How to show installed music players options in iOS? - ios

Question

I am doing a project in xamarin.
I exactly needed a popup that shows all the music apps installed in my phone on a button click, so user can select anyone of them and play music independently.
I am able to do this in android with music intent.
This is like I want to play an mp3 file and I tapped on a button. The iOS system shows all the available music in the sheet and by choosing one of them I can play that mp3 file.
Music intent ios

Answer 1

First you declare an interface to openApp:
public interface IOpenAppService
{
Task<bool> Launch(string stringUri);
}
then, in your customRenderer:
[assembly: Xamarin.Forms.Dependency(typeof(OpenAppService))]
namespace OpenAppLaunch.iOS
{
public class OpenAppService : IOpenAppService
{
public Task<bool> Launch(string stringUri)
{
try
{
NSUrl request = new NSUrl(stringUrl);
bool isOpened = UIApplication.SharedApplication.OpenUrl(stringUrl);
if (isOpened == false)
UIApplication.SharedApplication.OpenUrl(new NSUrl(stringUrl));
return Task.FromResult(true);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Debug.WriteLine("Cannot open url: {0}, Error: {1}", request.AbsoluteString, ex.Message);
var alertView = new UIAlertView("Error", ex.Message, null, "OK", null);
alertView.Show();
return Task.FromResult(false);
}
}
}
You can use it by calling OpenAppService.Launch("skype://");