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Can an app using cocoalibspotify access offline files that were made available offline through the iOS Spotify app or a separate app with libspotify, or does libspotify use a separate offline file repository for every app which incorporates it?

I.e. If I make a song available offline in Spotify's iOS app, will it be accessed locally when played through a third party cocoalibspotify app or will it be streamed?

Willem
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CocoaLibSpotify/libspotify uses a completely separate offline store. This is partly due to a limitation of iOS — applications cannot share files. Whether a track is offlined or not in the Spotify client has no effect on third party applications.

iKenndac
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  • And Spotify doesn't tell the third party app to download the same files to its own offline store either I presume? – Willem Sep 26 '13 at 13:36
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    No, and that's by design. We've found the assumption that the user wants the same files offlined on every single client is a false one. – iKenndac Sep 26 '13 at 15:26
  • Just to clarify. You mean client as in app, not device? – Willem Sep 27 '13 at 09:07