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Reputation: 337

How to play full-length songs on Android using SpotifySDK

I read everywhere that it is possible to offer the users of our applications full-length songs via using Spotify SDK for Android. But only way I could find is that users should have premium account on Spotify to get full-length tracks. Otherwise, it is not possible to get full-length even if you were non-premium user of Spotify.

Am I wrong or right? Is there a way to get full-length tracks without being a premium user on Spotify?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 676

Answers (1)

Michael Thelin
Michael Thelin

Reputation: 4830

But only way I could find is that users should have premium account on Spotify to get full-length tracks.

Correct. Spotify's Developer site's documentation about the Android SDK states,

Please also note that streaming of full-length tracks is only available to your users who have a Spotify Premium subscription.

Users are required to have premium accounts since the Android SDK allows the user to select tracks to play on-demand. The rules for free users are very different. For example, free users cannot play any track they want in the mobile application, but are forced to shuffle a context like a playlist or an album. Free users also have to listen to advertisements in-between tracks. The Android SDK simply doesn't support this.

Upvotes: 3

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