How to access local music files from iOS programmatically?

Question

I am able to access the music albums that I've bought from iTunes using following code.

MPMediaQuery * query = [MPMediaQuery albumsQuery];
allAlbums = query.collections;
return allAlbums;

But Not able to list the Music albums which are manually added from my PC. Itunes is able to show them in added recently. But my app is not displaying them?

How to access manually added music files?

Answer 1

Try Following:

First import the AVFoundation/AVFoundation.h framework.

#import <AVFoundation/AVFoundation.h>
-(void)pickAudioFiles
{
    MPMediaPickerController *soundPicker=[[MPMediaPickerController alloc] 
       initWithMediaTypes:MPMediaTypeAnyAudio];
    soundPicker.delegate=self;
    soundPicker.allowsPickingMultipleItems=NO; // You can set it to yes for multiple selection
    [self presentViewController:soundPicker animated:YES completion:nil];
 }

 -(void)mediaPicker:(MPMediaPickerController *)mediaPicker didPickMediaItems:
(MPMediaItemCollection *)mediaItemCollection
{
   MPMediaItem *item = [[mediaItemCollection items] objectAtIndex:0]; // For multiple you can iterate iTems array
   NSURL *url = [item valueForProperty:MPMediaItemPropertyAssetURL];
   [mediaPicker dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
   AVPlayerItem *playerItem=[AVPlayerItem playerItemWithURL:url];
   AVPlayer *player=[[AVPlayer alloc] initWithPlayerItem:playerItem];
   AVPlayerLayer *playerLayer=[AVPlayerLayer playerLayerWithPlayer:player];
   playerLayer.frame=CGRectMake(0, 0, 10, 10);
   [self.view.layer addSublayer:playerLayer];
}

You can play with

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