Spotify + Android Auto

Ostwestfale

Hi all, glad to see that I am not alone.

cgwhouse

+1 for me as well, to echo others' sentiment - mainly just glad to see it isn't a me problem. Not as high a priority as the RCS issue I imagine, but hopefully can be resolved without jumping through too many crazy hoops. Thank you Makuta for the initial report!

kyngs

Hi, just here to say that I've had the same issue in the past few days.
One interesting thing I noticed is that clearing cache & data for android auto temporarily (for a few hours) resolves the issue.

andrej567

it does not work with apple music for me too.

Either pressing play returns to main screen immediatey or it plays for a few seconds and stops, and goes to main screen.

Ostwestfale

Hi all, I flushed the cache and APP data, that did the trick for me. Playback back to normal. Good luck!

Makuta

Ostwestfale that seems to have done the trick!

Utopia3161

Can confirm wiping the cache and data resolves the issue.

Ostwestfale

Utopia3161 it did the trick for me. Just give it a try, hope it works for you as well.

SCA-GOS

@Ostwestfale Thank you! It works again

kyngs

@Ostwestfale How long did that work?
I did that this morning, it worked fine on my way to school, but it was broken again when I was coming back (~6hours later).
My car is a '21 Skoda Superb, in case this problem is manufacturer-related (which I highly doubt)

Ostwestfale

kyngs problem showed again after nightly update and reboot. Workaround applied and everything was back to normal. Need to monitor, if this behaviour can be observed going forward.

kyngs

Ostwestfale

Mhm, for me the fix really just only works for a few hours. Anyways, are we kinda confident that this is a GOS issue? And if yes, should we file a bug?

Makuta

kyngs I'm not informed which about the inter play between the different apps and system to be confident it's an os issue, but I'm reasonably confident it didn't happen after a Spotify update, so it would be my guess that it's something on graphenes end, either the os or the sandboxed app for auto

virtual187

I'm also in this boat. I have cleared the cache of the spotify application and also reinstalled Android Auto but I couldn't get it to work.

Glad to see that this isn't just me but I can't find any other information from any other stock Android users.

Makuta

It seems like clearing the cache and data temporarily fixes the issue but it just keeps happening again

Ninja4694

Experiencing the same. It's only Spotify, other music apps (Symfonium) work as expected.

kyngs

I've just noticed that this post has a tag "Pixel 8 Pro", I also have a pixel 8 pro. Is there anyone else having the same issue with a different model?

Also, I've created an issue here: https://github.com/GrapheneOS/os-issue-tracker/issues/6355
Feel free to add your findings there

SCA-GOS

kyngs Yes, I also have an 8 Pro. Thanks for the issue.

sliverless

kyngs I am also having this issue with a Pixel 9!

altoids

It looks like the latest Spotify app release now crashes for me due to the ComScore API throwing an Exception the app can't handle. This only started happening on the 18th when the app was updated from the Play Store.

OS: GrapheneOS 16 / Pixel 9 Pro

Spotify version code: 133703275

Crash repeats several times across the same day (08:04, 08:13, 22:48, 23:09)

Always same signal: SIGABRT

Always same thread: ComScoreBackgro

Always same cause: java.lang.SecurityException

slartybartfasd

Pixel 8 (not pro)
Android Auto 15.3
Spotify Version 9.0.86.1358

In my case, Spotify was effected as described before. The Spotify part of the AA screen was blurred and did not respond to any touch.
My current workaround is deactivating Spotify in AAs launcher list. After that, Spotify still appears with minimal widgets and operates normal.