Working with Rich Media

You'll Learn in This:

• How to play full-motion video from local or remote (streaming) files
• Ways of recording and playing back audio files on your iPhone
• How to access the built-in iPod library from within your applications
• How to display and access images from the built-in photo library or camera
• Methods of retrieving and displaying information about currently playing media items

There's no denying that the iPhone is a compelling platform for rich media playback. To make things even better, Apple provides a dizzying array of Cocoa classes that will help you add media to your own applications-everything from video, to photos, and audio recording. This lesson walks you through a few different features that you may want to consider including in your development efforts.