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Spotify Looper: Day 39

I’ve had a rethink about the UI, and so over the past few days been working on mocking that up in a new fork. Because I know that the backend is working, I’m...

Spotify Looper: Day 35

Completed basic LooperView. Thinking about what happens when a loop is changed. Logic’s cycle works like this: Start playhead has no effect on anything: i...

Spotify Looper: Day 33

It turns out that Timer is far too inaccurate to use for short loops. Instead, I think AudioKit might be a good option, using something like a MIDI sequenc...

Spotify Looper: Day 32

Implemented loop logic and button, but there is an issue in that it’s not super consistent. I’ll add some debug statements to figure out whether it’s a netwo...

Spotify Looper: Day 31

Fixed bug on not being able to launch the app without being connected to Xcode (was using Environment variables for the client credentials)

Spotify Looper: Day 30

✅ Can load the currently playing track and seek to any position using the playhead and segment buttons!!!

Spotify Looper: Day 29

Finally managed to sync up the UI to the API (with manual updates via a get button)! Created a State variable for position in Playhead (to allow for locally ...

Spotify Looper: Day 28

No luck. I’m not clear on the update model in my head. The PlayheadNavigationView isn’t working because I’ve not clearly defined whether it should take a bin...

Spotify Looper: Day 27

sigh the iOS API does work, but playerStateDidChange only updates on play/pause or new track, so isn’t going to work for updating the progress ❌

Spotify Looper: Day 26

Implemented a method on Spotify to retrieve the current playback as a subscriber, but this finishes after the request is sent, so I can’t use it to dynamical...

Spotify Looper: Day 25

On reflection, the iOS API is too janky to get working well, so I’ve branched back to using the Web API for everything-Loopify will essentially be a controll...