Button controller playTrack()

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I'm trying to use the Button Controller app to test my Spotify integration by passing a Spotify URL to the virtual device, but Button Controller seems to be passing a null value to the driver instead of the track URL. I thought maybe it didn't like something in the URL string, but it doesn't pass a plain string either. I tossed a logging statement in and I get playTrack called for device Living Room, track null. Is something up with Button Controller or am I crazy?

Edit: the same track URL works when passed using the device page

2

Look at the app settings for that Button Controller, and see what it says for the setting called 'playerTrack'. Whatever is there is what it is passing to the player.

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It shows the correct string, but the logging in the driver is reporting null. The playTrack method is:

//Play Spotify Album/Playlist/Track URI
void playTrack(track) {
    log.debug "playTrack called for device ${device}, track ${track}"
	parent.playTrack(this, track)
}
4

Found the bug. Will be fixed in next release. It should be 'playerTrack_1' (or whatever number), not 'playerTrack'. Setting was right, but method to send message dropped the tail end of the setting name, hence returned null.

5

This has been fixed in 1.1.4.

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