iPhone sdk - accessing current song information through an app

Question

Is it possible to retrieve the info about the current song being played. I\'m looking to get the artist and title so I can then display this on an app?

Answer 1

With the publicaly available iPhone API (for OS <= 2.2.1), it is not possible to gather any information from the iTunes library on the device. It can be done using unofficial methods, however, such methods would result in Apple declining your application.

With the iPhone OS 3.0 API, you can use something like the following:

MPMediaItem *nowPlayingMediaItem = [[MPMusicPlayerController iPodMusicPlayer] nowPlayingItem];