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 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 updateMetadata() } if players.allObjects.isEmpty { cleanup() } } public func cleanup() { observers.removeAll() players.removeAllObjects() if let playbackObserver { currentPlayer?.removeTimeObserver(playbackObserver) } let commandCenter = MPRemoteCommandCenter.shared() invalidateTargets(commandCenter) MPNowPlayingInfoCenter.default().nowPlayingInfo = [:] receivingRemoveControlEvents = false } private func setCurrentPlayer(player: AVPlayer) { if player == currentPlayer { return } if let playbackObserver { currentPlayer?.removeTimeObserver(playbackObserver) } currentPlayer = player registerTargets() updateMetadata() // one second observer playbackObserver = player.addPeriodicTimeObserver( forInterval: CMTime(value: 1, timescale: 4), queue: .global(), using: { [weak self] _ in self?.updatePlaybackInfo() } ) } private func registerTargets() { let commandCenter = MPRemoteCommandCenter.shared() invalidateTargets(commandCenter) playTarget = commandCenter.playCommand.addTarget { [weak self] _ in guard let self, let player = self.currentPlayer else { return .commandFailed } if player.rate == 0 { player.play() } return .success } pauseTarget = commandCenter.pauseCommand.addTarget { [weak self] _ in guard let self, let player = self.currentPlayer else { return .commandFailed } if player.rate != 0 { player.pause() } return .success } skipBackwardTarget = commandCenter.skipBackwardCommand.addTarget { [weak self] _ in guard let self, let player = self.currentPlayer else { return .commandFailed } let newTime = player.currentTime() - CMTime(seconds: SEEK_INTERVAL_SECONDS, preferredTimescale: .max) player.seek(to: newTime) return .success } skipForwardTarget = commandCenter.skipForwardCommand.addTarget { [weak self] _ in guard let self, let player = self.currentPlayer else { return .commandFailed } let newTime = player.currentTime() + CMTime(seconds: SEEK_INTERVAL_SECONDS, preferredTimescale: .max) player.seek(to: newTime) return .success } playbackPositionTarget = commandCenter.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)) { _ in player.play() } return .success } return .commandFailed } } private func invalidateTargets(_ commandCenter: MPRemoteCommandCenter) { commandCenter.playCommand.removeTarget(playTarget) commandCenter.pauseCommand.removeTarget(pauseTarget) commandCenter.skipForwardCommand.removeTarget(skipForwardTarget) commandCenter.skipBackwardCommand.removeTarget(skipBackwardTarget) commandCenter.changePlaybackPositionCommand.removeTarget(playbackPositionTarget) } public func updateMetadata() { guard let player = currentPlayer, let currentItem = player.currentItem else { let commandCenter = MPRemoteCommandCenter.shared() invalidateTargets(commandCenter) MPNowPlayingInfoCenter.default().nowPlayingInfo = [:] return } // commonMetadata is metadata from asset, externalMetadata is custom metadata set by user let metadata = currentItem.asset.commonMetadata + currentItem.externalMetadata var nowPlayingInfo: [String: Any] = [:] if let titleItem = AVMetadataItem.metadataItems(from: metadata, filteredByIdentifier: .commonIdentifierTitle).first?.value { nowPlayingInfo[MPMediaItemPropertyTitle] = titleItem } else { nowPlayingInfo[MPMediaItemPropertyTitle] = "" } if let artistItem = AVMetadataItem.metadataItems(from: metadata, filteredByIdentifier: .commonIdentifierArtist).first?.value { nowPlayingInfo[MPMediaItemPropertyArtist] = artistItem } else { nowPlayingInfo[MPMediaItemPropertyArtist] = "" } // 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 if let artworkItem = AVMetadataItem.metadataItems(from: metadata, filteredByIdentifier: .commonIdentifierArtwork).first?.value as? Data { if let image = UIImage(data: artworkItem) { nowPlayingInfo[MPMediaItemPropertyArtwork] = MPMediaItemArtwork(boundsSize: image.size, requestHandler: { _ in return image }) } } else { nowPlayingInfo[MPMediaItemPropertyArtwork] = MPMediaItemArtwork(boundsSize: UIImage().size, requestHandler: { _ in UIImage() }) } nowPlayingInfo[MPMediaItemPropertyPlaybackDuration] = currentItem.duration.seconds nowPlayingInfo[MPNowPlayingInfoPropertyElapsedPlaybackTime] = currentItem.currentTime().seconds nowPlayingInfo[MPNowPlayingInfoPropertyPlaybackRate] = player.rate nowPlayingInfo[MPNowPlayingInfoPropertyMediaType] = MPNowPlayingInfoMediaType.video.rawValue MPNowPlayingInfoCenter.default().nowPlayingInfo = nowPlayingInfo } private func updatePlaybackInfo() { guard let player = currentPlayer, let currentItem = player.currentItem else { return } // We dont want to update playback if we did not set metadata yet if var nowPlayingInfo = MPNowPlayingInfoCenter.default().nowPlayingInfo { nowPlayingInfo[MPMediaItemPropertyPlaybackDuration] = currentItem.duration.seconds nowPlayingInfo[MPNowPlayingInfoPropertyElapsedPlaybackTime] = currentItem.currentTime().seconds.rounded() nowPlayingInfo[MPNowPlayingInfoPropertyPlaybackRate] = player.rate MPNowPlayingInfoCenter.default().nowPlayingInfo = nowPlayingInfo } } 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 && currentPlayer != player { setCurrentPlayer(player: player) return } // case where currentPlayer was paused // In this case event is triggeret by currentPlayer if rate == 0 && currentPlayer == player { findNewCurrentPlayer() } } } }