# App in background sound disappears

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**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [February 19, 2019, 8:31am UTC](https://react-native-webrtc.discourse.group/t/app-in-background-sound-disappears/43 "2019-02-19T08:31:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![saghul](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/react-native-webrtc.discourse.group/saghul/32/4_2.png) [@saghul](https://react-native-webrtc.discourse.group/u/saghul)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 10:52am UTC](https://react-native-webrtc.discourse.group/t/app-in-background-sound-disappears/43/26 "2019-12-30T10:52:46Z")

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On Android you will need to use a foreground service to keep the app alive. Checkout [https://github.com/voximplant/react-native-foreground-service](https://github.com/voximplant/react-native-foreground-service)

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