public Dictionary <string, List <MediaItem> > GetSongsByArtist()
{
Dictionary <string, List <MediaItem> > artistSongs = new Dictionary <string, List <MediaItem> >();
try
{
MusicQuery musicQuery = new MusicQuery();
var artistSongs1 = musicQuery.queryForSongs();
MPMediaQuery mediaQuery = MPMediaQuery.ArtistsQuery;
MPMediaItemCollection[] songsByArtist = mediaQuery.Collections;
List <MediaItem> songs;
foreach (MPMediaItemCollection artist in songsByArtist)
{
MPMediaItem[] songItems = artist.Items;
string artistName = "";
songs = new List <MediaItem>();
foreach (MPMediaItem songItem in songItems)
{
// Create a new song type and add the info from this song to it
MediaItem song = new MediaItem();
try
{
if (artistName == "")
{
artistName = songItem.Artist;
}
SetMediaItem(ref song, songItem);
songs.Add(song);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Messages.Add(GetExceptionDetail(ex));
}
}
if (!artistSongs.ContainsKey(artistName))
{
artistSongs.Add(artistName, songs);
}
else
{
List <MediaItem> temp = null;
artistSongs.TryGetValue(artistName, out temp);
if (temp != null)
{
temp.AddRange(songs);
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Messages.Add(GetExceptionDetail(ex));
_ = ex;
}
return(artistSongs);
}
// Get the songs from the music library
public static void querySongs()
{
MusicQuery musicQuery = new MusicQuery();
artistSongs = musicQuery.queryForSongs();
artistCount = artistSongs.Count;
var artists = artistSongs.Values;
songCount = 0;
foreach (List <Song> songs in artists)
{
songCount += songs.Count;
}
searchSongCount = 0;
searchArtistCount = 0;
}
