MPMediaItemArtwork init(image:) deprecated in iOS 10.0

Question

Apple has deprecated init(image:) method in MPMediaItemArtwork in iOS 10. What is the new alternative.

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Answer 1

I was wondering the same and ended up finding Apple's explanation for this.

They say we shouldn't do any expensive resizing operations on the image when handler is requested, but instead simply return the closely matching image out of ones already available to you.

The following WWDC 2017 video is where they mention it. It's about tvOS, but at least we get some insight. Starts at 07:20: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2017/251/?time=440