iOS7 On-the-go playlist add album

i agree ... it needs tobe added back even if it is a double click first song to be included and double click last song to be included. but i prefer add all. if i dont want some maybe ill go through and take em out but having to add 100 songs one by one is a real PAIN !!!

I agree, this needs to be added back in ASAP. I used that button all the time.

Ditto. Surely they didn't remove this functionality, anybody found it in a different place or different gesture?

I agree its frustrating...they also took out the ability to add a previously created playlist to your edited playlist. I wonder why they do stuff like this...do they think its helpful?

Yes, I would really like that fuctionality to come back. Or is there someone out there with a work around?

GRRRR !!!

its been at least 3 updates and it has NOT been changed. ... i would even like the click and hold album,composer,genre,playlists,ong,etc to add-to/create playlist like on ipods !!! and would like it if one created playlist and could fill it that way too !!!

.. this issue is still there and mentioned on dozens of blogs. They have removed most of api access to music sources so no third party app can do this either. I mean if they want to controll it then at least fix issue..

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What is even more infuriating is this from iPhone 5s "tips":

Create playlists

In the Music app, tap Playlists, then tap Add Playlist and give it a name. Now tap any song or video to add it to the playlist. You can add individual songs, entire albums, or all songs by an artist.

Well, yes, IF YOU ADD THEM ONE SONG AT A TIME!!! Apple are you just lying liars, or did your "tips" writer not have a clue?

notice its from iphone 5s. on my ipad 2 ios 7.0.4 i still CANNOT do whole lists in itunes 11.1 like we can/could on an ipod 2/3 !!! would be nice to do the press and hold folder/album technique in idevices itunes !!!

Apple has fixed this issue with iOS 7.1. When editing your playlist, tap the "Albums" tab, then select the album that you want to add. When on the album page, pull down like you do when you are trying to use the search bar, and you should now see "Add All Songs" with a + next to it.

Close, but no cigar. You still can't select an artist and then select an album to add the whole album to a playlist! You can only add an album from the albums list. My music consists of only around 50 artists, but I have over 300 albums. Who wants to scroll through 300+ albums that aren't sorted in any meaningful order (genre, artist, etc) to select tracks that way? I just want to be able to select an artist and then select an album by that artist to my playlist without having to select every individual track. This functionality existed before and was taken away. Also, when you select an artist it is now sorted by newest date first, stupid! They should be sorted in chronological order (or there should be a setting to choose a preference) and you still have to scroll through all the songs of an album to get to the next album. For example, I have an artist with 13 albums. I have to scroll through 11 albums of songs if I want to add the 12th album and then I still have to add every song individually, EPIC FAIL!!

I guess, the only thing that I could think of would be that you pull down and search for the artist that you are interested in. In the search results for that artist, the albums will be listed, and you can tap on each album that you want, pull down, and then choose to add that album to your playlist. I know it won't be as quick as if you could just sort through your artists, but if you have an idea of the artists that you want, then it at least is a start.

Thanks toolsoldier. That works, but unfortunately I'm a bit more spontaneous as I'm selecting artists that I'm in the mood for. I generally just like to scroll through the list and select whatever strikes me at that moment.

Seems like they are listening, but why add the new option to add all of an artist's songs, all individual genre songs, or album from the album list, but no option to add an album at the artist level?. Seems like this would be the most commonly used one when creating a playlist. Apple, just put the little + option next to the album like it used to be. I can live with the other two annoyances, but as someone who changes playlists frequently, this has irked me ever since 7.0 was released.

you can add the entire album to a new playlist. The problem I had is adding a whole album on an existing playlist. What I ended up doing was, using a dummy playlist for that album, then opening that new playlist and i have a option to add that to the first playlist I made.