This is the code I use: @MainActor func picker()->UIViewController{ let pickerController = MPMediaPickerController(mediaTypes: .music) print(pickerController) pickerController.showsCloudItems=true pickerController.prompt = NSLocalizedString("Add pieces to queue", comment:""); pickerController.allowsPickingMultipleItems=true; pickerController.delegate=MPMusicPlayerControllerSingleton.sharedController(); return pickerController } MainActor @IBAction func handleBrowserTapped(_ sender: AnyObject){ if let pickerController=contentProvider?.picker(){ self.present(pickerController, animated:true, completion:nil) } } And this his is the crash log: *** Assertion failure in -[MPMediaPickerController_Appex requestRemoteViewController], MPMediaPickerController.m:523 *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'remoteViewController cannot be nil -- process will crash inserting in hierarchy. We likely got a nil remoteViewController because Music is crashing.' *** First throw call stack: (0x1869cac70 0x183499224 0x1844f9f50 0x1a6c6a060 0x18d45518c 0x18d4cd410 0x103354544 0x10336dccc 0x10338f748 0x103364204 0x103364144 0x186957a64 0x1868e5288 0x1868e41d0 0x22bde7498 0x18c5a5ca0 0x18c510254 0x18c71ce90 0x103854340 0x1038542b0 0x103854430 0x1834f1c1c) libc++abi: terminating due to uncaught exception of type NSException *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'remoteViewController cannot be nil -- process will crash inserting in hierarchy. We likely got a nil remoteViewController because Music is crashing.'

In my chat web app I have button to upload images. On iOS in Safari I can see action sheet with "Media library", "Caption image or video", "Open files". Can I prevent opening this action sheet and directly open media library using HTML or JavaScript?

We have the application 'ADS Smart', a companion application for our ADS Dashcam. We offer a feature that lets users stream the live footage of the dashcam cameras through the app. Currently, we are experiencing a time delay of 30+ seconds to see the live stream, i.e the first frame of the live footage is taking around 30+ seconds to display in the app. We are using the MobileVLCKit library to stream the videos in the app. The current flow of the code, Flutter triggers the native playback via a method channel The Dart side calls the iOS method channel <identifier_name>/ts_player with method playTSFromURL passing: url(e.g rtsp://.... for live), playerId viewId (stable ID used to host native UI) showControls optional localIp AppDelegate receives the call and prepares networking Entry point: AppDelegate.tsChannel handler for "playTSFromURL" in AppDelegate.swift. It resolves the Wi‑Fi interface and local IP if possible: Sets VLC_SOURCE_ADDRESS to the Wi‑Fi IP (when available) to prefer Wi‑Fi for the stream. Uses NWPathMonitor and direct interface inspection to find the Wi‑Fi interface (e.g., en0) and IP. Kicks off best-effort route priming to the dashcam IP/ports (non-blocking), see establishWiFiRoutePriority. AppDelegate chooses the right player implementation createPlayerForURL(_: ) decides: RTSP(rasp://..) --> use VLCKit-backed player (class TSStreamPlayer -> TSStreamPlayer class provides a VLC-backed video player for iOS, handling playback of Transport Stream(TS) URLs with strict main-thread UI updates, view safety, and stream management, using MobileVLCKit) .ts files --> use VLCKit-based player for playing already recorded videos in the app. If the selected player supports extras (e.g. TSStreamPlayerExtras), it sets LocalIP (if resolved) Wi-fi interface name AppDeletegate creates the native 'platform view' container and overlay platformView(for:parent:showControls:): Creates a container UIView attached to the Flutter root view Adds a dedicated child videoHost[viewId]-the host UIView for rendering video. If showControls == true, adds TSPlayerControlsOverlay over the video and wires overlay callbacks back to the Flutter via controlChannel (/player_controls) If showControls == false, adds a minimal back button and wires it to onGalleryBack. The player starts playback inside the host view Class player.playTSFromURL(urlString, in:host){ success, error in...} on the main thread. For RTSP/TS streams: this is handled by TSStreamPlayer(VLCKit). Success/failure is reported back to Flutter The completion closure invoked in step 5 returns true on first real playback or an error message on failure. The method channel result responds: true --> Flutter knows playback started FlutterError -> Flutter can show an error Stopping and cleanup "stop" on tsChannel stops and disposes the player(s). "removePlatformView" removes the overlay, back button, the host, and the container, and disposes any remaining players. I am attaching the logs of the app while running. The actual issue happening is that when the iOS device is connected to the dashcam's Wi-Fi, for the app's live streaming-related information, the iOS is using Mobile Data even though the wifi is the main communication channel. The iOS device takes approximately 30 seconds to display the first frame of live footage in the app. Despite being connected to the dashcam’s Wi-Fi, the iOS device sets the value of ES (en0) to Wi-Fi after multiple attempts, causing the live footage to appear in the app after this delay. So, how can we set up the configuration to display the live footage from the dashcam cameras within just 2 to 3 seconds in the iOS device? ios.txt

Hi everyone, I’m running into an issue with PHPickerFilter when using PHPickerViewController. When I configure the picker with a .videos and .livePhotos filter, it seems to work correctly in the Photos tab. However, when I switch to the Collections tab, the filter doesn’t always apply — users can still see and select static image assets in certain collections (e.g. from one of the People & Pets sections). Here’s a simplified snippet of my setup: var configuration = PHPickerConfiguration(photoLibrary: .shared()) configuration.selectionLimit = 1 var filters = [PHPickerFilter]() filters.append(.videos) filters.append(.livePhotos) configuration.filter = PHPickerFilter.any(of: filters) configuration.preferredAssetRepresentationMode = .current let picker = PHPickerViewController(configuration: configuration) picker.delegate = self present(picker, animated: true) Expected behavior: The picker should consistently respect the filter across both Photos and Collections tabs, only showing assets that match the filter. Actual behavior: The filter seems to apply correctly in the Photos tab, but in the Collections tab, other asset types are still visible/selectable. Has anyone else encountered this behavior? Is this expected or a known issue, or am I missing something in the configuration? Thanks in advance!

Environment Windows 11 [edition/build]: [e.g., 23H2, 22631.x] Apple Music for Windows version: [e.g., 1.x.x from Microsoft Store] Library folder: C:\Users<user>\Music\Apple Music\Apple Music Library.musiclibrary Summary I need a supported way to programmatically enumerate the local Apple Music library on Windows (track file paths, playlists, etc.) for reconciliation with the on-disk Media folder. On macOS this used to be straightforward via scripting/export; on Windows I can’t find an equivalent. What I’m seeing in the library bundle Library.musicdb → not SQLite. First 4 bytes: 68 66 6D 61 ("hfma"). Library Preferences.musicdb → also starts with "hfma". artwork.sqlite → SQLite but appears to be artwork cache only (no track file paths). Extras.itdb → has SQLite format 3 header but (from a quick scan) not seeing track locations. Genius.itdb → not a SQLite database on this machine. What I’ve tried Attempted to open Library.musicdb with SQLite providers → error: “file is not a database.” Binary/string scans (ASCII, UTF-16LE/BE, null-stripped) of Library.musicdb → did not reveal file paths or obvious plist/XML/JSON blobs. The Windows Apple Music UI doesn’t appear to expose “Export Library / Export Playlist” like legacy iTunes did, and I can’t find a public API for local library enumeration on Windows. What I’m trying to accomplish Read local track entries (absolute or relative paths), detect broken links, and reconcile against the Media folder. A read-only solution is fine; I do not need to modify the library. Questions for Apple Is the Library.musicdb file format documented anywhere, or is there a supported SDK/API to enumerate the local library on Windows? Is there a supported export mechanism (CLI, UI, or API) on Windows Apple Music to dump the local library and/or playlists (XML/CSV/JSON)? Is there a Windows-specific equivalent to the old iTunes COM automation or any MusicKit surface that can return local library items (not streaming catalog) and their file locations? If none of the above exist today, is there a recommended workaround from Apple for library reconciliation on Windows (e.g., documented support for importing M3U/M3U8 to rebuild the local library from disk)? Are there any plans/timeline for adding Windows feature parity with iTunes/Music on macOS for exporting or scripting the local library? Why this matters For large personal libraries, users occasionally end up with orphaned files on disk or broken links in the app. Without an export or API, it’s difficult to audit and fix at scale on Windows. Reference details (in case it helps triage) Library.musicdb header bytes: 68-66-6D-61-A0-00-00-00-10-26-34-00-15-00-01-00 (ASCII shows hfma…). artwork.sqlite is readable but doesn’t contain track file paths (appears limited to artwork). I can supply a minimal repro tool and logs if that’s helpful. Feature request (if no current API) Add an official Export Library/Playlists action on Windows Apple Music, or Provide a read-only Windows API (or schema doc) that surfaces track file locations and playlist membership from the local library. Thanks in advance for any guidance or pointers to docs I might have missed.

My iPhone is on iOS 26 RC and when I tried adding music to my library, the app crashed and when I opened it again my whole Apple Music library including playlists disappeared but it still shows that the app is showing 8 gb of storage. I’ve tried restarting my phone, closed the app and reopened it, and that didn’t work, what do I do

When using the Apple Devices to sync Apple Music to iPhone where is the Apple Devices backup being written to? Apple Devices->music->sync. Not trying to backup the iPhone via Apple Devices app.

Description When using UIDocumentPickerViewController with allowsMultipleSelection = false, I expect that selecting a file will dismiss only the document picker. However, if a user quickly taps the same file multiple times, the picker dismisses both itself and the presenting view controller (i.e., it pops two levels from the view controller stack), which leads to unintended behavior and breaks presentation flow. Expected Behavior Only UIDocumentPickerViewController should be dismissed when a file is selected—even if the user taps quickly or multiple times on the same file. Actual Behavior When tapping the same file multiple times quickly, the picker dismisses not only itself but also the parent view controller it was presented from. Steps to Reproduce Create a simple view controller and present another one modally over it. From that presented view controller, present a UIDocumentPickerViewController with allowsMultipleSelection = false. Tap quickly on the same file in the picker 2 times. Result: Both the document picker and the presenting view controller are dismissed. Reproducible Code Snippet class ViewController: UIViewController { override func viewDidLoad() { super.viewDidLoad() view.backgroundColor = .green addLabel("Parent View Controller") DispatchQueue.main.async { [unowned self] in let child = UIViewController() child.view.backgroundColor = .yellow present(child, animated: true) child.addLabel("Child View Controller") let vc = UIDocumentPickerViewController( forOpeningContentTypes: [.pdf, .jpeg, .png], asCopy: true ) vc.allowsMultipleSelection = false child.present(vc, animated: true) } } } extension UIViewController { func addLabel(_ text: String) { let label = UILabel(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 50, width: view.bounds.width, height: 30)) label.text = text view.addSubview(label) } } Environment Device: iPhone 15 Pro and others iOS version: 18.2 (reproduces on multiple iOS versions) Occurs with: .pdf, .jpeg, .png file types Mode: Both simulator and real device Notes Happens consistently with fast multiple taps on the same file. This breaks expected view controller stack behavior.

There are different microphones that can be connected via a 3.5-inch jack or via USB or via Bluetooth, the behavior is the same. There is a code that gets access to the microphone (connected to the 3.5-inch audio jack) and starts an audio capture session. At the same time, the microphone use icon starts to be displayed. The capture of the audio device (microphone) continues for a few seconds, then the session stops, the microphone use icon disappears, then there is a pause of a few seconds, and then a second attempt is made to access the same microphone and start an audio capture session. At the same time, the microphone use icon is displayed again. After a few seconds, access to the microphone stops and the audio capture session stops, after which the microphone access icon disappears. Next, we will try to perform the same actions, but after the first stop of access to the microphone, we will try to pull the microphone plug out of the connector and insert it back before trying to start the second session. In this case, the second attempt to access begins, the running part of the program does not return errors, but the microphone access icon is not displayed, and this is the problem. After the program is completed and restarted, this icon is displayed again. This problem is only the tip of the iceberg, since it manifests itself in the fact that it is not possible to record sound from the audio microphone after reconnecting the microphone until the program is restarted. Is this normal behavior of the AVFoundation framework? Is it possible to somehow make it so that after reconnecting the microphone, access to it occurs correctly and the usage indicator is displayed? What additional actions should the programmer perform in this case? Is there a description of this behavior somewhere in the documentation? Below is the code to demonstrate the described behavior. I am also attaching an example of the microphone usage indicator icon. Computer description: MacBook Pro 13-inch 2020 Intel Core i7 macOS Sequoia 15.1. #include <chrono> #include <condition_variable> #include <iostream> #include <mutex> #include <thread> #include <AVFoundation/AVFoundation.h> #include <Foundation/NSString.h> #include <Foundation/NSURL.h> AVCaptureSession* m_captureSession = nullptr; AVCaptureDeviceInput* m_audioInput = nullptr; AVCaptureAudioDataOutput* m_audioOutput = nullptr; std::condition_variable conditionVariable; std::mutex mutex; bool responseToAccessRequestReceived = false; void receiveResponse() { std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex); responseToAccessRequestReceived = true; conditionVariable.notify_one(); } void waitForResponse() { std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(mutex); conditionVariable.wait(lock, [] { return responseToAccessRequestReceived; }); } void requestPermissions() { responseToAccessRequestReceived = false; [AVCaptureDevice requestAccessForMediaType:AVMediaTypeAudio completionHandler:^(BOOL granted) { const auto status = [AVCaptureDevice authorizationStatusForMediaType:AVMediaTypeAudio]; std::cout << "Request completion handler granted: " << (int)granted << ", status: " << status << std::endl; receiveResponse(); }]; waitForResponse(); } void timer(int timeSec) { for (auto timeRemaining = timeSec; timeRemaining > 0; --timeRemaining) { std::cout << "Timer, remaining time: " << timeRemaining << "s" << std::endl; std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(1)); } } bool updateAudioInput() { [m_captureSession beginConfiguration]; if (m_audioOutput) { AVCaptureConnection *lastConnection = [m_audioOutput connectionWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeAudio]; [m_captureSession removeConnection:lastConnection]; } if (m_audioInput) { [m_captureSession removeInput:m_audioInput]; [m_audioInput release]; m_audioInput = nullptr; } AVCaptureDevice* audioInputDevice = [AVCaptureDevice deviceWithUniqueID: [NSString stringWithUTF8String: "BuiltInHeadphoneInputDevice"]]; if (!audioInputDevice) { std::cout << "Error input audio device creating" << std::endl; return false; } // m_audioInput = [AVCaptureDeviceInput deviceInputWithDevice:audioInputDevice error:nil]; // NSError *error = nil; NSError *error = [[NSError alloc] init]; m_audioInput = [AVCaptureDeviceInput deviceInputWithDevice:audioInputDevice error:&error]; if (error) { const auto code = [error code]; const auto domain = [error domain]; const char* domainC = domain ? [domain UTF8String] : nullptr; std::cout << code << " " << domainC << std::endl; } if (m_audioInput && [m_captureSession canAddInput:m_audioInput]) { [m_audioInput retain]; [m_captureSession addInput:m_audioInput]; } else { std::cout << "Failed to create audio device input" << std::endl; return false; } if (!m_audioOutput) { m_audioOutput = [[AVCaptureAudioDataOutput alloc] init]; if (m_audioOutput && [m_captureSession canAddOutput:m_audioOutput]) { [m_captureSession addOutput:m_audioOutput]; } else { std::cout << "Failed to add audio output" << std::endl; return false; } } [m_captureSession commitConfiguration]; return true; } void start() { std::cout << "Starting..." << std::endl; const bool updatingResult = updateAudioInput(); if (!updatingResult) { std::cout << "Error, while updating audio input" << std::endl; return; } [m_captureSession startRunning]; } void stop() { std::cout << "Stopping..." << std::endl; [m_captureSession stopRunning]; } int main() { requestPermissions(); m_captureSession = [[AVCaptureSession alloc] init]; start(); timer(5); stop(); timer(10); start(); timer(5); stop(); }

We are trying to build a simple image capture app using AVFoundation and AVCaptureDevice. Custom settings are used for exposure point and bias. But when image is captured using front camera , the image captured from the app and front native camera does not match. The image captured from the app includes more area than the native app. Also there is difference between the tilt angle between two images. So is there any way to capture image exactly same as native camera using AVFoundation and AVCaptureDevice. Native Custom

Hello, We've a music app reading MPMediaItem. We got items using MPMediaQuery. But we realized that some downloaded tracks from Apple Music were fetched too. Not all downloaded track but only those who were played recently. Of course, since these tracks are protected with DRM we can't play them in our player. It's weird to get them in our query because we added predicate in order to dont fetch protected asset and iCloud item MPMediaPropertyPredicate(value: false, forProperty: MPMediaItemPropertyHasProtectedAsset) MPMediaPropertyPredicate(value: false, forProperty: MPMediaItemPropertyIsCloudItem) To be sure, we made a second check on each item we've fetched extension MPMediaItem { public func isValid() -> Bool { return self.assetURL != nil && !self.isCloudItem && !self.hasProtectedAsset } } But we still get these items. Their hasProtectedAsset attribute always return false. I dont know if it's a bug, but since we can't detect this items as Apple Music downloaded track, we can't either: filter them to not add them in our application library OR switch on a MPMusicPlayerController.applicationMusicPlayer to allow the user to play them

MPMusicPlayerControllers nowPlayingItem no longer seems to be able to change a song. The code use to work but seems to be broken on iOS 16, 17 and now the iOS 18 beta. When newSong is triggered, the song restarts but it does not change songs. Instead I get the following error: Failed to set now playing item error=<MPMusicPlayerControllerErrorDomain.5 "Unable to play item <MPConcreteMediaItem: 0x9e9f0ef70> 206357861099970620" {}>. The documentation seems to indicate I’m doing things correctly. class MusicPlayer { var songTwo: MPMediaItem? let player = MPMusicPlayerController.applicationMusicPlayer func start() async { await MPMediaLibrary.requestAuthorization() let myPlaylistsQuery = MPMediaQuery.playlists() let playlists = myPlaylistsQuery.collections!.filter { $0.items.count > 2} let playlist = playlists.first! let songOne = playlist.items.first! songTwo = playlist.items[1] player.setQueue(with: playlist) play(songOne) } func newSong() { guard let songTwo else { return } play(songTwo) } private func play(_ song: MPMediaItem) { player.stop() player.nowPlayingItem = song player.prepareToPlay() player.play() } }

I want my app to allow the user to search for certain words in a video file and the transcript of that video. I found a Transcript class. I don't remember which Framework it is in. Would someone point me in the right direction? What Framework and Classes should I use.

Running in a Mac (Catalyst) target or Apple Silicon (designed for iPad). Just accessing the playbackStoreID from the MPMediaItem shows this error in the console: -[ITMediaItem valueForMPMediaEntityProperty:]: Unhandled MPMediaEntityProperty subscriptionStoreItemAdamID. The value returned is always “”. This works as expected on iOS and iPadOS, returning a valid playbackStoreID. import SwiftUI import MediaPlayer @main struct PSIDDemoApp: App { var body: some Scene { WindowGroup { Text("playbackStoreID demo") .task { let authResult = await MPMediaLibrary.requestAuthorization() if authResult == .authorized { if let item = MPMediaQuery.songs().items?.first { let persistentID = item.persistentID let playbackStoreID = item.playbackStoreID // <--- Here print("Item \(persistentID), \(playbackStoreID)") } } } } } } Xcode 15.1, also tested with Xcode 15.3 beta 2. MacOS Sonoma 14.3.1 FB13607631

So i meant to make a shared album but made a shared library. That being said, I deleted the shared album but my family can not remove it from the phones

I'm trying to accomplish creating a new playlist on device that appears in AppleMusic, and adding into the playlist a selection of MP3s within a small IOS app. Now the MP3's are either a stream of bytes, or a flat file already stored on the device (the app itself generates these - they aren't downloaded, they are created in app, and then stored on the local device) in it's local storage space. The idea is that created tracks can show up in a specific play list on the device. Now, there appears to be some conflict as to what framework I need to use. I've found MPMediaPlayer, which appears to allow me to create a playlist using the GetPlaylist call, although the documentation on this seems pretty sparse and there's not a lot of examples I can find on how to use this? It looks like a UUID is passed in, but there is no documentation on what this UUID is or where it comes from? If I want to create a new Playlist, I presume I need to generate a UUID, and then store that locally in order to be able to access that playlist again later, yes? There's an AddItem call which looks like it's how you add a track to a playlist, but there's no documentation on how you generate an entry. The documentation for this function talks about a Product ID, without describing what the product ID is, or where it needs to come from. Is this a GUID? Is it a name/description? Does it have to be unique? I'm assuming this Product ID refers to that which is being added to the playlist, but the documentation is sadly lacking in terms of explaining what the product ID refers to. Is it a media Item, or is that what is created when whatever entity the Product ID is referring to is added to the playlist? I'm assuming I can create a NSURL of the file that is stored that is actually the MP3 sample, but what I do with that in order to actually add it as a playlist entry is unknown. I'm sure there is a mechanism to do this, it's just not clear what that is. There's a lack of understanding or explanation of what the process is here, and some illumination would be helpful.

i am using DRM content in my player. facing this error frequently . we used both licenseUrl ,certificateUrl and DRM token .Content is not playing getting this error .

I can't work out how to deal with the dialog presented when an app first tries to access a photo library: This screenshot shows the dialog still presented after the app has quit, which suggests to me that it's a system-level rather than app-level dialog; but the handler for addUIInterruptionMonitor(withDescription:handler:) isn't called (whereas it is for both the "Allow MyApp to use your location?" and "MyApp Would Like to Send You Notifications" dialogs). But nor does it appear to be an app-level dialog under XCUIApplication. How can I handle this dialog in my UI testing? Thanks, Hamish

Hi! I'm currently developing an app that can play music stored locally. It was working fine previously, but after updating my device to iOS 17, I started getting error -54 when I try to play the file. I also noticed that when getting the list of files in MPMediaQuery.songs(), I would encounter the following errors: I suspect it might be some issue with file permissions, but I can't figure out what i am missing. I have already checked that MPMediaLibrary.authorizationStatus() is authorized. Does anyone know what the issue might be? Thank you

Hi I have this piece of code in my app that is supposed to open up a file from Music(old iTunes) app and play. But I get 'Attempted to register account monitor for types client is not authorized to access "com.apple.account.iTunesStore". Any suggests how to fix this. What entitlements do I need to set? Code and error logs are below code-block ``` func showiPOD() {           let mediaPicker: MPMediaPickerController = MPMediaPickerController.self(mediaTypes:MPMediaType.anyAudio)     mediaPicker.delegate = self as MPMediaPickerControllerDelegate     mediaPicker.allowsPickingMultipleItems = false     mediaPicker.showsCloudItems = true //show from iCloud as well.. needs to be tested     self.present(mediaPicker, animated: true, completion: nil)   } 2023-01-24 09:31:22.018992-0800 Smart Practice[526:16253] [Entitlements] MSVEntitlementUtilities - Process Smart Practice PID[526] - Group: (null) - Entitlement: com.apple.accounts.appleaccount.fullaccess - Entitled: NO - Error: (null) 2023-01-24 09:31:22.022520-0800 Smart Practice[526:16253] [core] Attempted to register account monitor for types client is not authorized to access: {(   "com.apple.account.iTunesStore" )} ```language code-block