import Foundation import MediaPlayer class NowPlayingInfoCenterManager { static let shared = NowPlayingInfoCenterManager() private let SEEK_INTERVAL_SECONDS: Double = 10 private weak var currentPlayer: AVPlayer? private var players = NSHashTable.weakObjects() private var observers: [Int: NSKeyValueObservation] = [:] private var playbackObserver: Any? private var playTarget: Any? private var pauseTarget: Any? private var skipForwardTarget: Any? private var skipBackwardTarget: Any? private var playbackPositionTarget: Any? private var seekTarget: Any? private var togglePlayPauseTarget: Any? private let remoteCommandCenter = MPRemoteCommandCenter.shared() private var receivingRemoveControlEvents = false { didSet { if receivingRemoveControlEvents { try? AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setCategory(.playback) try? AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setActive(true) UIApplication.shared.beginReceivingRemoteControlEvents() } else { UIApplication.shared.endReceivingRemoteControlEvents() } } } deinit { cleanup() } func registerPlayer(player: AVPlayer) { if players.contains(player) { return } if receivingRemoveControlEvents == false { receivingRemoveControlEvents = true } if let oldObserver = observers[player.hashValue] { oldObserver.invalidate() } observers[player.hashValue] = observePlayers(player: player) players.add(player) if currentPlayer == nil { setCurrentPlayer(player: player) } } func removePlayer(player: AVPlayer) { if !players.contains(player) { return } if let observer = observers[player.hashValue] { observer.invalidate() } observers.removeValue(forKey: player.hashValue) players.remove(player) if currentPlayer == player { currentPlayer = nil updateNowPlayingInfo() } if players.allObjects.isEmpty { cleanup() } } public func cleanup() { observers.removeAll() players.removeAllObjects() if let playbackObserver { currentPlayer?.removeTimeObserver(playbackObserver) } invalidateCommandTargets() MPNowPlayingInfoCenter.default().nowPlayingInfo = [:] receivingRemoveControlEvents = false } private func setCurrentPlayer(player: AVPlayer) { if player == currentPlayer { return } if let playbackObserver { currentPlayer?.removeTimeObserver(playbackObserver) } currentPlayer = player registerCommandTargets() updateNowPlayingInfo() playbackObserver = player.addPeriodicTimeObserver( forInterval: CMTime(value: 1, timescale: 4), queue: .global(), using: { [weak self] _ in self?.updateNowPlayingInfo() } ) } private func registerCommandTargets() { invalidateCommandTargets() playTarget = remoteCommandCenter.playCommand.addTarget { [weak self] _ in guard let self, let player = self.currentPlayer else { return .commandFailed } if player.rate == 0 { player.play() } return .success } pauseTarget = remoteCommandCenter.pauseCommand.addTarget { [weak self] _ in guard let self, let player = self.currentPlayer else { return .commandFailed } if player.rate != 0 { player.pause() } return .success } skipBackwardTarget = remoteCommandCenter.skipBackwardCommand.addTarget { [weak self] _ in guard let self, let player = self.currentPlayer else { return .commandFailed } let newTime = player.currentTime() - CMTime(seconds: self.SEEK_INTERVAL_SECONDS, preferredTimescale: .max) player.seek(to: newTime) return .success } skipForwardTarget = remoteCommandCenter.skipForwardCommand.addTarget { [weak self] _ in guard let self, let player = self.currentPlayer else { return .commandFailed } let newTime = player.currentTime() + CMTime(seconds: self.SEEK_INTERVAL_SECONDS, preferredTimescale: .max) player.seek(to: newTime) return .success } playbackPositionTarget = remoteCommandCenter.changePlaybackPositionCommand.addTarget { [weak self] event in guard let self, let player = self.currentPlayer else { return .commandFailed } if let event = event as? MPChangePlaybackPositionCommandEvent { player.seek(to: CMTime(seconds: event.positionTime, preferredTimescale: .max)) return .success } return .commandFailed } // Handler for togglePlayPauseCommand, sent by Apple's Earpods wired headphones togglePlayPauseTarget = remoteCommandCenter.togglePlayPauseCommand.addTarget { [weak self] _ in guard let self, let player = self.currentPlayer else { return .commandFailed } if player.rate == 0 { player.play() } else { player.pause() } return .success } } private func invalidateCommandTargets() { remoteCommandCenter.playCommand.removeTarget(playTarget) remoteCommandCenter.pauseCommand.removeTarget(pauseTarget) remoteCommandCenter.skipForwardCommand.removeTarget(skipForwardTarget) remoteCommandCenter.skipBackwardCommand.removeTarget(skipBackwardTarget) remoteCommandCenter.changePlaybackPositionCommand.removeTarget(playbackPositionTarget) remoteCommandCenter.togglePlayPauseCommand.removeTarget(togglePlayPauseTarget) } public func updateNowPlayingInfo() { guard let player = currentPlayer, let currentItem = player.currentItem else { invalidateCommandTargets() MPNowPlayingInfoCenter.default().nowPlayingInfo = [:] return } // commonMetadata is metadata from asset, externalMetadata is custom metadata set by user // externalMetadata should override commonMetadata to allow override metadata from source let metadata = { let common = Dictionary(uniqueKeysWithValues: currentItem.asset.commonMetadata.map { ($0.identifier, $0) }) let external = Dictionary(uniqueKeysWithValues: currentItem.externalMetadata.map { ($0.identifier, $0) }) return Array((common.merging(external) { _, new in new }).values) }() let titleItem = AVMetadataItem.metadataItems(from: metadata, filteredByIdentifier: .commonIdentifierTitle).first?.stringValue ?? "" let artistItem = AVMetadataItem.metadataItems(from: metadata, filteredByIdentifier: .commonIdentifierArtist).first?.stringValue ?? "" // I have some issue with this - setting artworkItem when it not set dont return nil but also is crashing application // this is very hacky workaround for it let imgData = AVMetadataItem.metadataItems(from: metadata, filteredByIdentifier: .commonIdentifierArtwork).first?.dataValue let image = imgData.flatMap { UIImage(data: $0) } ?? UIImage() let artworkItem = MPMediaItemArtwork(boundsSize: image.size) { _ in image } let newNowPlayingInfo: [String: Any] = [ MPMediaItemPropertyTitle: titleItem, MPMediaItemPropertyArtist: artistItem, MPMediaItemPropertyArtwork: artworkItem, MPMediaItemPropertyPlaybackDuration: currentItem.duration.seconds, MPNowPlayingInfoPropertyElapsedPlaybackTime: currentItem.currentTime().seconds.rounded(), MPNowPlayingInfoPropertyPlaybackRate: player.rate, MPNowPlayingInfoPropertyIsLiveStream: CMTIME_IS_INDEFINITE(currentItem.asset.duration), ] let currentNowPlayingInfo = MPNowPlayingInfoCenter.default().nowPlayingInfo ?? [:] MPNowPlayingInfoCenter.default().nowPlayingInfo = currentNowPlayingInfo.merging(newNowPlayingInfo) { _, new in new } } private func findNewCurrentPlayer() { if let newPlayer = players.allObjects.first(where: { $0.rate != 0 }) { setCurrentPlayer(player: newPlayer) } } // We will observe players rate to find last active player that info will be displayed private func observePlayers(player: AVPlayer) -> NSKeyValueObservation { return player.observe(\.rate) { [weak self] player, change in guard let self else { return } let rate = change.newValue // case where there is new player that is not paused // In this case event is triggered by non currentPlayer if rate != 0 && self.currentPlayer != player { self.setCurrentPlayer(player: player) return } // case where currentPlayer was paused // In this case event is triggeret by currentPlayer if rate == 0 && self.currentPlayer == player { self.findNewCurrentPlayer() } } } }