MPMusicPlayerController play not working with Apple Music

Question

I am using the new Apple Music API with MPMusicPlayerController but play method doesn't work in the first time called, but after the second or third time.

My code is the following:

MPMusicPlayerController *appleMusicPlayer = /*access instantiated player*/;
[appleMusicPlayer setQueueWithStoreIDs:@[url]];
[appleMusicPlayer play];

The player is instantiated as follows:

_appleMusicPlayer = [MPMusicPlayerController applicationMusicPlayer];
_appleMusicPlayer.repeatMode = MPMusicRepeatModeNone;
_appleMusicPlayer.shuffleMode = MPMusicShuffleModeOff;
[_appleMusicPlayer beginGeneratingPlaybackNotifications];

The url passed in setQueueWithStoreIDs method is a NSString with a country-specific valid iTunesID. I provide you with a screenshot of NSLog output of url after above play method is called.

Any help would be much appreciated.

ps. all player method calls are called on main thread. – ozzotto May 11 '16 at 15:02 — ozzotto, May 11 '16 at 15:02

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 17 '16 at 16:52

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Make sure url is a string of the store ID!

You can get that here: https://affiliate.itunes.apple.com/resources/documentation/itunes-store-web-service-search-api/

answered May 17 '16 at 16:52

evenodd

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All urls passed are country specific storeID strings. – ozzotto May 19 '16 at 07:33
What do you mean `country-specific storeID`? Doesn't song id unique for the all country? – Ilesh P Nov 01 '18 at 06:32
It works after the first time so it can't be related to country specific restrictions. – Mojo66 Nov 02 '18 at 17:28

MPMusicPlayerController play not working with Apple Music

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