No media controls

[DanJ55]

I just got the Android 11 update and noticed that there should be media controls in the pull-down menu, and on the lock screen. I actually think it said it was an update to the controls so I'm assuming that the the controls were supposed to be there prior to this update. I've never had them.

I saw something online that suggested toggling "Media Resumption" in Developer Options, but when I went in I didn't have that option available.

As you've probably already figured out from my post , I'm not the most tech savvy person, so any help is appreciated.

 

[eric002]

Well, I'm sorry to hear this, but try this out...

 

[Smokeaire]

I just got the Android 11 update and noticed that there should be media controls in the pull-down menu, and on the lock screen. I actually think it said it was an update to the controls so I'm assuming that the the controls were supposed to be there prior to this update. I've never had them.

I saw something online that suggested toggling "Media Resumption" in Developer Options, but when I went in I didn't have that option available.

As you've probably already figured out from my post , I'm not the most tech savvy person, so any help is appreciated.

You first need to open a media player and start playing something. Then the media controls will show up in your notification pull down.

 

[DanJ55]

Eric002: It didn't fix it. Thanks for the suggestion though.

 

[DanJ55]

You first need to open a media player and start playing something. Then the media controls will show up in your notification pull down.

Even with Google Music or Spotify open, there's nothing that shows up.

 

[methodman89]

Did you reboot yet after the update and clear any cache?

 

[Smokeaire]

Even with Google Music or Spotify open, there's nothing that shows up.

I started Music and started playing a song. The controls showed up in Notifications. See below. Did you just open it or did you actually start playing something?

 

[DanJ55]

Did you reboot yet after the update and clear any cache?

I restarted, but haven't cleared any cache. Do I do that for individual apps?

 

[DanJ55]

I started Music and started playing a song. The controls showed up in Notifications. See below. Did you just open it or did you actually start playing something? //uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200910/872169eac8c609976da3a695ac6d44af.jpg

I did have a song playing. I started with Spotify and then went to Google Music thinking that maybe it had to be a Google app to work.

 

[methodman89]

Depending on the phone, you should have a cache partition. On Samsung, with phone off, you would hold down the Bixby button, up volume and the power button to get to the menu. Good luck.

 

[Mikey D_PhD]

There is no cache partition to clear on Pixel phones. This process disappeared, I believe, with Android 9 (possibly 8).

You can clear individual app cache via the apps section of settings, but there is not an overall partition to clear.

 

[methodman89]

I am still on android 10, one ui version 2.1. and have it still. It's useful, so why they would leave it out is beyond me, but I have been told it's the new way in alot of phones.