How To Integrate Spotify API With iOS App?

I decided to create a social media app that allows users to select a music track on Spotify and when someone views another user’s profile, it will be visible under the profile information with a play button. This article is about the tricks used to get a Spotify song without signing in and installing the app on your iOS or Android device.

Spotify API with iOS app

iOS SDK

The Spotify iOS SDK allows your iOS app to authenticate users as well as communicate and always stay in sync with the main Spotify app running on the user’s device in the background. This SDK allows you to offload all the complexity to the main Spotify app, such as: playback, authentication, networking, and offline caching.

Key properties

  • Lightweight SDK.
  • Authentication.
  • Always synchronized playback.
  • Offline support.
  • Built-in networking, track switching and cache support.

Set up iOS SDK

⦁ Registered client ID.

⦁ Downloaded copy of Spotify iOS SDK.

⦁ Latest version of Spotify installed on iOS device.

Implementation of Spotify iOS SDK

We decided to show you the integration of Spotify’s iOS SDK with a mobile application for listening to music from several audio streaming services. Here, users can link and unlink their Spotify accounts and sign in across multiple devices without reconnecting to integrated services.

Keep in mind that although there is an official Spotify SDK implementation guide, it can only introduce basic functionality. The process of connecting the SDK to the actual product is significantly different in terms of login logic and token management.

Application registration on Spotify

Go to the Spotify dashboard and sign in to your account. Find the Create App button there. Enter your name and app description.

⦁ Now find this button. Enter your name and app description. After that, we are interested in the following fields:

⦁ Client ID – Your application’s unique identifier, which is required for SDK integration.

⦁ Client Secret – The secret key of your application that is used on the server.

⦁ Redirect URL – The link that returns to your app if you log into the native app or Safari again.

⦁ Bundle ID – The bundle ID of your application.

Prepare your environment

Download the Spotify iOS framework using the “Clone or Download” button at the top of this page and unzip it. Install the latest version of Spotify from the App Store on the device you will be using for development. Launch the Spotify app and sign in or register.

Validation and scopes

In the My Apps section of the Spotify Developer Website, you can generate a Client ID, Client Secret and define your application’s callback URI. Temporary keys issued for previous SDK releases will not work with beta version 3 and later. When connecting a user to your application, you must provide the scopes that your application needs to operate.

Conclusion

This concludes our article on implementing Spotify’s iOS SDK for mobile app development.