topic Re: Lockscreen music controls just stopped displaying in Android

Lockscreen music controls just stopped displaying

graffixnyc — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:26:11 GMT

Hi, I use spotify on my desktop computer but a couple nights ago installed it on my Nexus 4 android phone (4.2.1). When I first installed it and was playing a song I had music controls on my lockscreen for spotify. I thought this was cool as I thought I would miss the lockscreen controls of Google Music.

Today was the first time I have listen to spotify since installing it and I have noticed that I no longer get the lock screen controls. I think it's really odd considering I had them before. I read somewhere to clear the data of the app and then try again. I did that and no such luck.

It's only the spotify lockscreen controls that are not displaying. If I play a song with google music or another music app (poweramp) the controls are displayed.

I just feel it's odd that I had them and they just disappered.

I'm not a noob (Moderator on XDA and Reconized Dev) So If there is something techincal I have to do don't feel it will be over my head. lol I will keep poking around to see if I can get them to somehow magically come back but until then, anyone else have any other ideas?

Re: Lockscreen music controls just stopped displaying

Liam — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:38:33 GMT

Hey there (nice to see someone from XDA here ;)), anyhows, when this happens on my Nexus 7 I just force stop it via the manage apps menu and open it again, and it seems to fix it 🙂

Re: Lockscreen music controls just stopped displaying

ollvid — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 09:15:23 GMT

I also have this problem and I can work around it by stopping the music and open "recent apps" and close Spotify by swiping. When I start Spotify again, the widget is working again.

This happen intermittently. It can happen when I unlock my phone and answering a text or opening my browser or anything.

My device: Google Nexus 4 (Also had this on my HTC One S)

Android Version: 4.2.2 (no root or custom ROM) (Had this on Android 4.0 and 4.1 on my HTC One S)

Re: Lockscreen music controls just stopped displaying

Joe — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 10:00:02 GMT

Yeah, it's a "feature" on my Nexus 7 too 🙂

Re: Lockscreen music controls just stopped displaying

oktron — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 13:44:43 GMT

Same problem on my Nexus 4 (4.4.3). Does anyone care?

Re: Lockscreen music controls just stopped displaying

Joe — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 13:48:45 GMT

I care. Are you just using the stock lockscreen? If not it's pretty hit or miss. I use Go Locker one my Note and spotify doesn't display until I switch back to the default lockscreen. On my Nexus, everything is stock and spotify displays nicely.

Re: Lockscreen music controls just stopped displaying

Bendjx — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 08:25:00 GMT

Just started doing the same on nexus 5 stock 4.4.4 with Spotify 1.6.0.952

Re: Lockscreen music controls just stopped displaying

Daniel — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 09:20:38 GMT

@Bendjx wrote:
Just started doing the same on nexus 5 stock 4.4.4 with Spotify 1.6.0.952

Please read the guide linked below for details on getting a completely clean install of the Spotify app. This should be the first step and can help resolve issues such as:

- Black screen on startup
- Offline data not storing on SD card
- Random crashes or FC's
- Track degradation or skipping
- Playlists and tracks no longer available

[GUIDE] First step of troubleshooting - Clean Install

Re: Lockscreen music controls just stopped displaying

suveck — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 04:11:20 GMT

if you are experiencing these symptoms:

-music keeps playing after headphones or bluetooth are disconnected

-lock screen controls are gone while notifications are enabled

-have problems with external controls not functioning or launching while spotify is running(smartwatches and the like. mine would show album art but the controls and library features did nothing)

disable or uninstall battery-saver applications. Battery managers can interfere with programs like spotify running in the background. I would recommend uninstalling any battery managing programs or adding an exception so that they allow spotify to do its thing.

ALSO android nougat dose feature causes the same problems, but it is easy to add exception for spotify.

Re: Lockscreen music controls just stopped displaying

RoCremo — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 11:06:55 GMT

Hello,

I have no battery saver app and do not have android/ Samsung battery saver on, but my phone has this symptoms. Sometimes Spotify works just fine but most times I don't have lockscreen/ external bluetooth controls and the music keeps playing even if I'm in a call or after the bluetooth is disconnected.

I just tried to unistall and reinstall the app following the tutorial found on the Spotify Community.

I'm in a Galaxy A7 running Android 6.0.1. Do you have any tips or guesses on how to solve this issue?

Thanks!