From 249e352f65ffe055079f4d4dcf88fa2b6039e235 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ken Smith <ken.smith@mycroft.ai>
Date: Tue, 4 May 2021 07:32:08 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add Common Play to active Skills when invoked

---
 mycroft/skills/common_play_skill.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mycroft/skills/common_play_skill.py b/mycroft/skills/common_play_skill.py
index 162810a603..7e32bee560 100644
--- a/mycroft/skills/common_play_skill.py
+++ b/mycroft/skills/common_play_skill.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class CommonPlaySkill(MycroftSkill, ABC):
     mycroft-playback-control skill and no special vocab for starting playback
     is needed.
     """
+
     def __init__(self, name=None, bus=None):
         super().__init__(name, bus)
         self.audioservice = None
@@ -165,6 +166,8 @@ class CommonPlaySkill(MycroftSkill, ABC):
         # "... on the chromecast"
         self.play_service_string = phrase
 
+        self.make_active()
+
         # Invoke derived class to provide playback data
         self.CPS_start(phrase, data)