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# ApplicationMusicPlayer

An object your app uses to play music in a way that doesn’t affect
the Music app’s state.

```
class ApplicationMusicPlayer
```

## Overview

The application music player plays music specifically for your app,
and doesn’t affect the Music app’s state.

If your app includes a background audio mode in your `Info.plist` file,
the application music player continues playing the current music item
when your app moves to the background.

## Topics

### Classes

[`class Queue`](/documentation/MusicKit/ApplicationMusicPlayer/Queue-swift.class)

### Instance Properties

[`var queue: ApplicationMusicPlayer.Queue`](/documentation/MusicKit/ApplicationMusicPlayer/queue-swift.property)

The playback queue for the application music player.

[`var transition: MusicPlayer.Transition`](/documentation/MusicKit/ApplicationMusicPlayer/transition)

The transition between items for the application music player.

### Type Properties

[`static let shared: ApplicationMusicPlayer`](/documentation/MusicKit/ApplicationMusicPlayer/shared)

The shared application music player, which plays music
specifically for your app.

## Relationships

### Inherits From

[`MusicPlayer`](/documentation/MusicKit/MusicPlayer)

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