I downloaded plexamp for the first time a couple weeks ago and I listen to audiobooks at night. I noticed that the next day, when I have closed the app and nothing is playing, when my car’s Bluetooth connects, plexamp will continue playing the last audiobook I was listening to. The app doesn’t open but the audio shows that it’s playing in the Quick Settings even though I have that setting off unless media is currently playing.
I’m on a Google Pixel 4XL and using the latest Android 11 OS.
That seems like something only Android could do (and might, in some situations). If you send a log after it happens we can double check. Is it just in a paused state waiting to be played?
From what I can see on my phone, Plexamp is not in a paused state unless it is in the background. I have manually closed the app and it would just start playing whenever I connect to a bluetooth device.
That sounds like a feature (e.g. my car does this when I connect). But it’s also not something we control if the system is starting the app and sending a play command.
I was thinking that too so I made sure that the media controls in Quick Settings were turned off (I don’t like that setting). I would understand my audio picking back up if I had the app open but it does it when the app is closed.
I just tried it again. I played audio from my phone, stopped it, closed the app and swiped it out of Quick Settings. When I connected to a bluetooth device, as soon as it connected it resumed playing. The app wasn’t open but the media player reopened in my Quick Settings. I currently use the regular Plex app and Spotify and that has never happened with those.