Music Player App play while not focused

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I'm working on a music player app for my Android device, but once I go home or turn off the screen of the device the music stops...any way I could change that?

Thanks in advance!

Godot version v3.4.2.stable.official [45eaa2daf]
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Best answer

As Calinou once said:

As far as I know, Godot projects can't play background audio on iOS/Android because the OS will kill the app anytime it can to save
battery. You have no control over this – the "keep background app
alive" permission is not guaranteed to be 100% reliable.

A game engine isn't meant to run in the background as it would eat
through the device's battery very quickly.

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I have no idea, and I think you can't, because it's a game engine. App is designed to act like game, so the solution either doesn't exist, either it requires you to write custom android plugin which is... tiresome

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