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Android: Now Playing Lock Screen Display

Bjohnson81 — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 16:18:40 GMT

Hello, I've had the Pandora app for years and I've always had a "now playing" type banner in my status bar of my phone and my lock screen. I recently deleted and reinstalled Pandora and now that is gone and I can't figure out how to add it back. Any help? I have an LG thinq8 phone. Thank you!

Moderator Edit: Changed title for clarity

Re: Now playing display

AlyssaPandora — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 20:56:12 GMT

Hey, @Bjohnson81!

Have you tried checking your lock screen preferences on your device?

I would recommend visiting your lock screen preference settings, and make sure you have notifications set to “Show all notification content" for Pandora.

Let me know if this helps! 📲

Re: Now playing display

JessB — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 04:38:13 GMT

It worked for me! Thanks!

Re: Now playing display

AlyssaPandora — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 14:29:52 GMT

Hey, @JessB. 👋

Thanks so much for letting us know - sounds like you're back in business.

Happy listening! 🎶

Re: Now playing display

Daisy2 — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 14:58:22 GMT

I have the LG G7 and your suggestion is not available. Is there another way to get the lock screen now playing back on my phone?

Re: Now playing display

AdamPandora — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 18:37:32 GMT

@Daisy2 I recommend running through the following troubleshooting steps to see if they help resolve this: Troubleshooting for Android Devices

If you continue to experience issues with this, can you please send me a screenshot of what you are seeing?

Thanks for working with me on this. 🤝

Re: Now playing display

Clsweet88 — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 07:17:27 GMT

Mine was doing this as well. I checked for a software update on my Samsung S21 and after installing it, that fixed the problem

Re: Now Playing Lock Screen Display

AlyssaPandora — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 14:35:22 GMT

Thanks for letting us know, @Clsweet88.

Glad to hear updating to the newest version of the app helped with your situation! 🎧

Re: Now Playing Lock Screen Display

Kevin1990 — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 12:54:18 GMT

I have the lg style 5. My lock screen stopped playing the banner after an android os update. Going to settings an the apps/ notifications option to select show all notification under lock screen options worked. I do one thi g different. My show all notifications option was already select and currently still not displaying the banner. I selected another option and then reselected show all notifications and its now working

Re: Now Playing Lock Screen Display

AlyssaPandora — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 16:18:20 GMT

Thank you for letting us know about your experience, @Kevin1990. This will be helpful for other listeners that may be experiencing a similar issue. 🎧

Re: Now Playing Lock Screen Display

riverhino — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 22:17:09 GMT

I have a Samsung Galaxy A42 5G and after a recent Samsung update the banner stopped for me as well. Very annoying.

Located this thread and followed the guidance to enable notifications for the app in the system menu, shut down Pandora and restarted the app - locked the phone and there it was!! Banner back baby. Thank you.

Re: Android: Now Playing Lock Screen Display

AlyssaPandora — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 15:24:47 GMT

Glad to hear those steps worked for you, @riverhino!

Enjoy the tunes 🎶

Re: Now playing display

Starks76 — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 04:11:51 GMT

How can you do it ONLY for Pandora. I only see options to allow all notifications or none. I don't want text and email on my lock screen, but I really miss the music player for Pandora on there. Pixel 6Pro here. Thanks!

Re: Android: Now Playing Lock Screen Display

AlyssaPandora — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 16:21:25 GMT

Hey, @Starks76. 👋

Thanks for posting about this.

I would recommend visiting your lock screen preference settings, and make sure you have notifications set to “Show all notification content" for Pandora.

Also, widgets will disappear and become inoperable if installed to the SD card. You will need to keep the app installed to the phone's local memory and the widget should work fine.

Let me know how it goes. 🎧

Re: Android: Now Playing Lock Screen Display

Starks76 — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 18:21:45 GMT

I don't see a place to set all notifications for JUST Pandora. I don't really want notifications from anything else showing on my lock screen ...

Re: Android: Now Playing Lock Screen Display

AlyssaPandora — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 21:12:47 GMT

Thanks for the follow up, @Starks76.

You may find this Google Support page helpful: Control Notifications on your Pixel Phone

I hope this helps. 🎧

Can't get Pandora back on lock screen

amburrentsak — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 22:59:52 GMT

I've had Pandora for a while now and it use to be on my lock screen. My phone has the always on display so I could just tap it once and it would let me skip or pause songs. Well sometime last year it disappeared and I can't get it back. I've gone through my settings on both my phone and the app. I'm at a loss on why it's not there anymore. Any help would be great.

Re: Can't get Pandora back on lock screen

AlyssaPandora — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 15:54:11 GMT

Hey there, @amburrentsak. 👋

I moved your post over to this existing thread: Android: Now Playing Lock Screen Display

Also, widgets will disappear and become inoperable if installed to the SD card. You will need to keep the app installed to the phone's local memory and the widget should work fine.

I would recommend visiting your lock screen preference settings, and make sure you have notifications set to “Show all notification content" for Pandora.

Could you check lock screen setting to see if your widget has music enabled?

This may have turned off when your phone updated to Android 12.

Go to Settings > Lock Screen > Widgets has Music Enabled

For Pandora, please make sure both "App Notifications" and "App Icon Badges" are enabled for the app.

I hope this information is helpful. 🎧

Re: Can't get Pandora back on lock screen

cris562 — Sun, 05 Jun 2022 18:07:44 GMT

Problem solved.... Great Job!!!

Re: Android: Now Playing Lock Screen Display

AlyssaPandora — Sun, 05 Jun 2022 21:58:07 GMT

Glad to hear those steps helped, @cris562.

Hope you're enjoying the tunes! 🎶