Introduction¶

Support for the Apple Media Service which provides media playback info and control.

Dependencies¶

This driver depends on:

Adafruit CircuitPython

Please ensure all dependencies are available on the CircuitPython filesystem. This is easily achieved by downloading the Adafruit library and driver bundle.

Installing from PyPI¶

On supported GNU/Linux systems like the Raspberry Pi, you can install the driver locally from PyPI. To install for current user:

pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-ble-apple-media

To install system-wide (this may be required in some cases):

sudo pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-ble-apple-media

To install in a virtual environment in your current project:

mkdir project-name && cd project-name
python3 -m venv .env
source .env/bin/activate
pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-ble-apple-media

Usage Example¶

import adafruit_ble
from adafruit_ble.advertising.standard import SolicitServicesAdvertisement
from adafruit_ble_apple_media import AppleMediaService

radio = adafruit_ble.BLERadio()
a = SolicitServicesAdvertisement()
a.solicited_services.append(AppleMediaService)
radio.start_advertising(a)

while not radio.connected:
    pass

print("connected")

known_notifications = set()

i = 0
while radio.connected:
    for connection in radio.connections:
        if not connection.paired:
            connection.pair()
            print("paired")

        ams = connection[AppleMediaService]
        print("App:", ams.player_name)
        print("Title:", ams.title)
        print("Album:", ams.album)
        print("Artist:", ams.artist)
        if ams.playing:
            print("Playing")
        elif ams.paused:
            print("Paused")

        if i > 3:
            ams.toggle_play_pause()
            i = 0
    print()
    time.sleep(3)
    i += 1

print("disconnected")

Contributing¶

Contributions are welcome! Please read our Code of Conduct before contributing to help this project stay welcoming.

Documentation¶

For information on building library documentation, please check out this guide.

Table of Contents¶

Examples

Simple test

API Reference

adafruit_ble_apple_media