Android App Stops in Background

**wrnoof** · 05-13-2017, 09:19 PM

I tried the phone in controller mode, streaming music from my PC to our home stereo using a Wi-Fi connection. The Mezzmo App worked well when in the background. I suspect this problem might be related to other problems Marshmallow is reported to have with bluetooth and not to the Android App. I think I'll wait until BT and Marshmallow issues are fixed before I pursue this further.
Regards,
Bob

**smitbret** · 05-14-2017, 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by wrnoof

I tried the phone in controller mode, streaming music from my PC to our home stereo using a Wi-Fi connection. The Mezzmo App worked well when in the background. I suspect this problem might be related to other problems Marshmallow is reported to have with bluetooth and not to the Android App. I think I'll wait until BT and Marshmallow issues are fixed before I pursue this further.
Regards,
Bob

I think I know exactly what you are talking about. I have had some weird issues like that with my Chevy Equinox and a couple of bluetooth speakers that usually isn't solved until I turn the bluetooth off and back on. Sometimes I have to delete the device from my list of devices and re-pair.

**wrnoof** · 05-22-2017, 12:57 PM

smitbret -
I think this bluetooth issue is definitely a Marshmallow problem. My phone won't stay connected in my car and playing music in my car is a real problem whether trying to use Mezzmo android or the built-in Google Play Music app. The phone issue is widely reported on other web sites. I'm just waiting for the next Android update to get pushed out. As for turning BT off and on, not something I like to mess with while driving.
Bob

**Peter** · 05-22-2017, 01:34 PM

I can reproduce the issue of the songs stopping playing after each one when the app is in the background so we will investigate to see what is happening.

**wrnoof** · 05-28-2017, 01:14 AM

Cool. I think your technical support is simply the best.
Bob

**Peter** · 05-29-2017, 11:28 AM

I tested again today and the problem did not happen, the next song played while the app was in the background. What is probably happening is that when the Android system needs to free some memory it is killing the apps in the background and when the broadcast intent to play the next song is received the device is not set yet as the app is restarting. I will try running a more memory intensive app while the Mezzmo app is in the background to try and test this.