SpotifyRemote

For Visual Studio (2015/2017)

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Getting started

Installation:

1. Download the installer package (VSIX) from the Visual Studio marketplace.
2. Run the Visual Studio extension installer (VSIX).
3. Restart Visual Studio.
4. Go to view > Toolbars and Select SpotifyRemote
   

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Tips

Can it start Spotify from Visual Studio?
It will, when you click a command and Spotify is not running.

Frequent Asked Questions

Does it work on Visual Studio 2017?
Yes it does, try it.

What can SpotifyRemote do?

1. Currently you can do the basic commands such as:

• Open Spotify,
• Play
• Pause
• Next
• Previous

2. Showing Track name & Artist when it changes.

But that's not where it stops, See Features to know what is planned. You can also make a feature request (at github).

Can I help with development?
Sure you can, please fork and do your developer magic. Afterwards create a pull request.
And if your changes are stable it will be merged in the release version

What version of Windows do I need?
At least Windows 7 , Visual Studio 2015 is only supported on Windows 7 and later

What version of Visual Studio do I need?
At least Visual Studio 2015

Features

Supported

• [x] Start Spotify
• [x] Open Spotify
• [x] Play / Pause
• [x] Skip / Previous
• [x] Shows track title upon change
• [ ] Playlist browsing

Planned

• [x] Create better interface (update icons).
• [x] Hide Text of play control buttons when spotify is not active.
• [x] Settings in tools menu.
• [ ] Multiple themes.
• [ ] Awesome features people request.

Do you miss a feature? Submit a request here: Github

Troubleshooting

SpotifyRemote is not visible in the Visual studio
Go to view > Toolbars and Select SpotifyRemote it should show up at the top of Visual Studio.

The toolbar will be displayed over here.

Go to toolbars and select the SpotifyRemote toolbar.

The toolbar should now be visible. (icons may be different).

About SpotifyRemote

SpotifyRemote is a attempt to recreate the awesome vscode-spotify plugin from shyykoserhiy.
This project is open source and I encourage forks and pull requests.
Please submit bug reports and feature requests at Github.

License

SpotifyRemote is released under the MIT License.