# Android and IOS Audio Podcast Bitmovin player shows no thumbail

**URL:** <https://community.bitmovin.com/t/android-and-ios-audio-podcast-bitmovin-player-shows-no-thumbail/1445>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** android, ios, bitmovin\
**Created:** [October 27, 2022, 2:42am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/android-and-ios-audio-podcast-bitmovin-player-shows-no-thumbail/1445 "2022-10-27T02:42:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![vivek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/77aa72/32.png) [@vivek](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/vivek)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 2:42am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/android-and-ios-audio-podcast-bitmovin-player-shows-no-thumbail/1445/1 "2022-10-27T02:42:33Z")

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Hi ,

I am trying to play mp3 audio file using Bitmovin player. While playing the audio, I want to display the image/thumbnail image/preview image on the player (Like all the other audio player does.).

I noticed this example where the Audio player a thumbnail in the beginning, but it shows blank screen while it plays:

audio-only-streaming

Any help will be appreciated.

We got a solution for desktop here:

> [@Audio thumbnail on Bitmovin Player for Audio player](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/audio-thumbnail-on-bitmovin-player-for-audio-player/1299):
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> I am trying to play mp3 audio file using Bitmovin player. While playing the audio, I want to display the image/thumbnail image/preview image on the player (Like all the other audio player does.). I noticed this example where the Audio player a thumbnail in the beginning, but it shows blank screen while it plays: Any help will be appreciated.

But I am looking to do this for Android and IOS.

Currently our player is playing Audio w/o any thumbnails which confuses our mobile users.

Regards.  
Vivek

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**Author:** ![lucky.goyal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.bitmovin.com/lucky.goyal/32/506_2.png) [@lucky.goyal](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/lucky.goyal)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 9:34am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/android-and-ios-audio-podcast-bitmovin-player-shows-no-thumbail/1445/2 "2022-10-27T09:34:55Z")

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Hi @vivek , thanks for your query. You can use following configurations to get similar behaviour of persistent poster on Android and iOS.

[isPosterPersistent](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/android/3/docs/-player%20-module/com.bitmovin.player.api.source/-source-config/is-poster-persistent.html) on Android player SDK

[isPosterPersistent](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/ios/3/docs/Classes/SourceConfig.html#/c:@M@BitmovinPlayer@objc(cs)BMPSourceConfig(py)isPosterPersistent) on iOS player SDK.

You can also search such configurations directly in Bitmovin player SDK API documentations available publicly. You should be able to search for keywords in documentation. For example a search for `persistent` keyword would show the above configuration options for respective SDKs.

[Bitmovin Web player SDK API](https://bitmovin.com/docs/player/api-reference/web)

[Bitmovin Android/AndroidTV player SDK API](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/android/3/docs/index.html)

[Bitmovin iOS/tvOS Player SDK API](https://bitmovin.com/docs/player/api-reference/ios/ios-sdk-api-reference-v3#/player/ios/3/docs/index.html)