All music apps keep running in background (still pkay after closing)

[Red33]

Hi

I have a Sony xperia xz1 compact. I have recently switched from iPhone so not sure why this is happening. All my musuc apps (ie Spotify, soundcloud, Pi Music), will not completely close after I close them. They keep running in the bsxkground.  So if I'm playing music, I close the app, music is still playing! Then I have to open then musuc app again, manually stop the music & then I close the app but I know it's still running in the bsxkground because I check in app settings & it says they're always running in the bsxkground.

How do I stop this happening or ANY app from running in the background without my permission? Thank you in advance  

[NunoSEN2]

Hi @Red33;

You can stop some apps from running in background, like for example Spotify, go to Settings>Apps and notifications >App information >Spotify >Battery >Background Activity >turn it off.

[Red33]

Hi

Thank you for your reply 

It's not letting me.i go to Spotify app in settings > while in background & I click on it & nothing happens. Plus for some odd reason it's saying: OM instead of on! 

[NunoSEN2]

@Red33;

Did you follow the steps I described? That is strange because it shouldn't say on or off you just have a switch to the right off "Background Activity". Can you post a screenshot of the menu you get under battery of the Spotify app? 

[Red33]

Yes I did .If you look on the screenshot I sent, when I click on any of those, it doesn't do anything. It just says 0m (apparently it means 0  minute). But I know it was running in the background because I received a notification saying it is yet I know I had closed it   Thank you for your assistance 

[NunoSEN2]

@Red33;

I can't see the picture yet but I guess you are pressing the wrong place, please scroll down the battery page, that I suppose you are in, and at the bottom you have options for "Manage battery use" and the first option with a switch is "Background Activity".

(It's the fourth line of the battery menu) 

[Red33]

Hi

I E tried that. It just brings up the power saving option & a list of all the apps that are part of the power saving option. 

[NunoSEN2]

@Red33;

I said only some apps (like Spotify) have the option to disable background use, it seems that SoundCloud don't have that option, but you can always force stop it. 

[Red33]

Oh OK  Thank you. 

BTW where can I check (& close) what apps are running in the background ? It seems I have no control over what decodes to run in the background of my phone!!! 

[NunoSEN2]

@Red33;

In the Developer Options menu (tap several times in Build Number) you have the option "Running Services" in wich you can see what apps are running in the phone.