to have a feature in my iphone application that would start playing a file in my ipod section of the iphone. Does the SDK allow calls to this? Is there a simple way to start a song from my application other than using the iphones native interface?

Answer 1

No, I think the official SDK does not allow this.

Answer 2

You cannot launch the iPod app from your application. But you can easily play a song.

Use the AVAudioPlayer from the AVFoundation Framework.

Ars Technica has a nice article on it, here.

Answer 3

Nope you cannot fire off a song from your media library but you can play a song you have embedded in you app or you download from the web here are some examples

Apple - Example

AppsAmuck - Example

Answer 4

This is now possible with 3.0 but I will not go further into it due to NDA issues. The information is available on the Developer Site.

Answer 5

Now that it's public, you're looking for MPMediaPickerController and MPMediaPickerControllerDelegate

http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/MediaPlayer/Reference/MPMediaPickerController_ClassReference/Reference/Reference.html