topic Re: Playlist sorting in Android

Playlist sorting

jools-3-3 — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 20:32:16 GMT

Hi, Using spotify on my pc it works fine & if I add new songs to my list they sync in order if I filter by song or artist & are then in alphabetical order. But if I then go to use spotiify with the same playlist on my phone the newly added songs sit at the bottom of the list & won't order alphabeticaly, any ideas why? thanks

Re: Playlist sorting

Joe — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 21:57:09 GMT

Follow the steps here to sort songs

Re: Playlist sorting

jools-3-3 — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 22:04:12 GMT

Hi Joe, thanks for replying, but on my android if I click on the three little dots at the top in my list I don't have either sort or filter option available

Re: Playlist sorting

Joe — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 22:11:14 GMT

Not dots - reread the instructions which explain that dragging down your playlist will reveal the filter and sort bars at the top.

Re: Playlist sorting

jools-3-3 — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 22:20:48 GMT

ah, my son has just told me that my question was wrong as I have a windows phone not an android, that's why I don't have the three lines

Re: Playlist sorting

Joe — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 22:28:34 GMT

LOL. I know nothing about windows phones but a quick search of the community indicates that the sort feature isn't available this platform. Sorry.

Re: Playlist sorting

jools-3-3 — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 22:29:58 GMT

lol, that explains it then !! thanks for your help

Re: Playlist sorting

Joe — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 22:31:44 GMT

No worries 🙂

Re: Playlist sorting

jools-3-3 — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 21:27:27 GMT

hi, sorry to be a pain...... but can I ask you another question re my spotify? I understand that on my windows phone I can't sort or filter the songs in my playlist but what I don't understand is why when the list is already in song alphabetical order on spotify & when I use it on my pc, laptop & tablet but when I go to the same list on my phone it is not in alphabetical order? hope that makes sense!

Re: Playlist sorting

Joe — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 23:15:02 GMT

That's because it is only sorted on the one device. If you want your mobile to show the playlist in the same order, then go to the desktop client, create a new empty playlist then drag all the tracks from your sorted playlist into this new one. Your mobile will then show the new playlist with the sorted tracks.