
Method 9: Disable Today View and Search on the Lock Screen When the music widget appears on the Lock Screen even after all this, you can try disabling Today View entirely on your Lock Screen so music playback doesn’t occur from it. At least confirm that I am not doing (or doing) something stupid. On the next screen, turn off the Allow Notifications toggle at the top until it changes to grey. All you need to do is go to your phone settings and enter 'Apps & Notification' click on the music app, tap on the data usage and then clear your cache.'IT'S DONE'. You guys seem to be the ones most likely to have the background know how to get to the bottom of why some apps do and some apps don’t and maybe come up with a generic app fix that can be passed on to developers of the other recalcitrant apps. On your Andriod phone, when you can't see the music playing, on the lock screen. Apps which do not include BBC Sounds and Smart Audiobook Player as well as AP. However the others, including AP, remain resolutely hidden from the lock screen.Īpps which show the play controls include Pocket Casts VLC, VRadio and Spotify. This will keep the Spotify screen up without locking allowing you to access the controls.


I use a mix of different media players for different purposes and I am finding that some do show the play controls on the Lock Screen and some do not.Īn online search shows this is a problem across many models of phone and different media player apps and the one tip I found which did work for one of my apps was to make sure Notifications are allowed. As far as solving your problem, you could try turning the 'stay awake' option on in the developer settings and leaving your phone on the Spotify now playing page (assuming you keep your phone plugged in while driving). My phone updated to Android 12 yesterday and I now find that AP no longer displays the play controls on the Lock Screen which is annoying.
