Display now playing information in Command Center

display-now-playing-information-in-command-center.swift

// https://hashaam.com/2017/06/15/display-now-playing-information-in-command-center/

import UIKit
import MediaPlayer

class ViewController: UIViewController {
  
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
      
        setupNowPlayingInfo()
        
    }
  
  func setupNowPlayingInfo() {
        
        let image = UIImage(named: "artwork")!
        let mediaArtwork = MPMediaItemArtwork(boundsSize: image.size) { (size: CGSize) -> UIImage in
            return image
        }
        
        let nowPlayingInfo: [String: Any] = [
            MPMediaItemPropertyArtist: "hashaam.com",
            MPMediaItemPropertyTitle: "Live Streaming Example",
            MPMediaItemPropertyArtwork: mediaArtwork,
            MPNowPlayingInfoPropertyIsLiveStream: true
        ]
        
        MPNowPlayingInfoCenter.default().nowPlayingInfo = nowPlayingInfo
        
    }
  
}