[How to Stop Poweramp Taking Over My Phone?]

The issue isn't when Spotify is actively playing but when stopped. So if I'm listening to Spotify at home, stop it (not close it) & jump in the car, the bluetooth connection will start playback of Poweramp.

But whatever the cause, it's plainly still not fit for purpose in my use case so will have to uninstall - again.

[How to Stop Poweramp Taking Over My Phone?]

@andrewilley

@andrewilley Thanks for the detailed explanation.

It is VW head units that are sending a play command. But that's only really an issue due to Poweramp effectively being always active & somehow taking priority over other music apps.

I've just checked my profile & it's all but three years since I last raised this. I just checked again & the original issue still persists. Even if I have Spofity active & playing, as soon as bluetooth connects Poweramp starts playing. So somehow Poweramp is announcing itself to Android that it is THE music player.

Even if a bluetooth device is sending a play command, that should be presented to the currently active app. If no app is active then nothing should happen, but Poweramp is behaving as permanently active even when shut down.

 

[How to Stop Poweramp Taking Over My Phone?]

I tried to solve this some years ago when I last used Poweramp & hoped it might have been sorted by now.

What is the mechanism that makes Poweramp think that the only reason I have a phone is to run Poweramp? Every one of the dozens of other apps installed stop when the app is closed. Not Poweramp. Close all apps & Poweramp continues to play. Even if there's no sign of it running anywhere.

Also, pair a bluetooth device & immediately up pops Poweramp & commences playing. It would be quite nice if I could decide when I want to use it.

What is the reason behind this bizarre behaviour & short of resorting to another player, how do I stop it?

[Prevent Poweramp from Autoplaying on Bluetooth Connection.]

I'm afraid I don't have the time or inclination to reinstall Poweramp & endure the issues again in order to try to find a log entry. The point remains that when one audio app is active (ie Spotify) there should be no way for your app to launch itself & commence play, over-riding the active app.

[Prevent Poweramp from Autoplaying on Bluetooth Connection.]

As I said, it's now uninstalled as it was the only way to stop it. But surely nothing being received should allow the app to start itself & commence replay when it's fully closed down?

[Prevent Poweramp from Autoplaying on Bluetooth Connection.]

All bluetooth autoplay options turned off.

App not running & phone rebooted.

Yet every time a bluetooth device connects the app magically starts playing.

I've had to uninstall as the only way to prevent this unwanted behaviour but would like a resolution.