No Spotify after Z5 Android 6.0 upgrade Spotify 4.8.1004

[torkp]

Today I got "automatically" updated to Android 6.0 on Sony Xperia Z5 (Android 6.0 > Core ver. 3.10.84-perf-g19d6d92 Buildnr.32.1.A.1.163) and PROBLEM = Spotify (ver.4.8.1004) ) DOES NOT START and leaves system message "No Storage Area Found-Check the device storage settings", But my SD card is present and has the directory containing Spotify's cache of my offline tracks present. This must be a Spotify app problem. So this is the 54th time of frustrating problems related to using Spotify - do I have to uninnstall and use another 18 hours to download my approx 32 GB of playlist in extreme quality that I use offline?

[Daniel]

This has happened due to the change in how Andoid Lollipop handles permissions. I thinjm you may have to completely uninstall then re-install the Spotify app so that the correct permissions are applied by the system in order for the Spotiify app to be granted access to write to the SD card

[navaira]

Unfortunately from what I have read on Sony forums it looks like it's necessary, and it's Sony's fault 😞 Not looking forward to it either... on the plus side since Marshmallow apparently made Z5 much faster I hope Spotify will also stop taking 20-30 seconds to open.

[torkp]

Ok, this will go on forever then... About time for a "Autorestore Previous Offline Items to device"-function within the Spotifyapp!

[navaira]

That would be SO amazing. I've been installing, reinstalling etc. due to various problems and every time I have to spend half an hour pressing "Download", "Download", "Download"...

[Daniel]

Have you checked to see if that Idea already exists in the Ideas section? If it does then add your Kudos to show your support. If not, create a new idea and if it gets enough Kudos it may well happen!

[navaira]

I got to page 5 out of 92 in the Live Ideas section...

[Daniel]

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@navaira wrote:

I got to page 5 out of 92 in the Live Ideas section...

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I just did a search and found this which is what I think you're looking for:

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/Re-download-previously-available-offline-music-with-1-cl...

Add kudos to the idea to show your support.

[navaira]

Thanks! My brain isn't functioning sufficiently enough today to figure out what to search for...

The idea doesn't stand much of a chance though, two (now three) kudos in a year 😞

[Daniel]

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@navaira wrote:

Thanks! My brain isn't functioning sufficiently enough today to figure out what to search for...

The idea doesn't stand much of a chance though, two (now three) kudos in a year 😞

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Make that 4 now 🙂

But yes, when I openened it and saw the count it didn;t fill me with much hope that it'll survive. At least now there has been some activity so hopefully it'll remain open a little longer

[navaira]

Just got my own Marshmallow update. SD card was recognised by the phone, but not by Spotify – "Storage area not found" and crash. Deleting cache did nothing. I had to delete all the data, cache, app, reinstall and now redownloading all the songs. It's one time though that I don't blame Spotify for the error, Marshmallow completely revamps the way SD cards are treated.

[torkp]

Not to query.., I'm not a programmer..,

But: isn't it the responibility of the Spotify app to follow the rules? Android makes the rules, Spotify follows...??? 

If the data (ie. offline songs) is "stored/coded" in folders the exact same way from version to version in regards to Spotify's "format" or structure, and it's just the permission handling that is different, I would have thought an update to Spotify was the answer and not Android?