topic Re: Spotify iOS app not playing the next track automatically. in iOS (iPhone, iPad)

Spotify iOS app not playing the next track automatically.

nofreeshows — Tue, 01 May 2012 18:26:13 GMT

Hello there,

I've been using the Spotify iPhone app for about 2 months now. It worked like a dream for the first month and a half but now it's barely usable, in my opinion. When I start the app up and play a song, the app will not automatically play the next track, no matter if shuffle is on or off. I've tried researching the issue before making a post so I'm certain this is not the issue where the next track is not automatically played when you're playing a track from Search (a setting that developers apparently purposely put in--which has its merits). My app is not playing the next track no matter if it's from the Search screen, one of my playlists, or one of my friends' playlists.

I've uninstalled/reinstalled, rebooted my phone, checked all the settings (to my knowledge) and still have not come up with a solution. I am currently running iOS 5.1 on my iPhone. Am I crazy? Spotify is a great product but not being able to use the mobile app is really pushing me to cancel my subscription.

Thanks,

Eric

P.S. Obviously a reply with a solution would be ideal but any reply from a moderator would be great. Even one that just says "We've logged the issue and are looking into it." At least it will give me hope for the future .

Re: Spotify iOS app not playing the next track automatically.

narnold13 — Tue, 01 May 2012 23:27:27 GMT

I have the exact same problem and it's driving me nuts! Can't find answers anywhere.

Re: Spotify iOS app not playing the next track automatically.

David — Wed, 02 May 2012 09:21:51 GMT

Just had a play around on my version of the app - seems to be playing just fine at the moment. Try turning Shuffle on and off (by pressing on the "Now Playing" screen, as well as temporarily changing the streaming quality).

Re: Spotify iOS app not playing the next track automatically.

DevonLTaylor — Wed, 02 May 2012 19:07:08 GMT

Any news on this would be great. I've been having the same problem for about a week. I installed and reinstalled, rebooted, played around with shuffle, etc. No dice. It's driving me crazy!

Issue in continuous playing (IPad)

Llerini — Wed, 02 May 2012 21:24:30 GMT

In continuous playing ,next song doesn't play.

Re: Spotify iOS app not playing the next track automatically.

miafrate — Wed, 02 May 2012 22:55:04 GMT

I'm having this issue too, and if you search the web, it's a widespread problem.

Re: Spotify iOS app not playing the next track automatically.

Llerini — Thu, 03 May 2012 07:55:15 GMT

Any answer from developers? Problem still occurs...

Re: Spotify iOS app not playing the next track automatically.

David — Thu, 03 May 2012 08:02:11 GMT

Hey!

Have you tried installing the new iOS version released yesterday?

Re: Spotify iOS app not playing the next track automatically.

Llerini — Thu, 03 May 2012 08:23:12 GMT

Hi David

Yes I had installed the last version yesterday afternoon...And problem still happening in next song...

Re: Spotify iOS app not playing the next track automatically.

David — Thu, 03 May 2012 08:31:13 GMT

Hmm, very weird. Not able to replicate this at all. Okay, let's try something else.

Try turning off Gapless playback, and adding a medium length crossfade - 5/6 seconds.

Re: Spotify iOS app not playing the next track automatically.

cherb — Thu, 03 May 2012 10:36:08 GMT

This may or may not be a common thing. But it happened to me:

I have found that if you use, for example, your Spotify-login and pays the Premium cost and then for some reason (forgetting the Spotify-password but remember Facebook's) change to use the Facebook-login it can differ them to look like two different accounts where (in this example) the Facebook-login was not used when you paid...

Therefore when you login to an iOS app it stops as you do not have "paid" on that login. Try to login with the account name you paid Premium with...

Might be a solution for some peeps.

I had the tunes play for exactly 0:38 and stopped (guess that was the cache kicking in how much the memory held). All of them was like this and then change back to the "paid account". Worked. I guess it should be the same account but this made the difference to make it work.

Re: Spotify iOS app not playing the next track automatically.

nofreeshows — Thu, 03 May 2012 12:56:40 GMT

Hi David,

How would I go about changing these settings? The Settings menu in the iPhone app doesn't seem to have options for this. Thanks for the response, btw!

Best,

Eric

Re: Spotify iOS app not playing the next track automatically.

DevonLTaylor — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:09:01 GMT

This problem seems to be solved. I turned off gapless playback, which worked, then turned it back on and it continued to work. Hope it's working for everyone else as well.

Re: Spotify iOS app not playing the next track automatically.

miafrate — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:27:26 GMT

Doesn't work for me.

Re: Spotify iOS app not playing the next track automatically.

nofreeshows — Thu, 03 May 2012 17:23:15 GMT

I just turned off gapless playback and added a medium length crossfade. No dice. It's still not playing the next track automatically.

Re: Spotify iOS app not playing the next track automatically.

oluv — Thu, 03 May 2012 17:50:09 GMT

I am having exactly the same problem. At the moment I am comparing Simfy Juke and Spotify and I was willing to buy the premium Spotify update as i really like the app most, it supports airplay natively, can be controlled remotely unlike the apps from Simfy and Juke, but then I niticed the same problem with track-skipping that just hangs most of the time. Sometimes the app jumps to the next track, but then again it just stops. I am using the iOS4 version, as i haven't upgraded my apple devices yet and probably won't that soon. I would like to know if the skipping problem is only temporary or if there is going to be a fix, otherwise I cancel my premium order and will probably go for Simfy.

Re: Spotify iOS app not playing the next track automatically.

Llerini — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:20:42 GMT

Hi David.thanks for your help. I have turned off the gapless playback and now iis working properly,but with the crossfade in 5/6.....The question is that the Issue is still in the app,I think.... Anyway Thanks again

Re: Spotify iOS app not playing the next track automatically.

Llerini — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:24:41 GMT

**bleep**.... Again with broken continuous playing...It doesn't work again...It's okay for two or three songs and suddenly stop....

Re: Spotify iOS app not playing the next track automatically.

chrisser — Thu, 03 May 2012 22:14:17 GMT

Only reason why I am on this forum is for this issue. I tried to toggle the gapless play back and change the crossfade, no dice....

Why am I paying $10 a month for a service I can't use?!

wtf

Re: Spotify iOS app not playing the next track automatically.

miafrate — Fri, 04 May 2012 00:15:22 GMT

I'm definitely about to cancel my subscription too because of this.