# iOS 13 Webview Stops Playing Media when the Screen Turns Off
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/ios-13-webview-stops-playing-media-when-the-screen-turns-off/325914
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [November 18, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/ios-13-webview-stops-playing-media-when-the-screen-turns-off/325914 "2019-11-18T13:24:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@calvarybroadcasting](https://community.thunkable.com/u/calvarybroadcasting)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/ios-13-webview-stops-playing-media-when-the-screen-turns-off/325914/1 "2019-11-18T13:24:48Z")
I’ve created a streaming radio app for my radio station using Thunkable Pro X. I’m using the webview component to wrap my website, but I load the app to default to the streaming media page. This used to work well until someone with IOS 13 reported to me that the app no longer works as soon as the screen dies or as soon as they start using another app on the phone with the music playing in the background.
I know someone posted a similar discussion in the ThunkableClassic discussion forum over a month ago. Has Thunkable fixed this problem yet? If not, I’m abandoning Thunkable as I don’t have time to wait. This is literally costing me money.
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### Author:  [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/ios-13-webview-stops-playing-media-when-the-screen-turns-off/325914/2 "2020-07-16T14:52:38Z")
Hey @calvarybroadcasting - do you get any different behaviour if you use the Sound component instead of the Web Viewer?
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### Author:  [@Balanced\_Kitchen](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Balanced_Kitchen)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/ios-13-webview-stops-playing-media-when-the-screen-turns-off/325914/3 "2020-07-16T15:10:43Z")
This problem was reported more than 3 months ago. But of course oh it won’t be fixed 🙂
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### Author:  [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/ios-13-webview-stops-playing-media-when-the-screen-turns-off/325914/4 "2020-07-25T21:03:28Z")
Well…if I turned off my screen, I’d expect an app to stop making noise…it’s entirely possible that this _was_ the fix @Balanced_Kitchen
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### Author:  [@kizzy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/kizzy)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/ios-13-webview-stops-playing-media-when-the-screen-turns-off/325914/5 "2020-07-25T22:13:22Z")
i think he means there is a need for a play in the background audio component for when making streaming radio app. the work around is using webview but does not allow for continuous play
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### Author:  [@calvarybroadcasting](https://community.thunkable.com/u/calvarybroadcasting)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/ios-13-webview-stops-playing-media-when-the-screen-turns-off/325914/6 "2020-07-25T22:25:06Z")
Pretty sure I tried the sound component and it either didn’t work for a continuous stream or had the same issue. Either way, I abandoned Thinkable and have a working app that plays audio in the background when the screen is off using another app builder’s platform. I’m not about to pay Thinkable more money to test something they should have working already and are more than half a year removed since my original post.
Goodbye and hope you get it working … someday…
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### Author:  [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/ios-13-webview-stops-playing-media-when-the-screen-turns-off/325914/7 "2020-07-25T22:43:08Z")
Thanks for the update @calvarybroadcasting!
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### Author:  [@Balanced\_Kitchen](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Balanced_Kitchen)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2020, 4:50am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/ios-13-webview-stops-playing-media-when-the-screen-turns-off/325914/8 "2020-07-26T04:50:39Z")
When the screen is off, it already works, but when the application is in the background, it stops again after seconds
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### Author:  [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/ios-13-webview-stops-playing-media-when-the-screen-turns-off/325914/9 "2024-11-08T11:46:40Z")