Regression: Music.app no longer allows for chapter selection in audiobooks

Originator:pichfl
Number:rdar://15766310 Date Originated:2014-01-07
Status:Duplicate Resolved:
Product:iOS Product Version:7.0
Classification: Reproducible:Yes
 
Summary:
The Music.app used to have a way to select a chapter from an iTunes audiobook by tapping the cover and revealing a chapter list. That feature has been gone since iOS 7 Beta 1 and while support for audiobooks in general came back in 7.1 Beta 3, there is no way to select a specific chapter any more.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Transfer a AAC based Audiobook with iTunes (ending in .m4b if bought in the iTunes Store or .aax if bought from Audible)
2. Open Music.app
3. Go to the Audiobooks category
4. Select the synced audiobook for playing

Expected Results:
A toggle or gesture to reveal a chapter list should be made available. The player interface has a button which looks like it should contain a list of the current playing item, but instead of chapters it just shows a list with a single entry for the complete audiobook.

Actual Results:
No option to select a chapter is given.

Version:
iOS 7.0.1, iOS 7.1 Beta 3

Notes:
The player ui in general is far worse than it's last iteration, but there is no one to blame for that. I just hope it will regain that feature, I really miss it.

Configuration:
Any release of iOS 7 on any iPhone I had access to (iOS 7.0.1 on iPhone 5, iOS 7.1 Beta 3 on iPhone 5, iOS 7.0.1 on iPhone 5s)

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Duplicate of 15004321

Engineering has determined that your bug report is a duplicate of another issue and will be closed.

By pichfl at Jan. 16, 2014, 3:12 p.m. (reply...)

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