https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Spotify-stops-and-closes/m-p/1598099#M76904 It's the app that you're in, not Spotify, that is causing this problem. Once in the app that you want music playing in, swipe down, and press play on the Spotify control notification. Fri, 03 Mar 2017 16:11:55 GMT user-removed 2017-03-03T16:11:55Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Spotify-stops-and-closes/m-p/1597610#M76805 <P>When I have Spotify playing and I open another app, the music stops playing. It doesn't do this for all apps, but it happens for most of them. Other times, it could be working fine while in the background then suddenly stop and close itself.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I have&nbsp;<EM>tried&nbsp;</EM>the battery optimization thing, and for the record, the instructions aren't even correct, at least for my tablet. For my tablet, these are the steps I had to take:</P><P>Settings &gt; Apps &gt; Configure Apps &gt; Battery Optimization &gt; All Optimized except Spotify</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>This did not work for me, and it's the only suggested fix I can find.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>My tablet, which is brand new, is a 6.0 Marshmallow, kernel version 3.18.22 (I'm not incredibly tech smart so I don't know which information is needed) and I'm using the most current version of Spotify.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>What can I do to&nbsp;<STRONG><EM>really&nbsp;</EM></STRONG>fix the problem?</P> Fri, 03 Mar 2017 05:21:48 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Spotify-stops-and-closes/m-p/1597610#M76805 hannibalhaswari 2017-03-03T05:21:48Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Spotify-stops-and-closes/m-p/1598099#M76904 It's the app that you're in, not Spotify, that is causing this problem. Once in the app that you want music playing in, swipe down, and press play on the Spotify control notification. Fri, 03 Mar 2017 16:11:55 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Spotify-stops-and-closes/m-p/1598099#M76904 user-removed 2017-03-03T16:11:55Z