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Ahmed Kamal
Ahmed Kamal

Reputation: 1488

How to load music from SD card / Music+Video hub in Windows Phone 8?

I'm developing Windows Phone music app that aims to play music and let the user enjoy features that aren't available in Music+Video app (default app). I want to import the current available music in the device or at least be able to import music to the app easily from pc.

How can I achieve this ? I searched for that but I didn't anything that can help , although I saw this feature in other apps available in the store now.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1003

Answers (1)

Neil Turner
Neil Turner

Reputation: 2727

MediaLibrary

If you want to access the music already detected by the phone (both on the device memory and SD card), then use the MediaLibrary to access all the tracks...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd231914.aspx

http://www.jeffblankenburg.com/2011/11/28/31-days-of-mango-day-28-media-library/


ExternalStorage

If you want to access the SD card, then you'll have to use ExternalStorage API...

http://dotnet.dzone.com/articles/using-local-storage-windows


BackgroundAudioPlayer

And if you're serious about making a music player, you will have to also use the BackgroundAudioPlayer which allows music to keep playing even when your app is not running...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/hh202978(v=vs.105).aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/hh394039(v=vs.105).aspx

Upvotes: 3

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