Allow spotify to sync on a mobile device when it is idle

Spotify stops syncing to my mobile device when the app is "idle". There are a few suggestions on the forums about how to get round this, but they are cludgy workarounds. (play a song on repeat on the device or disable your lockscreen). Neither of these fit with how I use Spotify and quite frankly this behaviour is ridiculous.
I am making playlists on my computer and I just want it to sync to my iPod touch / iPhone so that when I am away from my computer it is up to date. I don't want to have to unlock it every few tracks or it takes all day getting a long playlist on there.
If I play a track on repeat on the device, then that stops me from doing anything in the app on my computer.
Surely the best time for Spotify to be syncing is when it is idle. That seems like the ideal time for me.
I want it to carry on syncing regardless of whether the screen is locked or whether I am playing a song at the time. In fact when I am playing another song that it also needs to sync is probably not the best time anyway!
The only reason I can see for this behaviour is to do with battery life or something like that, but surely this can either be managed in the settings or when you sync a playlist it could give you a warning or something like that.
Please sort this out.
Jon

I'm sure that there are ways round this even if it is iOS's fault. Essentially when I am doing a synchronisation, the app IS doing something that I want it to be doing - it is NOT idle. I find it hard to believe that iOS just won't let it do the job that I have specifically asked it to do (download an offline copy of my music).

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