MusicKit for Android does not support to play radio station yet?

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Created Sep ’20

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MediaContainerType.RADIO_STATION (3) is defined in Javadoc but that is actually not defined in MediaContainerType.class. When we set 3 to container type by using CatalogPlaybackQueueItemProvider, it throws an IOException. For example, following code snippet is for preparing Apple One radio station.

How can we play a radio station by using Music Kit for Android 1.1.1?

Code Block val provider = CatalogPlaybackQueueItemProvider.Builder()
    .containers(3, "ra.978194965")
    .build()
// Throws java.io.IOException
//    com.apple.android.music.playback.model.MediaPlayerException: java.io.IOException
//        at com.apple.android.music.playback.c.b.a(MusicSDK:1100)
//        at com.apple.android.music.playback.queue.b.handleMessage(MusicSDK:787)
//        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
//        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:216)
//        at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:65)
playerController.prepare(provider, true)

Environment
Music Kit SDK 1.1.1 for Android

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Answer 1

rakuto OP

Sep ’20

There is a (undocumented?) way to find a M3U8 file for LIVE radio station through MusicKit API like following snippet. However that would require to have different Media Player such as ExoPlayer to support radio station. Also same API seems not to be working for non-LIVE station.

Code Block https://api.music.apple.com/v1/play/assets?kind=radioStation&format=streams&stationHash=CgkIBRoF7qCwygUQBA&id=ra.978194965
{
    "results": {
        "assets": [
            {
                "url": "https://itsliveradio.apple.com/streams/live/beats-1/master_skd.m3u8"
            }
        ]
    }
}

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Answer 2

BruceLee1996 OP

Apr ’25

I also encountered the same problem in Music Kit SDK for Android 1.1.2. May I ask if you have solved it now? And how did you solve it?

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