MediaHistory Class

[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]

The MediaHistory class contains information about media items that are newly acquired, recently played, or currently playing.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System::Object
Microsoft.Devices::MediaHistory

Namespace: Microsoft.Devices
Assembly: Microsoft.Phone (in Microsoft.Phone.dll)

Syntax

C++

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

The MediaHistory type exposes the following members.

	Name	Description
	NowPlaying	Gets the most recent MediaHistoryItem in the media history, or sets the supplied MediaHistoryItem into the Now Playing section of the Music + Videos Hub.

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
	WriteAcquiredItem	Adds a MediaHistoryItem that an application recently acquired for the user.
	WriteRecentPlay	Adds a MediaHistoryItem that an application has recently played for the user.

	Name	Description
	Instance	Returns a singleton that represents the MediaHistory class.

When new MediaHistoryItem instances are added, the object's metadata is inserted into a list of content that is owned by the Music + Videos Hub. The images provided in the MediaHistoryItem instances are copied into the media library storage area.

For more information about the Music + Videos Hub, see How to integrate with the Music and Videos Hub for Windows Phone 8.

Capabilities

If you use this API in your app, you must specify the following capabilities in the app manifest. Otherwise, your app might not work correctly or it might exit unexpectedly.