topic Android-Can't search a playlist after recent update in Android

Android-Can't search a playlist after recent update

slowwater8 — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 01:49:53 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country

United States

Device

Samsung Galaxy J3 Emerge

Operating System

Android

My Question or Issue

Hi there,

So I noticed that Spotify on my Samsung Galaxy J3 updated yesterday. Today I went to look up a song in my personal playlist so I didn't have to scroll all the way through to find it. The search bar is usually above the playlist icon at the top of the playlist (as in the picture I have posted). This was a really useful feature that I used a lot, especially when I looked up local files that I put in my playlist. When I went to the top of my playlist page today, the search bar wasn't there anymore. I was really disappointed to see that this was gone, and it took me a couple minutes to find the song I wanted. I was wondering if there was still a way to search a playlist for a song on mobile. Any help is appreciated! Thanks!

Re: Android-Can't search a playlist after recent update

Kennett-Ny — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 10:55:23 GMT

Yes, I've noticed this as well. If it's not a mistake, it's a stupid move. Depending on how big a playlist is, your not going to remember what place a track is and will take far too long to find.

Re: Android-Can't search a playlist after recent update

viggom1234 — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 12:14:45 GMT

Same for me. Im on a Samsung Galaxy S7.. it happend after the latest update.. i would just like to search my friends mile long playlist again..

Re: Android-Can't search a playlist after recent update

Kokspotify — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 13:12:32 GMT

Same for galaxy s9. Totally stupid move tho I'm hopeful that it happened by mistake since it still works on IOS.

Re: Android-Can't search a playlist after recent update

mike74 — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 16:09:47 GMT

Yeah this is a problem with mine to. Not a good UI choice at all. They keep trying to change the filter and sorting functionality with playlists and keep messing it up. They really just need to go back to how it was a year ago.

Re: Android-Can't search a playlist after recent update

AeroZ — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 17:43:04 GMT

Filtering and sorting playlists was changed. You can find the options under the three dot menu.

Re: Android-Can't search a playlist after recent update

slowwater8 — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 18:12:10 GMT

Well what do you know? Thank you!

Re: Android-Can't search a playlist after recent update

slowwater8 — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 18:13:41 GMT

Thanks! Guess I never thought to look there.

Re: Android-Can't search a playlist after recent update

xuckmylife — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 21:39:47 GMT

bad step... to much clicking.. it was much more comfortable before... they should make the old searchbar...

Re: Android-Can't search a playlist after recent update

KittyToe — Sun, 09 Dec 2018 05:46:21 GMT

If this change isn't reverted I might have to look for other music services. I have playlists over 1000 songs long. Having these extra steps to search is a HUGE inconvenience.

Re: Android-Can't search a playlist after recent update

Kennett-Ny — Sun, 09 Dec 2018 08:02:27 GMT

I just downloaded and installed an earlier version of the app, which has the feature. I've also turned off update in the playstore so it doesn't update the app and I loose the feature

Re: Android-Can't search a playlist after recent update

bnbaz — Sun, 09 Dec 2018 10:42:40 GMT

Is there an easier way to remove songs from a playlist than searching? Playlist curation is even harder than it used to be after this update.

Re: Android-Can't search a playlist after recent update

Chrispian — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 00:57:17 GMT

This is the stupidest change I've seen from the Spotify team yet.

What was wrong with having a handy search bar at your fingertips for quick search access? Who thought it was a good idea to remove a key feature and hide it away in the least obvious place...

Seriously, I'm paying for a premium subscription to have core functionality features hidden away under menus where it makes no sense for it to be in the first place.

Great innovation guys, what's next putting the Play button in the options menu?

Re: Android-Can't search a playlist after recent update

Rizefall — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 21:14:42 GMT

Who ever thought this was a good idea should be fired.

It was PERFECT the way it was. You just scroll up and search. Now you have to click a bunch of extra Buttons to get where you wanna be. Useless.