topic App doesn't recognize chromecast in Android

App doesn't recognize chromecast

kirstpo — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 02:50:50 GMT

The android app hasn't been recognizing chromecast. I restart the app, reboot the chromecast, and it still doesn't work. I've got it working once after doing a combination of rebooting, unplugging chomecast. Is this a Spotify or Google problem? This kind of sucks.

Re: App doesn't recognize chromecast

Dustinv — Sat, 16 Sep 2017 21:22:29 GMT

I still have this issue - the only thing that seems to alleviate it, at least temporarily, is to force close the Spotify app on my phone and open Spotify back up.

This issue was also documented multiple other places:

https://community.spotify.com/t5/forums/v3_1/forumtopicpage/board-id/spotifyandroid/page/1/thread-id/81744

https://community.spotify.com/t5/forums/v3_1/forumtopicpage/board-id/002/thread-id/25476/page/1

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ongoing-Issues/Unable-to-find-chromecast-devices/idi-p/1662628

In the last one even, someone from the team said that it should be fixed with the most recent update, but I'm still seeing it occur quite often.

Re: App doesn't recognize chromecast

thompouce — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 13:44:56 GMT

Having the same problem. Restarting spotify once (killing it in the recent apps) usually doesn't work. However, when I restart the app three times it consistently manages to connect afterwards. Other apps work without problems. Clearly, this is a problem with the app rather than the Chromecast. Just add a refresh button or something, especially since restarting the app works.