MPMediaQuery get local song list

Question

I'm trying to get local song list from iPod music library by MPMediaQuery:

MPMediaQuery *everything = [[MPMediaQuery alloc] init];
NSArray *itemsFromGenericQuery = [everything items];
self.songsList = [NSMutableArray arrayWithArray:itemsFromGenericQuery];

It always return nil. But I can actually pick up music from iPod music library by MPMediaPickerController. Why? Can any body help? Thanks.

`MPMediaQuery *everything = [MPMediaQuery songsQuery];`? And to get Local, you can use a predicate: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19450392/mpmediaquery-to-return-local-items-only — Larme, Oct 27 '15 at 10:10
@Zhou Hao Is there any way to search iTunes songs programmatically and get the song preview list. — Rajesh Maurya, Jul 13 '17 at 05:05

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 10 '16 at 14:44

This works for me:

MPMediaQuery *mediaQuery = [MPMediaQuery songsQuery]; // run a query on song media type
[mediaQuery addFilterPredicate:[MPMediaPropertyPredicate predicateWithValue:@(NO)
                   forProperty:MPMediaItemPropertyIsCloudItem]]; // ensure what we retrieve is on device
NSArray *mediaCollections = [mediaQuery collections]; // run query

MPMediaQuery get local song list

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