Is there a way to make an app stay alive in the background?
I'm annoyed by Spotify being auto-closed when not used (on pause in background). This disables the play button on my Bluetooth headset to start it and also the position in the song and even what song and playlist is lost.
Maybe it was my old Desire HD having more RAM that made it less prune to close Spotify as soon as it was left on pause in the background.
Any ideas on how to make Android favor certain apps and keep them from being killed?
sorech said:
Is there a way to make an app stay alive in the background?
I'm annoyed by Spotify being auto-closed when not used (on pause in background). This disables the play button on my Bluetooth headset to start it and also the position in the song and even what song and playlist is lost.
Maybe it was my old Desire HD having more RAM that made it less prune to close Spotify as soon as it was left on pause in the background.
Any ideas on how to make Android favor certain apps and keep them from being killed?
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If it has a persistent notification (icon in notification bar), turn that on. It will stop the app getting killed. If it doesn't have this function you're out of luck sorry.
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I can not find a good music app I like... Mixzing seems too bloated, Meridian is good, but the widgets are terrible... If they had a widget that was 1x4 or even 2x4 it'd be nice... but every one of them is x3... why?
TuneWiki seems decent, but the audio simply stops playing. No idea why. I can see that it's not stopping playing because the counter is still going, but there is no sound coming out of my phone. It's driving me mad...
Well, I figured out what is happening... It's doing it with Mixzing too I was wrong. My display goes off, ~10s later my music stops. My phone is going to sleep I guess. When I wake it, it doesn't re-init the audio stream. Is there anyway to fix this?
Also, is there anyway to edit the low memory threshold before Android starts closing apps? As it is, I can't listen to music and tether at the same time because EasyTether keeps getting closed due to low memory. This is driving me mad...
And, I have no task killers running... why or why...
fldash said:
Well, I figured out what is happening... It's doing it with Mixzing too I was wrong. My display goes off, ~10s later my music stops. My phone is going to sleep I guess. When I wake it, it doesn't re-init the audio stream. Is there anyway to fix this?
Also, is there anyway to edit the low memory threshold before Android starts closing apps? As it is, I can't listen to music and tether at the same time because EasyTether keeps getting closed due to low memory. This is driving me mad...
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Screen Timeout:
There is an easy fix for EasyTether timeout.
Go to "Settings > Applications > Development".
Click the "Stay Awake (screen will never sleep while charging" option.
Apps limit:
Go to "Dev Tools > Development Settings"
The 5th option down should say "No App Process Limit".
Check those settings and see if that helps.
I figured out why Meridian only had 1x3 and 2x3 Widgets... I had adjusted my lcd density to 165. After changing it back to 160, they are width of 4. Very strange...
Also, now my music seems to be playing fine with the screen off. I closed JuiceDefender... I thought it only controlled the Wifi, 3G connections... I guess it kills playback as well...
JM-PDA said:
Screen Timeout:
There is an easy fix for EasyTether timeout.
Go to "Settings > Applications > Development".
Click the "Stay Awake (screen will never sleep while charging" option.
Apps limit:
Go to "Dev Tools > Development Settings"
The 5th option down should say "No App Process Limit".
Check those settings and see if that helps.
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Unfortunately, I already had both those set... It will still kill EasyTether if it runs out of memory...
fldash said:
I figured out why Meridian only had 1x3 and 2x3 Widgets... I had adjusted my lcd density to 165. After changing it back to 160, they are width of 4. Very strange...
Also, now my music seems to be playing fine with the screen off. I closed JuiceDefender... I thought it only controlled the Wifi, 3G connections... I guess it kills playback as well...
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I have the same problem as well. Did you do anything other than close JuiceDefender
I'm not the developer of this app, I found it on the Internet !
With that app we can turn off music keys on the top lockscreen when we not listen the music.
Ever wanted to remove the active song from the volume bar without rebooting your phone? Now you can!
Just open the application and your music will be stopped. The Volume Bar will be cleared and the music controls removed from the volume bar and the lock screen. No more accidentally pressing the play button.
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Download from MarketPlace:
http://www.windowsphone.com/pl-PL/apps/0899997d-c25a-4075-9b28-685308e1568b
Thanks for sharing!
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You can also play a video file and pause it, and voila, no more volume options for music!!!
Fantastic app.
Is it possible to write the app so that it will disable the music then close itself? That way, you could have it pinned to the start screen and simply press it, and it will do everything automatically.
Thanks for sharing!
Awesome and I second the idea of Lumic.
A little option should be avaible in the menu, which allows you to toggle if the application should close itself after removing the music bar.
thanks, very cool app )
Thanx for making this in an app in the marketplace. The app already existed though. Very usefull.
nice app. thanks for this one.
very cool app
Very good app. I think that Microsoft should have included this option in the OS.
I was just thinking about "There oughta be an app for this!" the other day.
Great app, thanks!
After I stop a song using the music player, the pause icon appears in the notification bar.
How do I remove this icon. Is the only way to go into task manager and end the music task?
Thanks
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Open the player and press "back" works every time
This bug was in BADA OS too (Don't know about BADA 2.0) Trademark Bug of Samsh!t ??
Solution is the same
Pause the current song
Tap Next or Previous (while its paused)
Tap Back till you get outta music player.
Now it will be closed
Thanks everyone for your help
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Boy124 said:
This bug was in BADA OS too (Don't know about BADA 2.0) Trademark Bug of Samsh!t ??
Solution is the same
Pause the current song
Tap Next or Previous (while its paused)
Tap Back till you get outta music player.
Now it will be closed
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It's not a bug, it's called multitasking.
When you pause a song, you are not stopping the music app. When you exit the app by entering it and then back button, that's when the app terminates.
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The pause icon will disappear on it's own accord when Android does what it is supposed to do and deems the program to be no longer needed.
For me it's a matter of mere minutes
So google play music for me works...but when I disconnect from bluetooth and I end the task for google play the icon remains in the status bar still and I have to reopen the player and close to make it go away. Anyone else have this issue? What players do you guys use?
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I've got the free 6 months of play music with the nexus so I'm currently using it.
However my go to app for music playback is poweramp.
Does that issue occur for you though? Like the player stays in status bar even after task has been ended?
StrangeTimes said:
Does that issue occur for you though? Like the player stays in status bar even after task has been ended?
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If it is in my notification bar I click it to open, then press back on phone till the app closes. If it is still present I can normally just swipe it away.
This is an issue I've had with stock-based 8.0 ROMs (currently using JanJan's .235). If I'm using any music player, and the screen is off, once the song is over sometimes the next song will not play. As soon as I turn on the screen and show the lockscreen, the next song starts.
Anyone else experiencing this, or found a fix? I'm sure if I use something that forces a wake lock it would fix the problem, but that wouldn't be good on the battery life.
Pickx said:
This is an issue I've had with stock-based 8.0 ROMs (currently using JanJan's .235). If I'm using any music player, and the screen is off, once the song is over sometimes the next song will not play. As soon as I turn on the screen and show the lockscreen, the next song starts.
Anyone else experiencing this, or found a fix? I'm sure if I use something that forces a wake lock it would fix the problem, but that wouldn't be good on the battery life.
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Go into settings\battery - press the three dots top right - power saving exceptions. Add your music player to the exceptions list.
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Go into settings\battery - press the three dots top right - power saving exceptions. Add your music player to the exceptions list.
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Thanks, I've already done this. It did not fix the problem, unfortunately.
I ran into the same problem: I solved it by not only adding Blackplayer to the Power Saving Exceptions (PSE), but also checking "Wake lock" under Settings/Audio/More". Not sure if other players feature a similar option.
Alternatively, it might be necessary to look for a system process, which is also necessary for music playback and add it to PSE.