I'm using WKWebView to play audio/video and am looking to set custom MPNowPlayingInfoCenter nowPlayingInfo, but WKWebView appears to override any settings that I make. Has anyone been able to add custom lockscreen controls and metadata while using WKWebView?
Here is a condensed example of the code that I am using:
[[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback withOptions:AVAudioSessionCategoryOptionMixWithOthers error:nil];
[[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setActive:YES error:nil];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] beginReceivingRemoteControlEvents];
// ... create the WKWebView and play the video ...
NSMutableDictionary * const mutableNowPlayingInfo = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
mutableNowPlayingInfo[MPMediaItemPropertyArtist] = [playlistItem videoCreator] ?: @"";
mutableNowPlayingInfo[MPMediaItemPropertyTitle] = [playlistItem videoName] ?: @"";
mutableNowPlayingInfo[MPMediaItemPropertyPlaybackDuration] = [playlistItem videoDuration] ?: @(0.0);
mutableNowPlayingInfo[MPNowPlayingInfoPropertyPlaybackRate] = @(1.0);
MPNowPlayingInfoCenter * const infoCenter = [MPNowPlayingInfoCenter defaultCenter];
[infoCenter setNowPlayingInfo:mutableNowPlayingInfo];
Note that -remoteControlReceivedWithEvent: is also overridden as necessary in my AppDelegate class.
Also note that this works fine if the WKWebView is swapped out for, say, an AVPlayer or AVAudioPlayer.
