Coming from an iPhone 7 Plus, I used the feature of YouTube playing in the background on a daily basis.
On Android I start playing a news clip or song then tab out to my web browser or stop watch, or any other app, and the media goes off.
How do I keep YouTube playing the background ?
The only way on YouTube app is by having YouTube Red subscription. It's a feature for red on Android. Others could point something out but from what I've checked and seen when using YouTube is by YouTube Red.
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Not sure that its possible without root and xposed. Xposed hasn't been updated to work with Nougat yet though and that could still be some time away unfortunately. Might just have to live with it as is for the time being.
Thanks for the replies. I recall on previous Android phones that are rooted I used that Xposed module. But Xposed isn't compatible with Android N and the S8+ is locked down no root anyways for me.
Dang, that's unfortunate. YouTube Red might be your best bet then. Depends on how much you want it and whether you're willing to pay a monthly subscription to get it I suppose.
Sometimes I use the multi window feature to watch YouTube videos while using another app. It is a bit of a pain though if you just want audio as the minimum window size is still 1/3 of the screen.
I've tried a few apps that claim to play YouTube videos in the background but none of them worked very well.
There a app call OG YouTube somewhere in xda that have playback.
Try swapping top corning down to make the screen smaller. You can still hear and see the video and also move the smaller screen anywhere you want.
Use Firefox browser. It let's you play YouTube in background or screen off
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Zorachus said:
Coming from an iPhone 7 Plus, I used the feature of YouTube playing in the background on a daily basis.
On Android I start playing a news clip or song then tab out to my web browser or stop watch, or any other app, and the media goes off.
How do I keep YouTube playing the background ?
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Can you explain how it works on iOS? It seems crazy to me that YouTube requires you to pay a monthly subscription fee for background play on Android, but offers it for free on iOS.
If you mean playing within a web browser, and then going to another tab of the browser, I think Firefox for Android allows you to do that. If, instead, you mean the YouTube app itself, then you need YouTube red or some other (probably unsanctioned) method.
d_phekt said:
Use Firefox browser. It let's you play YouTube in background or screen off
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I just install Firefox started to play a YouTube video and then back to the home screen but the music turned off
eyc said:
Can you explain how it works on iOS? It seems crazy to me that YouTube requires you to pay a monthly subscription fee for background play on Android, but offers it for free on iOS.
If you mean playing within a web browser, and then going to another tab of the browser, I think Firefox for Android allows you to do that. If, instead, you mean the YouTube app itself, then you need YouTube red or some other (probably unsanctioned) method.
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On my iPhone 7 Plus, I was using some program called 'ProTube' on stock iOS, not jailbreak or anything;
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/protube-for-youtube/id931201696?mt=8
I could start a video, and then move to do something else, and it would remain playing in the background until I manually closed it down. I get so used to it, and really liked it, now it's a shock not to have something like it on Android.
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There a app call OG YouTube somewhere in xda that have playback.
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Yep you have to download the APK. They stopped support so the latest APK would be the last one you can use.
So you have to search XDA as the website took down the download links for OGYoutube.
The app still works without problems and should be a while until YouTube updates something to make it obsolete.
The lat update is OGYoutube 3.5.
Only thing is that you won't have the crop to fit. If in case you used it.
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I just install Firefox started to play a YouTube video and then back to the home screen but the music turned off
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I couldn't get it to work at first either. Try going to options in Firefox and check "Request desktop site". After doing that I was able to return to the home screen with the audio still playing in the background. It seems to work with the screen off as well! :good:
Go to Youtube app, play video then turn off screen with the power button (just a click). Video will pause. Click on power button again and youll see time on top. Swipe the time left or right and youll see the youtube play button . Click play and it should work. It will not work any other way if you want to text or call or be on your phone but it will if you want to hear music and conserve battery. This is on my S8+ .....PS make sure your Pandora or any other music app is off.
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Go to Youtube app, play video then turn off screen with the power button (just a click). Video will pause. Click on power button again and youll see time on top. Swipe the time left or right and youll see the youtube play button . Click play and it should work. It will not work any other way if you want to text or call or be on your phone but it will if you want to hear music and conserve battery. This is on my S8+ .....PS make sure your Pandora or any other music app is off.
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This didn't work for me. I saw the play for YouTube but it doesn't do anything.
•Uninstall YouTube.
•Download the magisk module from @Anova's Origin
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8lY7pYQ4GSzQVdJR09QcEtfalU
•Open Magisk, go to 'modules' and click the yellow + sign at the bottom. Select iYTBP 12.19.56 arm64 - Magisk.zip and choose 'open'
Reboot and enjoy ;]
dynospectrum said:
•Uninstall YouTube.
•Download the magisk module from @Anova's Origin
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8lY7pYQ4GSzQVdJR09QcEtfalU
•Open Magisk, go to 'modules' and click the yellow + sign at the bottom. Select iYTBP 12.19.56 arm64 - Magisk.zip and choose 'open'
Reboot and enjoy ;]
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You can't do this on snapdragon versions, which is what op has.
You have to choose desktop mode in the Firefox browser. I know how you feel I switched from iPhone as well
og youtube works like a charm
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Hi,
I got both Asus Transformer with Honeycomb 3.2 and Galaxy S2 with 2.3.4
Neither of them is multitasking ?? I can't listen to the music and e.g. read
emails or use any other app. Going to emails will stop music, youtube etc..
It rather 'parks' apps and not runs nor stop them.
With both of devices running on dual core CPUs this is quite disappointing.
Is there a way, a flag or setting somewhere in the OS to enable real multitasking ?
Thanks
when you switch from one application to another, are you using the back button or home button? the back button ends your application while the home button leaves your application as it is
Thanks,
I see now the stock audio player works in background when using home button.
Youtube doesn't. some apps seem to be privileged to run in background and other are not.
smartin said:
Thanks,
I see now the stock audio player works in background when using home button.
Youtube doesn't. some apps seem to be privileged to run in background and other are not.
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not exactly. I mean, it doesn't make sense to have a video running in the background right?
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sweetnsour said:
the back button ends your application while the home button leaves your application as it is
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Not exactly. It all depends on the application - apps have full control over a back button, it can't kill them. But many apps exit themselves on back button.
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Youtube doesn't. some apps seem to be privileged to run in background and other are not.
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Youtube doesn't because Google has implemented it that way. Most of users don't want to play videos in the background, so Youtube app automatically stops playback when going background.
sweetnsour said:
not exactly. I mean, it doesn't make sense to have a video running in the background right?
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It makes perfect sense. I usually have music videos running in the background. It awesome and im disappoied that my asus tf101 running honeycomb 3.2 doesn't allow me to run awesome music in the background. rage!
Why don'y you convert it to mp3?
or, if you want to keep it, I think Meridian Media Player can play video files as mp3.
There is so many songs that are on youtube and there are some cool playlists too. i spose its kinda like a cloud but a universal cloud at that. This docking keyboard is sooooooo slow and the cursor keeps jumping to the browser http: Plus why when i hit spacebar does the input do irregular things. For example: when using youtube i cannot use spacebar on docking board i have to use onscreen keyboard. so annoying. Sorry asus tf101 honeycomb but you may be a dudddd or i this particular tf101 needs taking back and replacing.
sorry for bad english in above text but yea keyboard is playing up.
Hi could someone tell me how I can listen music and watch YouTube at some time because when press play yt or Spotify second app stops play. And second how I can make split screen with 2 different apps don't see option for this only when using Gmail and click link. And last thing I am using swift key and if try to type in multi Windows apps keyboard starts hiding, so need close apps when typing
neomesjasz said:
Hi could someone tell me how I can listen music and watch YouTube at some time because when press play yt or Spotify second app stops play.
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I can have Youtube and N7player playing at the same time without issue, so long as I keep the Youtube app as the top active app. Leaving it pauzes it. The Youtube app is apparently not capable of playing in the background. (Or I just haven't enabled that. I never use Youtube. Or Spotify. Or Deezer. Or any other streaming service.)
And second how I can make split screen with 2 different apps don't see option for this only when using Gmail and click link.
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Drag the notification bar down with two fingers. Turn Multwindow on (if it's already on, leave it on.). Close the notification bar.
Hold the Back key (right softkey) or swipe from the right edge. This'll open the sidebar. From there, drag the icons onto the screen.
You can open up to 4 windows simultaneously.
And last thing I am using swift key and if try to type in multi Windows apps keyboard starts hiding, so need close apps when typing
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Swiftkey has never supported MultiWindow. They mention it in their FAQ.
Hey I just got the nexus player and side loaded kodi and figured some people might be wondering how to do it.
1. Set up nexus player on wifi and sign into google account
2. Go to play.google.com and install two apps: es file explorer and Chainfire's sideload launcher
3. Go to settings menu on your nexus player and then go the security and restrictions menu at the bottom. Enable unknown sources.
4. Download the x86 Kodi .apk from here: http://kodi.tv/download
5. Now you have a choice of how you want to load the apk on your Nexus player. I chose to upload the apk to my drive.google.com but you can also use USB on the OTG or transfer it over your network.
Edit: as suggested by Peef below, you can install chrome via play.google.com to your nexus player and then go to the link on your nexus player and download it directly onto your nexus player and go from there.
6. If you're using your google drive, upload the apk to google drive. Then go into ES file explorer and on the left hand side choose the "cloud" icon, then google drive, and then you sign into your account and you should see your google drive files and you can select the apk wherever you saved it.
7. Go through the install prompts to install Kodi.
That's it, you're done. If you want to set up your Kodi with some good plugins, check out the fusion installer here: http://www.tvaddons.ag/install-addons-kodi/
I was able to install it by downloading Chrome (Beta) via play.google.com, launch it with Chainfire's Launcher, then directly browse to kodi.tv/downloads
Use a bluetooth mouse/remote/keyboard for best results.
Thanks alot! Just got it installed, your instructions were perfect. :highfive: I didn't know about fusion and haven't used XMBC in a while. Glad to finally have it back.
Now I can get rid of my apple tv that had to always be jailbroken to get XMBC on there. Woowhoo. :silly:
Same thing I did. I have yet to get it to run though. This is my first time messing with this. Can I install fusion from XBMC?
figured it out...
I downloaded xbmc/kodi on my phone and sent it to my NP using es file explorer
Sweet! My NP arrives today and this will be my first step to do.
Thanks for the guide. I had trouble figuring out how to get the context menu to open with only the remote control, but I figured it out and thought I might share. If you install the Keymap Editor Add-On in Programs, you can map any button on the remote to the context menu globally. I chose the play/pause button on the remote.
http://kodi.wiki/view/Add-on:Keymap_Editor
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Thanks for the guide. I had trouble figuring out how to get the context menu to open with only the remote control, but I figured it out and thought I might share. If you install the Keymap Editor Add-On in Programs, you can map any button on the remote to the context menu globally. I chose the play/pause button on the remote.
http://kodi.wiki/view/Add-on:Keymap_Editor
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interesting idea. That to me was the biggest down fall to the NP remote and xbmc. I had actually ordered (it is at home waiting on me) a fire tv remote to see if it will work with the NP since it has a menu button. But your solution should work just fine and you can use the center button to just bring up the onscreen menu to play/pause when needed.
Update: I just got home and my fire TV remote came in and it works really well with the nexus player and since there is a menu button it works great with xbmc with no fuss or remapping keys. I got the fire stick remote so I don't have voice on it so that is the only thing I don't know if would work on the voice fire TV remote though.
Im finding it pretty much unusable. Movies just stop amd buffer constantly. I have a fast connection too. Had the same problem on my Appple tv over wifi. Only remedy was ethernet which the player doesnt have. Ill probably be returning mine.
mr mystery said:
Im finding it pretty much unusable. Movies just stop amd buffer constantly. I have a fast connection too. Had the same problem on my Appple tv over wifi. Only remedy was ethernet which the player doesnt have. Ill probably be returning mine.
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Sounds like a router issue.
djwyman said:
Sounds like a router issue.
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Agreed. That's a network issue.
Thanks
Thanks OP for your guide. I was able to install XMBC and configure it.
mr mystery said:
Im finding it pretty much unusable. Movies just stop amd buffer constantly. I have a fast connection too. Had the same problem on my Appple tv over wifi. Only remedy was ethernet which the player doesnt have. Ill probably be returning mine.
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If you really want you can get a USB ethernet adapter I had one from a previous android box and it works on the nexus player,
- settings -> about, go to build on bottom and click build multiple times until it shows that you unlocked developer options
- settings -> preferences -> developer options -> debugging, turn USB debugging ON
Anyone having problems with the app exiting in the middle of watching something? Not like buffering or exiting to the XBMC home screen but the app completely quits and exits back to the NP home screen. It's happened to me a few times already I'll be in the middle of watching a video and after maybe 5 min it just stops and goes back to the home page, other times it plays the whole video fine. I turned off daydream in settings but it's still happening so Im not sure what's causing it.
Ive had it happen a couple of times. I still prefer to use Kodi over Vimu on my older GoogleTV
Yea I've had it restart a couple times as well but still more stable than my apple tv i think
XBMC has been crashing on me a lot. It just goes to the main menu (NP). Anyone else experiencing this?
Pedro2NR said:
XBMC has been crashing on me a lot. It just goes to the main menu (NP). Anyone else experiencing this?
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Mine has been pretty stable when streaming over smb from my nas, but I have seen it crash back to the NP menus a few times when installing or playing with other kinds of services. I was having many more crashes on the 13.2 TV addons version, but the 14.1 beta has been more stable (with only a few select TV addons that I use enabled instead of the whole shebang.. don't know if that makes any difference).
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Mine has been pretty stable when streaming over smb from my nas, but I have seen it crash back to the NP menus a few times when installing or playing with other kinds of services. I was having many more crashes on the 13.2 TV addons version, but the 14.1 beta has been more stable (with only a few select TV addons that I use enabled instead of the whole shebang.. don't know if that makes any difference).
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Cool, how do I update to the beta?
Thanks in advance.
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Hello ,The trick works on the galaxy s8 and s8 +, with any official youtube version.
To be able to do the youtube trick in the background without root, do the following:
● Open the application in the normal way.
● Select the video of your choice.
● leave the video playback.
● Go to the beginning, without closing the multitasking.
□ Here are two options to activate youtube in the background:
1-Through the play button of the headphones that we have connected to the phone.
● Close the default music player on your phone, since it is activated; When you press the play button on the headphones, the music player will be activated and youtube will not be activated.
2-Lock the screen and move the clock widget to the left, the youtube widget appears on the play button and ready; This option works without headphones or headphones.
◇Important never close youtube in multitasking.
□Luck ^-^.
Issei Aono 17 said:
Hello ,The trick works on the galaxy s8 and s8 +, with any official youtube version.
To be able to do the youtube trick in the background without root, do the following:
● Open the application in the normal way.
● Select the video of your choice.
● leave the video playback.
● Go to the beginning, without closing the multitasking.
□ Here are two options to activate youtube in the background:
1-Through the play button of the headphones that we have connected to the phone.
● Close the default music player on your phone, since it is activated; When you press the play button on the headphones, the music player will be activated and youtube will not be activated.
2-Lock the screen and move the clock widget to the left, the youtube widget appears on the play button and ready; This option works without headphones or headphones.
◇Important never close youtube in multitasking.
□Luck ^-^.
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Or you can just use an app called NewPipe
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yamato047 said:
Or you can just use an app called NewPipe
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Yes (⌒‿⌒), but it is more comfortable, do it this way, than downloading another app .
Issei Aono 17 said:
Yes (⌒‿⌒), but it is more comfortable, do it this way, than downloading another app .
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Not really, app is very lightweight and is way mkre convenient to use without relying on any bugs in the system. It also lets you download the videos in multiple qualities.
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Issei Aono 17 said:
Hello ,The trick works on the galaxy s8 and s8 +, with any official youtube version.
To be able to do the youtube trick in the background without root, do the following:
● Open the application in the normal way.
● Select the video of your choice.
● leave the video playback.
● Go to the beginning, without closing the multitasking.
□ Here are two options to activate youtube in the background:
1-Through the play button of the headphones that we have connected to the phone.
● Close the default music player on your phone, since it is activated; When you press the play button on the headphones, the music player will be activated and youtube will not be activated.
2-Lock the screen and move the clock widget to the left, the youtube widget appears on the play button and ready; This option works without headphones or headphones.
◇Important never close youtube in multitasking.
□Luck ^-^.
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Thanks that was useful
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yamato047 said:
Not really, app is very lightweight and is way mkre convenient to use without relying on any bugs in the system. It also lets you download the videos in multiple qualities.
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I will try the application thanks .
yamato047 said:
Not really, app is very lightweight and is way mkre convenient to use without relying on any bugs in the system. It also lets you download the videos in multiple qualities.
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This is not a bug. It has been there ever since the Galaxy S6 It's also there on Windows Phone and on the latest iOS ^^ It's a basic feature that is enabled in the exact way on all major smartphone OS'
tuk1maar said:
This is not a bug. It has been there ever since the Galaxy S6 It's also there on Windows Phone and on the latest iOS ^^ It's a basic feature that is enabled in the exact way on all major smartphone OS'
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Never used this on my s6
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tuk1maar said:
This is not a bug. It has been there ever since the Galaxy S6 It's also there on Windows Phone and on the latest iOS ^^ It's a basic feature that is enabled in the exact way on all major smartphone OS'
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If it wasn't a bug, why would Google make it a paid option included in youtube red subscription? Windows phone doesnt even have an official app for youtube so developers have implented it into their apps long before it was a thing on Android. I havent had an iOS device but a friend of mine confirms that the official youtube app doesnt support background play either so he has to use either Safari or some third party app.
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why not youtube red. i havent paid for youtube red since it started. they always offer 4 month of googlemusic which include youtube red. just switch to different email. i have 3 gmail and i have been rotating everytime one expires. it says is for new user but if uhavent use the same email for over 6 month it will let u reuse it
YouTube red is not available in most countries.
It doesn't work on latest update S8 stock ROM...EU
Has anyone been able to get PIP to work on this device? According to Sony (https://support.sonymobile.com/sg/xperiaxa2ultra/kb/8019307455ff6184015e92f63324005926/#gref) it should work out of box but it doesn't. At least not on mine.
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Has anyone been able to get PIP to work on this device? According to Sony (https://support.sonymobile.com/sg/xperiaxa2ultra/kb/8019307455ff6184015e92f63324005926/#gref) it should work out of box but it doesn't. At least not on mine.
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It only works on apps like youtube or if you video call someone, you can use chrome while maintaining the video call. Same with youtube, you can watch a video while doing something else.
From my understanding, this feature is specific to Android Oreo 8.0 and higher, which means it should work on any device that has Android 8.0+
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It only works on apps like youtube or if you video call someone, you can use chrome while maintaining the video call. Same with youtube, you can watch a video while doing something else.
From my understanding, this feature is specific to Android Oreo 8.0 and higher, which means it should work on any device that has Android 8.0+
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I wonder if you have tried it yourself because, as I said in the original post, it does not work. For example when I play a video in chrome and make it full screen and then hit the home button (these are Sony's instructions) the picture in picture doesn't happen. In case of YouTube it isn't supposed to happen anyway because it requires a premium subscription.
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I wonder if you have tried it yourself because, as I said in the original post, it does not work. For example when I play a video in chrome and make it full screen and then hit the home button (these are Sony's instructions) the picture in picture doesn't happen. In case of YouTube it isn't supposed to happen anyway because it requires a premium subscription.
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Yes I have tried it. It's especially useful during video calls, but it also works with youtube Vanced (which is basically hacked youtube.
It does indeed work I use it almost everyday in fact.
Also, if you have GPS navigation going, it'll keep a small window open while you do other things