topic PLAY intent doesn't work in Android

PLAY intent doesn't work

Mave1 — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 14:55:15 GMT

Hi there,

I'm trying to start the play button with an intent with tasker.
The "NEXT" intent works fine but the "PLAY" intent doesn't work at all.

Action: com.spotify.mobile.android.ui.widget.PLAY
Package: com.spotify.music
Target: broadcast receiver

Android: 6.0.1
Spotify: 4.9.0.992

Re: PLAY intent doesn't work

Mave1 — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 10:28:47 GMT

Someone here who could try it out?

Re: PLAY intent doesn't work

Daniel — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 11:21:05 GMT

I can have a go once my phone is back up-and-running... just done a clean install of the ROM.

Can I ask why you aren't using the Tasker action:

Media > Media Control > Play (simulated only) with the App set as 'Spotify'?

Re: PLAY intent doesn't work

Mave1 — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 12:47:02 GMT

Problem solved! Thank you.

I didn't know there was a "play" action. Previous versions didn't have it.

Re: PLAY intent doesn't work

eFCiKay — Tue, 31 May 2016 22:00:38 GMT

The play action doesnt work when screen is off and spotify has been unused for a while

So, any idea why the PLAY intent does not work even though NEXT works great?

Re: PLAY intent doesn't work

ncassab — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 21:05:16 GMT

neither next nor play are working for me

latest version of everything

pixel phone

Re: PLAY intent doesn't work

DeMiNe0 — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 20:35:37 GMT

The play intent also just stopped working for me. I had it setup through tasker and working fine this past week. Today it doesn't work. Android 6.0 LG g4

Re: PLAY intent doesn't work

Meer-kitty — Mon, 08 May 2017 22:13:14 GMT

Play doesn't work with screen off, not sure why. What I did to bypass this was set up a task to unlock my phone -> turn the screen on -> launch Spotify -> play -> turn off screen. I used the secure settings plug in to be able to unlock the phone.

Re: PLAY intent doesn't work

MyNameIsJuren — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 21:45:06 GMT

I found on my phone the Play intent wouldn't work if Spotify was still loading. Adding Task->Wait for 8 seconds after the Launch App command gave Spotify a chance to load and get ready before the Play command gets sent.