HTML5 audio / javascript stops working on Android (google chrome) when the screen is off

Question

I created a web application that plays a music playlist, and it works well on desktop browsers, as well as in Mozilla and Opera android. But when I play songs in Chrome browser in Android and I turn off the screen, it stops after playing the current song. And as soon as I turn on the screen, it starts loading the next song in line.

From my observations, I realized that the Google Chrome browser on Android disables javascript code execution if the screen is turned off until the screen wakes up again. Is there a way to prevent my specific library from stopping? Any approach or events?

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There are so many WebApps that it doesn’t stop playing music. Do I need some permissions from the Google App Store?

Answer 1

to check what is happening with youtube, at least a few years ago I had a terrible time related to this, and what my client proved, he can not be completed within the given time frame and budget. which was actually device-specific, on some devices it worked fine, but on others it didn’t. check if this is happening on other devices. the only solutions that I could think about the dishes, so as not to turn off the screen (on problem devices or everything at the beginning), or create an application and handle the onPause event

Answer 2

I don’t think you can change the behavior of the Chrome application, if they want to keep the battery in the background and stop javascript, you won’t activate it.

Perhaps there are other ways to make it work.

• Tell your users that they must use Firefox or Opera on their mobile device.

• All applications can play or stream music in the background so you can create or use the application for your task.

• Perhaps you can use the default music player app on Android. Open the streaming playlist using the app. (I do not know if this is possible because I do not have an Android device.)

I know that this is not exactly what you want, but perhaps a way to make it work.