Use Spotify iOS SDK in India

Question

I am creating an streaming app and want to use the Spotify iOS SDK for the streaming purpose. But, the services of Spotify are not available in India. I have the Spotify premium account (based in US). The development will be held in India. My question is, can I use the Spotify iOS SDK in India using a US based premium account without any proxy network?

Answer 1

As far as I know, it's the account's country and not the location of the user what is used to determine if a user can access Spotify. In other words, with a US Premium account you can use Spotify wherever you are in the world as long as you keep paying for the subscription. Read more on this thread.

You should be able to use your account while developing your app. Of course, a user trying to create a Spotify account from India will see a "Spotify is not available in your country" message when trying to sign up, but users accessing from countries where Spotify is available won't have any problem in signing up and logging in to your app.

Answer 2

Your question is: "Can I use the Spotify iOS SDK in India using a US based premium account without any proxy network?". Based on the fact that you're trying to create a streaming app, I'd think that the question you intended to ask is: "Is it possible to enable users to stream Spotify music in India?"

My answer: I've just read (parts) of the Developer terms of the Spotify SDK. One thing I noticed was:

Streaming via the Spotify Platform shall only be made available to subscribers to the Premium Spotify Service.

So if I'm right, it is only possible to stream Spotify's music if your users have a Premium Spotify account, which currently isn't available in India, all by there self. It is however possible to use the iOS SDK in India, but this will exclude the possibility to stream (preview-)audio for non-premium users.