How to play MPMediaItem in MPMusicPlayerController in iOS? - ios

Question

I am trying to play MPMedaiItem in MPMusicPlayerController in iOS.
In my case , i have a UITableView that show songs from playlist.
When i tap cell on UITableView , i want to play that song with MPMusicPlayerController.
And i also want to skip next songs from playlist when i tap Next Button.
How can i play it?
Here is some of my codes that write in didSelected Method of UITableView.
That doesn't play anything.
MPMediaItemCollection *songs = [self.arrayOfSongs objectAtIndex:indexPath.row ];
MPMediaItem *item = [songs representativeItem ];
NSLog(#"%#",[item valueForProperty:MPMediaItemPropertyTitle ]);
[self.player setNowPlayingItem:[item valueForProperty:MPMediaItemPropertyAssetURL]];
[self.player play ];

Answer 1

I know this is a little late, but your problem is that MPMusicPlayerController's nowPlayingItem property expects a MPMediaItem object, and you're passing it an NSString containing the URL of the asset. Here's an example of how this could be accomplished.
MPMusicPlayerController *controller = [MPMusicPlayerController iPodMusicPlayer];
MPMediaItemCollection *collection = [[MPMediaItemCollection alloc] initWithItems:arrayOfMediaItems];
MPMediaItem *item = [collection representativeItem];
[controller setQueueWithItemCollection:collection];
[controller setNowPlayingItem:item];
[controller prepareToPlay];
[controller play];

Answer 2

I find it easier to use AVPlayer in an instance like this.
in your header file declare the AVPlayer object;
AVPlayer *audioPlayer;
Then in your method file use something like:
if(!audioPlayer){
audioPlayer = [[AVPlayer alloc] initWithURL:[item valueForProperty:MPMediaItemPropertyAssetURL]];
} else {
[audioPlayer replaceCurrentItemWithPlayerItem:[AVPlayerItem playerItemWithURL:itemURL]];
}
[audioPlayer play];