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What is the difference between these MPMediaQuery results?

What is the difference in the results between these two queries:

let myQuery:MPMediaQuery = MPMediaQuery.songsQuery()
myQuery.groupingType = MPMediaGrouping.Album

and 

let myQuery:MPMediaQuery = MPMediaQuery.albumsQuery()
Solution

  • As of 6th version, XCode has brilliant playgrounds functionality. Consider following code in Playground:

    let myQuery1:MPMediaQuery = MPMediaQuery.songsQuery()
myQuery1.groupingType = MPMediaGrouping.Album

let myQuery2:MPMediaQuery = MPMediaQuery.albumsQuery()

myQuery1 == myQuery2

    The latter comparison resolves to "true", which means, that both above queries are effectively identical.

    Playground screenshot