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  • How to Keep a Recorded mp4 Playing While Switching to Another app?

    From croy@[email protected] to comp.mobile.android on Sun May 31 18:01:21 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.mobile.android

    Android 16
    Samsung One UI 8.5

    I'm listening to a recorded podcast, and I want to do something else, like
    set an alarm, or send an email. But as soon as I hit the home button, so I
    can get to the other app, the podcast stops.

    Can that behaviour be changed?
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    croy
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  • From Maria Sophia@[email protected] to comp.mobile.android on Sun May 31 21:35:29 2026
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    croy wrote:
    Android 16
    Samsung One UI 8.5

    I'm listening to a recorded podcast, and I want to do something else, like set an alarm, or send an email. But as soon as I hit the home button, so I can get to the other app, the podcast stops.

    Can that behaviour be changed?

    I Think we covered this topic recently, where I think the net was that some apps can play in the background and some can't play in the background.

    From the previous thread on this subject, I think the main suggestion was
    to make sure the battery optimization wasn't killing the app too soon.

    You can also remove teh apps from sleeping apps, as I recall from that
    thread only a month or so ago, as I recall, and you can check for in-app background settings.

    From that long thread on the subject, everything depends on your setup.
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  • From AJL@[email protected] to comp.mobile.android on Mon Jun 1 04:43:38 2026
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    On 5/31/26 6:01 PM, croy wrote:

    Android 16
    Samsung One UI 8.5

    I'm listening to a recorded podcast, and I want to do something else, like >set an alarm, or send an email. But as soon as I hit the home button, so I >can get to the other app, the podcast stops.

    Can that behaviour be changed?

    On my Samsung Galaxy Tab A11+ tablet I use the split screen feature for
    that. I can watch a video on one side while playing around in another app
    on the other. Nice feature. If you haven't already, you might check to see
    if you have it too...


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  • From R.Wieser@[email protected] to comp.mobile.android on Mon Jun 1 07:03:35 2026
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    croy,

    I'm listening to a recorded podcast, and I want to do something
    else, like set an alarm, or send an email. But as soon as I hit
    the home button, so I can get to the other app, the podcast stops.

    It depends on the player you're using. Check if it has a "run in the background" setting, and if so enable it.

    Take care though, it might than also keep going when you receive a
    voice-call.

    Regards,
    Rudy Wieser


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