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Android notification setSound is not working


In my hybrid Cordova Android app targeting API 23+ I want to use a custom sound for notifications. To that end I have done the following

Opening the APK as a zip archive I see that the mp3 file has in fact ended up in `res/raw/mysound.mp3'. - When building the notification I do the following

    Notification notification = new Notification.Builder(context)
    .setDefaults(0) //turns off ALL defaults
    .setVibrate(vibrate)  /sets to vibrate
    ....
    .setSound(uri).build();

where

Uri uri = Uri.parse("android.resource://" + ctxt.getPackageName() + "/raw/mysound.mp3");

This appears to be the recipe indicated in a number of articles I find on a spot of googling and even in other threads on SO. And yet, when I issue a notification I do not hear the expected sound. What might I be doing wrong?


The answer below does not help since in the context of my hybrid Cordova app with a custom plugin attempting to build the APK throws up an error along the lines of class R not known/found...


Solution

  • below code will help you:

     String CHANNEL_ID="1234";
    
        Uri soundUri = Uri.parse(ContentResolver.SCHEME_ANDROID_RESOURCE + "://"+ getApplicationContext().getPackageName() + "/" + R.raw.mysound);
        NotificationManager mNotificationManager = (NotificationManager) getApplicationContext().getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE); 
        
      //For API 26+ you need to put some additional code like below:
        NotificationChannel mChannel;
            if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
                    mChannel = new NotificationChannel(CHANNEL_ID, Utils.CHANNEL_NAME, NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_HIGH);
                    mChannel.setLightColor(Color.GRAY);
                    mChannel.enableLights(true);
                    mChannel.setDescription(Utils.CHANNEL_SIREN_DESCRIPTION);
                    AudioAttributes audioAttributes = new AudioAttributes.Builder()
                            .setContentType(AudioAttributes.CONTENT_TYPE_SONIFICATION)
                            .setUsage(AudioAttributes.USAGE_NOTIFICATION)
                            .build();
                    mChannel.setSound(soundUri, audioAttributes);
        
                    if (mNotificationManager != null) {
                        mNotificationManager.createNotificationChannel( mChannel );
                    }
            }
    
       //General code:
         NotificationCompat.Builder status = new NotificationCompat.Builder(getApplicationContext(),CHANNEL_ID);     
                              status.setAutoCancel(true)
                                    .setWhen(System.currentTimeMillis())
                                    .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.logo)
                                    //.setOnlyAlertOnce(true)
                                    .setContentTitle(getString(R.string.app_name))
                                    .setContentText(messageBody)
                                    .setVibrate(new long[]{0, 500, 1000})
                                    .setDefaults(Notification.DEFAULT_LIGHTS )
                                    .setSound(Uri.parse(ContentResolver.SCHEME_ANDROID_RESOURCE+ "://" +mContext.getPackageName()+"/"+R.raw.apple_ring))
                                    .setContentIntent(pendingIntent)
                                    .setContent(views);
                            
                            mNotificationManager.notify(major_id, status.build());
    

    where mysound is my ringtone which is put under res/raw folder.

    Note: you have to only put name of ringtone without extension like raw/mysound

    Note: In Android Oreo you must change your channel ID to changes take effect. And before Oreo version, using ".setDefaults()" seens prevent custom sound to play.