topic Re: Only show offline content? in Android

Only show offline content?

xiglet — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 22:47:13 GMT

With an earlier version if spotify, I was able to only display offline content when in offline mode. With the latest versions, I have to browse through tons of playlists to find one with a green icon.

Is there a way to only show downloaded content in offline mode, and if not :why? And will the feature do a come back in the future?

Re: Only show offline content?

OursonWelles — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 08:36:36 GMT

I agree. It's so annoying to scroll through my albums everyday looking for the green icon !
Google Play Music has a better system : when you switch to offline, all the online albums disappear. Tadaa. That could make me leave spotify. It's really an everyday struggle.

Re: Only show offline content?

Daniel — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 09:20:05 GMT

You can filter offline Playlists or albums etc. In my music go to the section you want, such as 'Albums' then pull down on the screen. You'll see some filters appear at the top of the album listings. Tap the fleet button and select 'offline only'.

Also you should sorry my idea of automatically filtering offline Playlists when offline. Link to the idea is in my signature.

Re: Only show offline content?

OursonWelles — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 10:17:34 GMT

Oh, right! Thank you very much!

Re: Only show offline content?

Richard123 — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 17:15:23 GMT

OursonWelles did that work for you? I still can't get to display just the offline content, still shows everything and I have to scroll through all the playlists. I can play a playlist offline....once I find it,

Re: Only show offline content?

Richard123 — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 17:16:15 GMT

Wondering if it's an iPad thing.

Re: Only show offline content?

MattSuda — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 22:53:41 GMT

@Richard123

This image is for the iPhone app, but it's similar for the iPad app.

Scroll all the way to the top and you'll see a filter bar and an icon with three little lines next to it.

Tap on the icon with 3 little lines.

An option to filter by offline will show, tap on that.

Re: Only show offline content?

kyliep71 — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 18:42:14 GMT

This appears to be a solution for a previous version of the app. Is there any way in the current version (Dec 2, 2015) to actually view offline content only? If not, why? Many use cases for a mobile app require listening in offline mode (on the subway, on a plane, or on the go and not wanting to use up limited data). If I can't quickly see offline data, it's almost pointless having this functionality. Rdio did this well. Apple Music slightly better, insofar as there is an option. Any assistance you can provide would be great. Thank you.

Re: Only show offline content?

BenXron — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 10:14:55 GMT

This solution no longer works as of 2016.

Re: Only show offline content?

bn3t — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 07:07:31 GMT

I am trying out Spotify Premium for 3 months. Not a great experience so far. I've bee looking for this for several days. Thank you for your post. It works. And congratulations to Spotify for hiding it that well. You guys should use your app so you realise how bad and difficult to use it is.

Regards,

Bernard.

Re: Only show offline content?

mrstwinkle — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 13:07:12 GMT

The 'filter' is barely a fix and is not a solution. Why does offline mode not do this automatically and properly?

Re: Only show offline content?

user-removed — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 08:00:29 GMT

You know how you can scroll up and down? Scroll to the top of the list of albums in your library. Now scroll up (by dragging DOWN on the screen) even MORE. This is how you pull down the filters.

I hate that companies make features like this without so much as a tab in the corner with an arrow indicating that this is a functionality. [Snip - Removed by Moderator] UI design.

Re: Only show offline content?

mrstwinkle — Mon, 31 Oct 2016 11:46:05 GMT

Thanks. While after some googling I already knew how to use it. My gripe is that offline mode should enable that filter across the board till offline mode is removed. Having to put the filter on is, as you say, a very weird unintuitive way of working.

Re: Only show offline content?

Speirso — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 20:52:23 GMT

Create a new playlist called - offline.
Add each new download to it to keep a track on what you have downloaded.

Re: Only show offline content?

mrstwinkle — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 22:30:01 GMT

Bodge workaround, not a fix.

Re: Only show offline content?

Speirso — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 15:54:37 GMT

Works perfectly, so yes it is a very good fix thanks. Cheers

Re: Only show offline content?

mrstwinkle — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 16:30:47 GMT

THIS IS A NOT A SOLUTION. Whjoever OKayed this as a solution at Spotify. It is like going to a garage saying my car is broken, they take a look and say 'ride your bike instead'. Why do Spotify keep treating customers with this contempt?

Re: Only show offline content?

Speirso — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 21:27:06 GMT

It works perfectly and is a solution, thanks

Re: Only show offline content?

user-removed — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 02:06:24 GMT

They're billions in debt, they can't make money, they can't afford to fix any of their problems and they don't care about any of the UI problems when they can't even figure out their business model and how to make money.

Re: Only show offline content?

shoesandsocks — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 23:45:19 GMT

GAH. THANK YOU. So aggravating!