Retrieve list of songs ordered by last play time in iOS

Question

I need to obtain a list of the N most recently played songs from an iOS device, in order.

The only way I can imagine doing it, at the moment, is by getting

Answer 1

I think MPMediaQuery is the only way to get recently played songs from an iOS device at this time.

You can use property MPMediaItemPropertyLastPlayedDatewhich will return you the most recent calendar date and time on which the user played the media item. Value is an NSDate object.

http://developer.apple.com/library/IOs/#documentation/MediaPlayer/Reference/MPMediaItem_ClassReference/Reference/Reference.html#//apple_ref/doc/constant_group/General_Media_Item_Property_Keys