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How to stop Spotify pausing when receiving a notification?

Hi all,
Anyone happen to know how to stop Spotify from stopping playback for a second when a notification comes in from another app with Android 4.2?
Cheers!

That's a feature but some apps lower the volume for a second then raise it again while others pause.

shotta35 said:
That's a feature but some apps lower the volume for a second then raise it again while others pause.
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So is there no way around it?

daveshorty said:
So is there no way around it?
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Probably an obvious solution, but you can always kill notification sounds and just have it vibrate as an alert. Spotify shouldn't pause.

I have also always been annoyed by this. The apps playing the notification sound are the ones that determine if the music is paused or not right? I know that Chomp SMS has an option to NOT play notifications when playing music. So apps know when music is playing and can avoid the interruption.
I haven't seen other apps with that option, at least not the others I commonly use. So what I do is I have notifications disabled for most of my apps, but I like to know when I get a Gmail message, and Gmail will always pause my music (unless I set the phone to vibrate) which I don't like.
The main problem is when I stream music to my little Belkin audio gateway at home. If I set it on vibrate/silent, I can't hear the phone ring because the ringtone does not play through the A2DP music profile. I don't always have the phone with me because my range is limited (can't wait for a miracast affordable streaming audio solution).
I would love the music volume to be lowered while the notification plays, and then restore volume when it's over. Is there a ROM that does this? I know I used some ROMs on my EVO that did it, but don't know if there's a Nexus 4 ROM that will do the same.
I did set up a task with Automateit to set the phone to vibrate when Spotify is open. I think it will only do that when music is playing and not if the app is running in the background, but when downloading a playlist, it will do the same. Tasker probably has a better trigger so that it does this when music is playing, but I didn't want to pay the $7 for it today.
Shush! is another option if you know how long you will be listening to music, you can tell Shush to turn your ringer back on after an hour, but it's still not perfect.

how come in google music and amazon player it doesn't stop (whatsapp) but in spotify it does?

ajpettit said:
how come in google music and amazon player it doesn't stop (whatsapp) but in spotify it does?
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Just the way the app was developed.
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zephiK said:
Just the way the app was developed.
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which spotify or whatsapp im wondering whos going to get my strongly worded email?

I know on some ROMs, like paranoid, you can revoke specific privileges and permissions for each app. Could we remove Spotify's ability to know the phones notification state?
ajpettit said:
which spotify or whatsapp im wondering whos going to get my strongly worded email?
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Stop Notifications sounds during music playback?????

Any ideas on how to stop notifications abd text message sounds while playing music?
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Only thing I can think of is turning down the notification volume. When you use the volume keys, push the gear icon and turn down notifications volume.

oscarthegrouch said:
Only thing I can think of is turning down the notification volume. When you use the volume keys, push the gear icon and turn down notifications volume.
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Thought there maybe another way. Thanks

Another annoying issue
Where can I put ringtones and notifications so they are not picked up by my music player? Didn't have this problem until the MF9 update. I dont see a way to delete the folder out of the music player settings.

shaun0207 said:
Where can I put ringtones and notifications so they are not picked up by my music player? Didn't have this problem until the MF9 update. I dont see a way to delete the folder out of the music player settings.
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I would like to know the same thing
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shaun0207 said:
Where can I put ringtones and notifications so they are not picked up by my music player? Didn't have this problem until the MF9 update. I dont see a way to delete the folder out of the music player settings.
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i keep all my music seperate from my media storage and this is not an issue ( using apollo ) and ive never had this. the stock music player however doesnt care as long as its in a playable format it is going to pick it up. my advice : seperate your music from your ringtones,noticication sounds, and get a music player thats decent. should fix your problem.

xxaddictedxx said:
i keep all my music seperate from my media storage and this is not an issue ( using apollo ) and ive never had this. the stock music player however doesnt care as long as its in a playable format it is going to pick it up. my advice : seperate your music from your ringtones,noticication sounds, and get a music player thats decent. should fix your problem.
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yeah the musics is stored separately from my ringtones and notifications, but maybe I do need a new media player

shaun0207 said:
yeah the musics is stored separately from my ringtones and notifications, but maybe I do need a new media player
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its worth a shot.....worst thing that could happen is it does the same thing and your right back where you started. but in my experience with apollo ive never had this issue.

xxaddictedxx said:
its worth a shot.....worst thing that could happen is it does the same thing and your right back where you started. but in my experience with apollo ive never had this issue.
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I can't remember if it works for music files but, creating a file and naming it ".nomedia" is supposed to stop Android from indexing that folder.
As for no notifications during music playback, just put your phone in airplane mode... Unless you are streaming music then it won't work.
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I also want to know how to do this. it's very annoying when you listening to music, especially in the car and then a notification comes in and the notification sound take over the music. If only there was a setting or an app for it. Having to remember to turn down notification vol during music playback and then turning back up after you are done playing music can be a hassle.

[Q] Notifications pausing music

One of my favorite features of 4.1 Jellybean was that notifications (SMS, etc.) did not pause music, but rather were gently overlaid on top of a temporarily lowered volume.
Perhaps this is a Samsung disruption of a thoughtful Android enhancement, as while streaming music from rdio on my shiny new N3, I was dismayed to have had my music brutally interrupted for a text message notification.
Obnoxious. Annoying. Any way to fix this?

You can't fix it. Because it doesn't any error.
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lordbathos said:
One of my favorite features of 4.1 Jellybean was that notifications (SMS, etc.) did not pause music, but rather were gently overlaid on top of a temporarily lowered volume.
Perhaps this is a Samsung disruption of a thoughtful Android enhancement, as while streaming music from rdio on my shiny new N3, I was dismayed to have had my music brutally interrupted for a text message notification.
Obnoxious. Annoying. Any way to fix this?
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i think, it depends on the application, because when im using whatsapp it doesnt interrupt, but a gmail notification will interrupt the music playback... its kinda annoying...

I dream mp3's from my device to my car via Bluetooth.
It's horrid that notifications aren't silenced duringI music playback.
therefore turn off notifications volume when listening to music in the car.

This also bothers me. Coming from an iPhone the notifications would be overlaid and the music or current activity would lower in volume for the duration of the notification.
With the Note 3 if I am listening to a radio/music app I get an email/MSG it cuts the stream completely and then restarts it.
Daniel

Mute your phones.
Or enable the option to force the phone into silent mode while music is playing (custom ROMs). Perhaps some 3rd party music players support this option, too.

I am annoyed by this too. I use Trigger to automatically mute my phone when it connects to my car's bluetooth (and then start Waze, open Spotify and hit Play).
No custom ROM I've used has a way to change this behavior. I know that the apps are the ones that listen for this, Beyond Pod for example has a setting to ignore these pause signals and the notifications get overlayed. Spotify doesn't have this option, so muting sounds is my only solution. It works great in the car. You can add a Trigger action to mute when connected to Bluetooth, or when a headset is inserted to make it more automatic.
Tasker is of course another option, but I find Trigger much simpler and eye pleasing.

Doesn't happen for me with N7player and Whatsapp... It just keeps playing and puts the notification on top of the audio.

helpppppp

Can anyone help me with screen record app with internal audio recording? Google play store apps sucks as much my broken motorcycle

RootingPro-18 said:
Can anyone help me with screen record app with internal audio recording? Google play store apps sucks as much my broken motorcycle
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If you have emui 4, go to notify bar, open it and modify the shortcuts. You'll see screen recorder.:highfive:

faby GT said:
If you have emui 4, go to notify bar, open it and modify the shortcuts. You'll see screen recorder.:highfive:
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I am sorry, I said Internal Audio recording! But yeah I didn't notice that :laugh:

RootingPro-18 said:
I am sorry, I said Internal Audio recording! But yeah I didn't notice that :laugh:
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So I think the best is rec me free, but you need root. I think it should be better if you connect your phone to a computer and use a phone screen recorder PC app:good:

RootingPro-18 said:
I am sorry, I said Internal Audio recording! But yeah I didn't notice that :laugh:
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Turn up the volume and sit somewhere in silence. It will record the audio coming out of speaker. It's a drag but it's better than 3rd party apps which can't even record at 25fps even in standard quality(480p).

Suleiman01 said:
Turn up the volume and sit somewhere in silence. It will record the audio coming out of speaker. It's a drag but it's better than 3rd party apps which can't even record at 25fps even in standard quality(480p).
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You are right but I now started to learn how to make app, so soon as I change up my knowledge about coding and other s**t maybe I will realise for free. (I said maybe)

Sound Stuttering with Incoming Notification

I always get stuttering of my music, podcasts, etc sound with incoming notifications. I expected to find plenty of posts on this but I found none. Am I the only one?

marcmarshall said:
I always get stuttering of my music, podcasts, etc sound with incoming notifications. I expected to find plenty of posts on this but I found none. Am I the only one?
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I get it too so you're not the only one. For me it seems to happen when I'm listening via Bluetooth (e.g. in the car; through earbuds). I've kinda learned to live with it but would be interested in hearing if there is a resolution for it.

SenorValasco said:
I get it too so you're not the only one. For me it seems to happen when I'm listening via Bluetooth (e.g. in the car; through earbuds). I've kinda learned to live with it but would be interested in hearing if there is a resolution for it.
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Do you use viper4android ?

I got the same mainly using Android Auto. I stopped using and now since the update it's gone, and yes I use Viper4Android.

colossus_r said:
Do you use viper4android ?
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I use Poweramp.
Forgot to mention that my 6T is stock; non-rooted.