# Keep music playing in the background

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/keep-music-playing-in-the-background/2573413>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** beginner, help\
**Created:** [September 1, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/keep-music-playing-in-the-background/2573413 "2023-09-01T22:49:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![mikaydengutierrez33v](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/mikaydengutierrez33v/32/170376_2.png) [@mikaydengutierrez33v](https://community.thunkable.com/u/mikaydengutierrez33v)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/keep-music-playing-in-the-background/2573413/1 "2023-09-01T22:49:41Z")

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I am trying to make a music player app, but I can’t seem to figure out how to keep the music playing when the user exits out of the app or locks their phone like how Spotify does it.

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**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/keep-music-playing-in-the-background/2573413/2 "2023-09-02T00:57:14Z")

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You cannot build apps that use background tasks like playing music/tracking steps/refresh data/transmit data/track data/etc

thunkable apps, afaik, only operate when the app is open on the users device

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**Author:** ![mikaydengutierrez33v](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/mikaydengutierrez33v/32/170376_2.png) [@mikaydengutierrez33v](https://community.thunkable.com/u/mikaydengutierrez33v)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 3:02am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/keep-music-playing-in-the-background/2573413/3 "2023-09-02T03:02:12Z")

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Hi, thanks for the reply. Is there any future plans to implement this as a feature, or perhaps a way around it at the moment. I know its possible using the web viewer but im not to skilled on Api’s and all that stuff. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/f/0f59f292712368bce16ff80133ae10de8a6f27e8.png) [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 3:02am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/keep-music-playing-in-the-background/2573413/4 "2023-12-01T03:02:48Z")

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