Spotify apps dead after update?

Question

I was developing a Spotify apps and all of the sudden Spotify restarted and updated. Yey, great.. I got version 0.8.3.222.g317ab79d... however typing spotify:app:the_app_name doesnt work anymore. I get metadataFailed, sorry I could not find this app.

Anyone knows where I can find a downgrade?

Answer 1

When you check spotify.com you can see there is a be right back message this indicated either server or application failures just hold for a few minutes/hours and return to developing after message is gone.

Answer 2

Spotify 0.8.3 changed the app lookup slightly. The URI for getting at apps in development is now spotify:app:application-identifier-in-manifest.

This changes the behaviour in old versions, which used the application's directory name to load applications. It's also worth noting that your application must have a valid identifier and version in its manifest.json file. Remember to restart the client when changing your manifest so it notices the changes!

The keys you need to set are BundleIdentifier (which will be used to find the app) and BundleVersion. Documentation on the keys can be found here.