Hey, whoever replies to this question, thanks in advance.
I'm trying to write an app that will open and parse the iPhone's iTunes library xml file to get tags like artist, album, etc. Problem is, I don't know where the library xml file should be located. I don't have access to an iPhone, and even if I did, I get the feeling that end users can't really navigate through the filesystem to find things.
Does anyone know where the library xml file should be on the iPhone?
Another question: Can anyone comment if DOM or SAX would be better for parsing the iTunes library? Has anyone used Objective-XML?
Also, the app will be using the artist and album tags to eventually play the associated media files. I've seen a disturbing thread that makes me think that this feature may be impossible because of an "iTunes monopoly" on the media files themselves. Any comments?
Finally, I'm not sure that I really care enough about all of these questions to do it all myself. I'm really new to iPhone development, and I want to see this app done very quickly. Meanwhile, I'm concentrating on another portion of the app that would work well as a licensable package. Can anyone recommend an independent iPhone development shop that would be flexible enough to take a
TBD% of the sales of the product for a
TBD time, and not ask for money up front? My partner and I don't have any cash to spend right now.
