[MCPE-144270] iOS: Audio stops after reopening from home screen

The in game audio stops after i go to my home screen and reopen minecraft. I need to restart the game to fix it

Linked issues

clones 1

MCPE-101027 Audio stops working after switching apps in iOS 14 Resolved

is duplicated by 17

MCPE-163122 Game sound not playing when reopening the mobile app Resolved

MCPE-161176 No sound when game restarts Resolved

MCPE-160111 Sound breaks when you exit the app or your phone goes into sleep mode Resolved

MCPE-159312 All Minecraft audio/sound is gone. Resolved

MCPE-158944 No sound when exiting and returning to app Resolved

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EveryCabbage884 2021-12-03T12:28:47Z

Resolving temporarily as Awaiting Response. Is this still an issue in the latest version (1.18.0)? This ticket will reopen automatically when you reply.

[Mod] OcelotOnesie 2021-12-14T21:33:40Z

Still an issue according to MCPE-150642.

Liam sherwin 2022-01-27T05:02:35Z

Yes this is still happening.

Lane Peterson 2022-03-06T17:27:52Z

This is still occurring. Any progress?

PHO 2022-05-30T13:56:43Z

Confirmed to be affecting 1.18.31 on iOS.
Changed the confirmation status from Community Consensus to Confirmed.

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Hunkel 2022-06-08T20:05:49Z

When will this be resolved?

Chris 2022-07-19T23:40:37Z

Are there are fixes any yet?

Jester 2022-08-02T03:53:53Z

This also happens when you let ur phone go into sleep mode

Jester 2022-08-04T02:12:30Z

I found a temporarily solution to fix this. Go back to the home page without closing out the game and re-open it. This should help fix it

Lenaroseowen 2022-08-25T17:41:48Z

Happened upon a temp fix- go back to where it says play, settings and marketplace, click marketplace and minimize it, then click the app from “home” of your device, not the app bar (iPad). Works on iPhone too.

nattyvt 2022-10-14T12:13:18Z

Still affects 1.19.31 on my iPad pro

as a Workaround I usually just force-quit Minecraft every time I start playing

On my iPad you swipe up from the bottom of the screen to show all open apps then swipe up on the Minecraft tile to force quit it. It takes so long to reopen anyway, this doesn’t add much.

Timothy Williamson 2022-10-17T00:07:37Z

Still affects 1.19.31 on my iPad Pro running iOS 15.7. Any time I go back to my Home Screen and then switch back to MC I have to restart MC to get the sound to come back.

tsobczynski 2022-10-27T01:44:36Z

Audio stops playing in-game until the app is force-quit and restarted. This happens whenever the Minecraft app leaves the foreground. For example, accidentally tapping an iOS notification and immediately four-finger-swiping back to the game, or accidentally pressing sleep/wake or having the device sleep due to idle time. The game comes back to the foreground without issue, but no more audio will play until the app is force-quit.

tsobczynski 2022-10-27T01:48:36Z

Please add 1.19.40 to the affected versions. I just confirmed it.

Start Minecraft, trigger some in-game sound such as tapping on a chest.
Press the iPad sleep/wake button to put the iPad to sleep.
Press the iPad sleep/wake button again and unlock as needed.
Observe that Minecraft resumes as expected.
Trigger the same in-game sound, e.g. by tapping a chest.

Expected outcome: the associated sound is played

Actual outcome: No sound is played, and Minecraft remains silent indefinitely.

Ayla Busby 2022-11-12T04:35:21Z

I’ve had the same exact issue as well, for the last several small updates. I always have to close Minecraft entirely then reopen the game to get sounds to work again. I’m running IOS 15.7 on an ipad pro. Current Minecraft Version is affected as were prior versions; Minecraft is showing up-to-date on version 1.19.41.

MadCrafter 2022-12-05T14:12:28Z

Just testet the workflow as described by @unknown with 1.19.50 on iPadOS 16.1.1 (20B101).

With this environment setting, the sound Problem isn't reproducible. (It was, however, before I updated the OS as well as the app).

Suggested solution for iPad: run all possible updates.

Timothy Williamson 2022-12-13T14:10:14Z

After updating my iPad to iOS 6.1.1, sound works normally.

tsobczynski 2022-12-16T20:56:04Z

Lo and behold, after all these years, the latest iPadOS updates have resolved this issue for me too. I reopened this defect before these fixes, and now I feel that it can be closed. Hurrah!

CookieCft 2024-12-31T20:19:49Z

This issue can be resolved