Building multi-platform Java application with Spotify integration

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I’m working on a Java app that needs to run on different platforms including Spotify integration, web browsers, and mobile devices. Since I’m pretty new to working with Spotify’s API, I could really use some guidance.

What I’m trying to accomplish:

  • Detect which platform the app is running on and adjust functionality accordingly
  • Pull JSON data from external web services and store it in cached arrays
  • Display this cached data in HTML divs dynamically

I’ve started writing the Java code but I’m not sure if my approach will work reliably across all these different environments. This is my first time building something that needs to be this flexible across platforms.

Has anyone here built something similar before? Any tips or resources you could share would be awesome. I’m particularly interested in best practices for platform detection and handling external data feeds efficiently.

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Platform detection’s tricky but totally doable with Java’s system properties. Built a similar cross-platform app last year - just check System.getProperty("os.name") and user agent strings for basic detection. For Spotify API, handle OAuth carefully since it’s different between web and desktop. Desktop apps need a local server running to catch the callback. JSON caching - use Gson or Jackson for parsing, then stick the data in ConcurrentHashMap for thread safety. Network timeouts bit me hard - mobile connections suck compared to desktop, so handle them differently. Also, HTML rendering acts weird between embedded webviews and real browsers. Test your dynamic div updates on every platform or you’ll regret it.