Help Playing music from file manager will halt when focus is lost

[LuckyStar]

Whenever a music track is played from a file browser (stock, root explorer, astro), whatever the music player chosen to take the action, if the music player loses focus (putting it in background), the music playback will be halted.

Is this by design?

 

[immortalneo]

Yup, it is.
To play music in background, open music from a music player instead.

 

[LuckyStar]

Yup, it is.
To play music in background, open music from a music player instead.

Quite bothering, music players need a folder location to build the music library on it, however these tracks are not part of the music library. Music players lack the opportunity to open a folder and play a track....

 

[immortalneo]

Or you could try music players that play folders and not tracks, like Beam Player.