iPad stops playing music when I launch an app?

It may well be the games themselves that are disabling the Music app - whether or not you have sounds turned on or off within the actual game. Have you tried contacting the developer of any of the games to see if that is the case ? Or you could give the names of some of the games and see if anybody on here has them who can check if they behave the same way on their iPads.

The games may have been coded to automatically turn off music, whether or not you have turned off the game's sounds. If you give an example of one of the games then somebody on here might be able to check whether they can have music playing whilst playing the game.

This is not a problem with the iPad for if it were the same would occur when launching every game - not just some, and when launching any other app.

Does this occur when launching apps such as the Mail app, Safari, Calendar, Contacts, Notes, etc. when playing music with the Music app, or just with certain games only?

All games are not coded to run in the background when playing music with the Music app - all 3rd party apps do not run in the background. This could be because a game is processor intensive, or because the app developer has not updated the app to do so.

I dont think you understand Sonic. The apps are not affecting the Music App, they are affecting sound in general. Its really quite simple, if the app you are launching does not allow background music, then it will shut down any and all sound when launched. Its been that way ever since it was first allowed on iOS. As Mr. Sampson stated, unless they are coded to do so, you will have to contact the developer to see if they have plans to allow music to run in the background.

Sonic, the speed of the iPad will have no effect at all unless the developer of the application programs background music to play. That is why it is not playing, because the programmer has told the app to shutdown all background sound when their application is launched.

The app developers need to update their app to run when the Music app is running.

An iOS device has always supported multitasking with the included apps. I remember playing music with the iPod while surfing the web with Safari, checking for new email and sending email with the Mail app, and exchanging texts with the orginal iPhone on the release date nearly 5 years ago.

The ability for 3rd party apps to run in the background or in conjunction with other apps was added later but this is up to the app developer for an app.

In shock?

Less drama please.

This is up to the app developer only, which is why you can do this with some games but not all and no problem doing so with any of the included apps.

Contact the app developer for the games that don't provide for this and ask why not.

Your device is working fine, there is no problem. You might not want to expect too much in the future unless you plan on programming a game or an OS for a phone yourself. You don't know how the insides of it work, much less the standard use from what we can tell. Just enjoy what you can from it.

This problem just developed on my New iPad. It played music in the background fine until today. Not sure what is happening but I don't think these other folks know what they are talking about.