Missing audio scrubber

[Cougarcat]

Anyone else noticing that the audio scrubber on the lock screen and control center is gone for third party apps, but works fine for Music and Podcasts? Is this a bug, or do apps need to be updated?

 

[Floris]

Downcast is a podcast app, but a third party one..
I go to the right to see the app + volume in the control center. and i see a thing that lets me go forward, backwards in the audio, and a volume up/down. Seems to all be there?

 

[Cougarcat]

Downcast is a podcast app, but a third party one..
I go to the right to see the app + volume in the control center. and i see a thing that lets me go forward, backwards in the audio, and a volume up/down. Seems to all be there?

I don't have Downcast. I'm seeing this in Amazon Music, Instacast (no surprise there, it's been abandoned) Audible, and Overcast. There is no scrubber (the white circle) to drag to a particular place in the audio:

 

[Floris]

I see, yeah. I do have the little ball, touching it makes it bigger and i can scrub.
iphone 6splus with ios10 gm

 

[Cougarcat]

Am I really the only one seeing this? I'm on a 6 Plus.

 

[GreyOS]

what are you on about OP. the scrubber on the lock screen and control centre have never worked for third party apps.

correction: third party apps that aren't simply playing your Music/podcast library

 

[Cougarcat]

what are you on about OP. the scrubber on the lock screen and control centre have never worked for third party apps.

What? They've always worked for me. I've never used Apple's Podcasts and I'd scrub through podcasts all the time. And they are working in Downcast above.

 

[GreyOS]

What? They've always worked for me. I've never used Apple's Podcasts and I'd scrub through podcasts all the time.

yes, sorry, you're right. i made a correction. not sure why it has stopped for you. what app are you using?

 

[Cougarcat]

yes, sorry, you're right. i made a correction. not sure why it has stopped for you. what app are you using?

It doesn't seem to matter which app. I don't have Downcast, but I can verify it in Amazon Music, Audible, Overcast, and Instacast.

 

[GreyOS]

It doesn't seem to matter which app. I don't have Downcast, but I can verify it in Amazon Music, Audible, Overcast, and Instacast.

and they all definitely had a scrubber on ios 9 for music not in your Music library?

 

[Cougarcat]

and they all definitely had a scrubber on ios 9 for music not in your Music library?

Yes.

 

[GreyOS]

Yes.

i don't believe you regarding amazon music tbh, but good luck. i'll watch to see updates!

 

[Cougarcat]

i don't believe you regarding amazon music tbh, but good luck. i'll watch to see updates!

Why not? I'd go back and take a screenshot if I could!

 

[Cougarcat]

Well, I found this tweet: https://mobile.twitter.com/stooovie/status/740797374067560448

and he replied that it's been like this since iOS 4, third party scrubber support is only in Downcast, and only recently.

Basically it's all in my head and I'm going nuts.

/thread?