Does MPMusicPlayerController update Play Count?

Question

In my testing, it seems that playing MPMediaItem through MPMusicPlayerController does not update the Play Count (using iPod or application instance)

Can anyone confirm this? I haven't seen anything in the documentation either.

Answer 1

In my tests, the play count gets updated for both iPodMusicPlayer and applicationMusicPlayer.

First I skipped through to the end of the song. Then I jumped back to the previous track and tested the play count using valueForProperty after getting a MPMusicPlayerControllerNowPlayingItemDidChangeNotification:

- (void)handleNowPlayingItemChange:(NSNotification *)itemNotification {
     MPMediaItem *currentMediaItem = [[self musicPlayer] nowPlayingItem];
     NSNumber *currentPlayCount = [currentMediaItem valueForProperty:MPMediaItemPropertyPlayCount];
     NSLog(@"Current play count: %@", currentPlayCount);
}