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Introducing Shiny.Music — Cross-Platform Music Library Access for .NET MAUI

Allan Ritchie

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Accessing the music library on a user’s device from .NET MAUI means writing platform-specific code from scratch — MediaStore and ContentResolver on Android, MPMediaQuery and AVAudioPlayer on iOS. Shiny.Music wraps all of that into two injectable interfaces: IMediaLibrary for browsing and searching tracks, and IMusicPlayer for playback controls.

What you’ll learn

  • How to set up IMediaLibrary and IMusicPlayer with a single AddShinyMusic() call
  • How permissions differ between Android 13+ (READ_MEDIA_AUDIO) and iOS (Apple Music usage description), and how the library handles both automatically
  • The MusicMetadata record: title, artist, album, genre, duration, album art, and content URI
  • How to query all tracks, search by title/artist/album, and export track files to app storage
  • Playback controls: play, pause, resume, seek, stop, with state tracking and completion events
  • The DRM caveat: why Apple Music subscription tracks can’t be played or copied on iOS, and what still works

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