topic Re: Album search in Android

Album search

eesti — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 19:57:55 GMT

Hi,

I use an Android tablet and the Spotify app just updated itself.

Two issues I have:

i) The app now forces my tablet into portrait mode, whereas before it worked either portrait or landscape

ii) When I search for an album, I am only presented with the top 5 results. For example, if I want to listen to the Puccini opera "Tosca", when I search using the Android app I am presented with only the top 5 recordings (two results of which are actually the same). What if I want to see all the recordings of Tosca (or any other opera) to listen to? Does not just apply to classical music.

Issue ii is the biggest for me, I can live with portrait mode. But only being able to see the top 5 albums? Makes it very hard to be able to select a recording, especially for a classical music fan, where they are usually named by composer and composition name. Is there a way around this?

Cheers.

Re: Album search

danmewett — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 00:03:25 GMT

I have the same problem you describe with the android app. The previous version of the app had a search result tab for album and artist that would bring back all results. This new version has made searching for an artist or album that isn't in the top 5 impossible. As searching is the only way to find and add music to your playlist this is now a really bad experience and step back from the previous version of the app. I'm so frustrated by thus that I'm considering cancelling my sub subscription.

Re: Album search

licenced — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 07:07:22 GMT

Hey there. Can you add this point to the sticky at the top of this forum (missing features) and I'll add it to the list on page 1 when I get to my PC later.

Cheers

Re: Album search

Afront — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 11:13:51 GMT

This search restriction existed in the preview version too and was noted then. Even if you use the album tag (e.g. search for album:tosca) you still only get 5 results in the Albums list. In a way this is cutting off the long tail of music, as it makes it much harder for users to find anything other than the most popular music...

It's a pity that you can't just click the ALBUMS header to expand the search list for example. As for a workaround, well, obviously try to use the desktop version to search for and manage playlists, as it gives you the most options and search features. Or if you know the name of a song on an album with a common name then search for the song instead (you can then click More > Album to view the full album the song is from).

Re: Album search

themightycake — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:33:07 GMT

I've just run into the "five album" problem. I'd like to see this fixed too - I'm not interested in just listening to the popular stuff on my tablet!

Re: Album search

user-removed — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:34:33 GMT

I have same problem. Will tell about a million people not to bother with spotify then cancel my subscription. I pay for spotify and think it is disgusting that there is no way in this app to search for music properly. I do not want to manage playlists on a computer - what's the point of that, its supposed to be a mobile app!

Re: Album search

skies — Sat, 26 Oct 2013 16:06:58 GMT

There is also a Spotify Idea on this which you can vote on.