topic Re: Play Bar missing on android in Android

Play Bar missing on android

thisappispissingmeof — Sat, 10 Dec 2022 16:09:11 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country

South Africa

Device

Oppo A53s

Operating System

Android 12

My Question or Issue

My Play bar disappears on my app regularly the only way I can get it back is by opening the desktop app changing device to desktop app and then back to the phone then the bar reappears after I press play in a playlist. See attached screenshot of playlist supposedly playing but no play bar.

This happens even when my desktop app is closed even computer off.

The little music bars still bounce on the playlist like the music is playing but there is no sound an any device.

This is extremely annoying especially when I am not home and cannot play music again until I get back to my PC and perform the fix as per above. Even restarting phone or reinstalling the app does not fix this only using the desktop app as described above.

Please assist me.

Re: Play Bar missing on android

jr1221 — Sat, 10 Dec 2022 18:33:01 GMT

Is it similar to this ?

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Now-Playing-Bar-Missing-On-Samsung/td-p/5471392

Re: Play Bar missing on android

thisappispissingmeof — Sat, 10 Dec 2022 20:31:15 GMT

Same only its not a Samsung.

Can't skip song after relaunching the app

art_bahmat — Sun, 11 Dec 2022 03:21:04 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country

Device

Samsung Galaxy S21

Operating System

Android 13

My Question or Issue

After relun the app and trying to skip the song that was played in the last session it doesn't go to the next song from the playlist. The player in the bottom of the app screen disappears but the animation of the song playing on the playlist remains (screenshot 1). If try to do it while the player is opened this happens (screenshot 2). Also when trying to continur playing from the notification bar app same happens, song plays till the end then nothing. Reeboot of the device and reinstallation of the app didn't help.

Re: Play Bar missing on android

Alex — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 12:11:01 GMT

Hi folks,

Thanks for your posts. Sorry to hear that this is happening with your apps.

Can you please run a clean reinstall, making sure you wipe all app data and cache before installing the app. You can follow this guide.

If the Now Playing bar disappears after that again, please provide us with the following info, if you already haven't:

Device model and OS version
Spotify app version
Does the play bar disappear straight away when you open the app?

Keep us posted.

Re: Play Bar missing on android

jr1221 — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 13:01:40 GMT

I followed those steps (minus deleting the folder as I don't think that works in Android 13) and I am experiencing the same issue. I linked my post with a video of the exact reproducable issue above. I have a Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G (SM-G990U) Android 13 Security Patch October 1st. Kernel is 5.4.17. Spotify 8.7.90.544. The play bar dissappear after the previous song interrupted when the app is closed has finished, or been skipped.

Re: Can't skip song after relaunching the app

Kwanto — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 15:37:41 GMT

Experiencing the same issue after the last Spotify update. Clearing storage, cache, reinstall, reboot did not work. Please resolve!

Now Playing Bar Disappears on Android.

bharathksunil — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 09:36:23 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country

India

Device

Samsung A73 5G

Operating System

Android 13, One UI 5.0, Security Patch October 22

My Question or Issue

I am using the latest version of the Spotify App(8.7.90.544).

Occasionally the next song in the playlist does not play and the Current Playing Bar at the bottom disappears. I followed the advice in the older post(Submitted by Mario on 2022-04-10). This did not help.

I then kept the app in the foreground and fortunately could see that the current playing UI sinking and disappearing when the song ends. But the animation on the playlist is still moving and the notification tray shows the last song that was playing. (I took a screenshot as well)

It's annoying as I need to kill and relaunch the app or find the playlist I was listening to and try and resume from the last song.

Re: Play Bar missing on android

thisappispissingmeof — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 04:32:16 GMT

I followed all these steps and the problem was fixed for 2 days now its back again.

What is the fix?