Newpipe: Unable to access Background Player & Notification Seek Issue

Created on 7 Oct 2020 · 6Comments · Source: TeamNewPipe/NewPipe

Phone: Google Pixel 3a XL
Android ver: 11 (Sept 5 update)
Video demo: https://youtu.be/0s_q1ds7jM4

After the latest update, enqueuing or playing videos in the background makes the playlist inaccessible without overwriting the queue.

Videos are indeed sent to the background, however pressing on the notification area player does nothing, where it used to bring you the queue list.

The only way I have been able to access the list is by playing another video normally, which brings up the in-app player, where the list icon is available, which overwrites the queue.

There are no controls in the Notification area either, except the seekbar, sometimes.
Regarding the seek issue: in the notification area, the seekbar accepts input, but upon seeking, will remove the control from being visible.

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PrimeGinseng

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This is really really really strange, as we had a bunch of people testing this on Android 11 and everything worked fine. I have no idea why the notification would be so broken...

Stypox on 7 Oct 2020

Here is a video demonstration, if that helps!
https://youtu.be/0s_q1ds7jM4

PrimeGinseng on 7 Oct 2020

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I had the same problem with Newpipe 0.19.8 after updating to Android 11.
For me the issue was resolved by updating to Newpipe 0.20.0.

Phone: Google Pixel 3a, Android 11 (sept 5)

whatlab on 8 Oct 2020

I had the same problem with Newpipe 0.19.8 after updating to Android 11.
For me the issue was resolved by updating to Newpipe 0.20.0.

Phone: Google Pixel 3a, Android 11 (sept 5)

Huh... You know, I just assumed I was on the latest version because I checked F-Droid for an update and there was none. After installing NewPipe 0.20.0 from the Releases page the issue is resolved. That's my bad. Gonna get my releases from here from now on.

Thanks!

PrimeGinseng on 8 Oct 2020

... This is why you're supposed to fill the issue template.

opusforlife2 on 8 Oct 2020

Huh... You know, I just assumed I was on the latest version because I checked F-Droid for an update and there was none. After installing NewPipe 0.20.0 from the Releases page the issue is resolved. That's my bad. Gonna get my releases from here from now on.

Updates will arrive faster in F-Droid if you add Newpipe's repository to F-Droid.
See https://newpipe.schabi.org/FAQ/tutorials/install-add-fdroid-repo/ for more information.