Unable to figure out how to prevent crash with Date type and wrapping in Swift 3

I'm working with MPMediaQuery and specifically Podcasts. I'm having a very difficult time with Optionals and wrapping/unwrapping in this particular case.

    titleFilter = MPMediaPropertyPredicate(value: selectedPodcastTitle, forProperty: MPMediaItemPropertyPodcastTitle, comparisonType: .equalTo)
    qryPodcasts.addFilterPredicate(titleFilter)

    for junk in qryPodcasts.items!{

        //works fine
        if let sTitle  = junk.title {
            print("episode title: \(sTitle)")
        }else{
            print("episode title is nil")
        }

        //works fine
        if let dRelease = junk.releaseDate {
            print("episode release date: \(dRelease)")
        }else{
            print("episode release date is nil")
        }
        if #available(iOS 10.0, *) {
            // can't figure out how to make this work
            // crashes on some podcasts and I suspect it's when 'addedDate' is nil
            if let dAdded: Date = junk.dateAdded {
                print("episode added date: \(junk.dateAdded)")
            }else{
                print("episode added date is nil")
            }
        } else {
            print("episode added date is not available")
        }
    }

Seems the nullability of dateAdded is wrongly annotated in the current iOS SDK, and you may need some workaround.

Try this extension:

extension MPMediaItem {
    func getAddedDate() -> Date? {
        return self.perform(#selector(getter: MPMediaItem.dateAdded))?.takeUnretainedValue() as! NSDate? as Date?
    }
}

And use it like:

        if let dAdded = junk.getAddedDate() {
            print("episode added date: \(dAdded)")
        }else{
            print("episode added date is nil")
        }

You'd better send a bug report to Apple about this issue. (It may be classified as duplicate, but the number may affect.)