Are you addicted to music to the point that you can not eat, drink, play, and even study without music playing in the background? Music is a language of emotion that directly affects our moods. Once our mind and soul get used to listening to music every day it’s hard to find peace in any other thing.
We all have a habit of keeping a playlist on our phones containing all our favorite songs. We love to play and replay these songs when we are working out driving, and jogging.
The most annoying thing about the Android phone is that it’s hard to keep the music playing in the background while using other apps. But we live in the world of advancement, so this shouldn’t even be a problem for you. As we have found solutions to almost all of our problems, what if I tell you that there is a way to not let the Android phone apps stop the music?
Unfortunately, the experts are still working out to find an all-in-one solution to this problem but we have resolved this issue to a noticeable extent.
There are many ways to deal with such issues and don’t worry we are going to discuss each way briefly. Let’s start with the least known way to deal with this problem.It is easy to stop apps from stopping music.
Stop Apps From Pausing Music
Fixing the problem by adjusting the player’s settings
- Go to the player settings
- Find the “Mute other Audio sources”
- Uncheck the checkbox
- Your job is done
Or
- Go to the Android’s home screen
- Go to apps
- Select music player
- Scroll down to your favorite song in the library
- Tap the menu key
- Go settings > checkmark the show notification option
- Tap home key
- Tap apps and tap the application you want to access
Congratulations! Now, gaming apps won’t be able to interrupt your favorite songs.
Fixing the problem with the Rocket Player app
Rocket player is another useful app that can be downloaded from the play store to minimize interruption. How can you minimize this issue this way?
- Arrange space for the most advanced music player
- Go to the play store
- Search for the Rocket Player
- Download and install
- Launch the app
- Go to settings
- Scroll down to “sound”
- Find the “Audio Focus” option
- Tap on ignore other apps
Rocket players would now actively start working to play music without any interruption.
Fixing the problem with MX Player
MX Player is another promising solution to this problem as it is built to prevent music interruption. But you have to adjust the settings to get benefit from the forgiving feature. To fix the issue;
- Go to the play store
- Search for the MX Player
- Download and install
- Launch the app
- Go to the settings option
- Find and click “player”
- Scroll down to “background play”
- Check the box next to background play.
This app is now all set to play the music in the background on almost all kinds of Android phones and devices without any interruptions.
Fixing the problem by minimizing the Music Player
Yes, minimizing the music player is another smartest way of dealing with this problem. It can be minimized the same way we minimize other apps. But if it confuses you, how you can check other apps while listening to music.
- Tap the home button on your Android device
- Go to the applications
- Tap music and then find the playlist option
- Select any track from the options or scroll down to your favorite song
- Play the song
- Tap the home button again
- Go back to the applications
- Select any app you want to use
- There, your job is done
Tapping the home button again will minimize the music player without stopping it. You can now use any app you want.
How to play Youtube music in the background?
These were the ways you can use to not let any Android app stop the music player. These smart ways usually work for mp3 songs. But what if you want to play Youtube music in the background?
You probably think that only a membership of Youtube premium or Youtube music gives you the authority to listen to music in the background but it is not true. Music can be played in the background without any such membership but in a limited way. To go for this smart way you have to follow these steps;
- Open setting menu
- Pull down and select “apps and notifications”
- Find the “advanced” button at the bottom of the screen
- Go to the “special app access”
- Look for the “picture-in-picture” option
A new window, showing the apps that support the PiP function, would appear.
- Allow the Picture in picture option given in front of Youtube
Now, whenever you want to keep the Youtube music running in the background you simply have to press the home key the Youtube app video will automatically be shrunk down to half of the screen. You can now read tweets, check Facebook, or any other app while listening to music. Want to know how you can play music in the background using the desktop version?
- Open Chrome and search Youtube
- Find the music video you want to play
- Click the three dots in the upper right corner of the screen
- Find the “Desktop version” in the drop-down menu
- Select the Desktop Version
- Play the video again
- Tap the home key(the music will be stopped for a few seconds)
- Pull down the notification from the screen
- Leave when you can see the notification of music video
- Hit play
- Use other apps and enjoy listening to Youtube music free
Summary
Summing up the entire article by DangerAPKS in a few lines, yes you can stop Android apps from coming in the way of music. There are some apps that are made to play music in the background but if you do not want to go for a music app you can change the settings or minimize the player to use apps like Facebook, Whatsapp, and Twitter while listening to music. Lastly, I hope you find all the information provided in this article helpful.