Are the iPhone media playback control window available to other applications?

Question

what is the transparent modal window that has the playback controls in the music player (iPod) of the iPhone? how can i use it in my app?

Answer 1

You can access and control the iPod playback through [MPMusicPlayerController iPodMusicPlayer], but beside MPVolumeView there a no built-in controls you can display in your app. You would have to design your own custom view.