MPMediaPickerController missing search functionality on the iPad

Question

When setting up an MPMediaPickerController with the same code the search functionality works on the iPhone but not on the iPad. There's a search box in the picker on iPhone, but not on iPad.

Is there a way to enable this functionality on the iPad?

Answer 1

I filed a bug report about this (ID: 12157125) back in August nothing has come from it yet, so no there is no way to enable this functionality. However, you could remake the picker from the ground up using a combination of a UITableView and some MPMediaQueries, leaving you free to add your own search functionality.