Spotify's “Sorry, I could not find this app”

Question

As in the API documentation, I have created a ~/Spotify/myapp/index.html (on a Mac) but when loading spotify:app:myapp from the search bar in Spotify (preview version that supports apps) I get a "Sorry, I could not find this app" message.

What am I missing (this should be all for a "Hello World" according to the docs, right? Is there a way I can debug this to better understand the problem?

Answer 1

It sounds like you did not apply for being a developer at Spotify. Do you have a menu item called Develop and have the ability to right-click inside given apps?

If not, you need to have developer capabilities activated by Spotify. You can do so on their Site. Your account will probably not be activated instantly.

Answer 2

I just made a video explaining how to solve this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paqq3h1UJhU

Basically you need to go to the Spotify.app -> Contents -> Resources -> cef_views ; and drop your stuff in there.

Answer 3

Something else to keep in mind! I was trying to create my app with an underscore in the name, and for some reason it choked up the application. As soon as I removed the underscore and kept it to just letters, it worked fine. shrug

Answer 4

So according to the docs you posted yourself, you need, in spotifys current form, to name your folder appstore.

Your application will appear in the sidebar in future builds - for now, please name the folder of your application “appstore” to have it appear in the sidebar. Please name your application accordingly in the manifest, and that very name will appear in the sidebar.

Answer 5

What I got wrong is that insite "Spotify" folder you have to create "Tutorial" folder, in my case all the files were on Spotify and not in Tutorial.