leon / cordova-plugin-remotecommand

Cordova Plugin RemoteCommand

Info

This plugin allows you to control all the remote commands in iOS such as play pause from the lock screen, command center or headset.

This project has a sibling project that allows you to control what is displayed in the now playing info shown in the lock screen and in the command center. Check it out!

https://github.com/Muntligt/cordova-plugin-nowplaying

Install

cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-remotecommand

Then from javascript you will be able to call:

More info at https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/documentation/MediaPlayer/Reference/MPRemoteCommand_Ref/index.html#//apple_ref/occ/cl/MPRemoteCommand

// Disable buttons
RemoteCommand.enabled('nextTrack', false);
RemoteCommand.enabled('previousTrack', false);

// Start listening to all the remote commands
RemoteCommand.on('command', function (command) {
	console.log('command being fired', command);
	switch(command) {
		"play":
			audio.play();
			break;
		"pause":
			audio.pause();
			break;
	}
});

// or listen to them seperatly
RemoteCommand.on('play', function () {
	audio.play();
});

RemoteCommand.on('pause', function () {
	audio.pause();
});

// Available events are:
// *  pause
// *  play
// *  stop
// *  togglePlayPause
// *  enableLanguageOption
// *  disableLanguageOption
// *  nextTrack
// *  previousTrack
// *  seekForward
// *  seekBackward