Custom sound in Android Push Notifications (GCM )

Question

How can I play a custom sound when receiving an Android Push Notification?

Within the app I can control this by using the media player. Outside the APP I can not find the correct path to the audio file . I already have "/android_assets/www/" tried "www/", but there is always the default sound when you receive a push notification outside the app.

Answer 1

First of all, you would need to add the new sound file in raw folder under the res folder.

Since it is cordova Application,you are using Cordova push Plugin.There is a package called com.plugin.gcm.In that package open GCMIntentService.java.Under the

    public void createNotification(Context context, Bundle extras)

method ,there should be a line at the end of this method

    mNotificationManager.notify((String) appName, NOTIFICATION_ID, mBuilder.build());

Just replace the line with the following codes

    Notification notification = mBuilder.build();
    notification.sound = Uri.parse("android.resource://" + context.getPackageName() + "/your_sound_file_name.mp3");
    notification.defaults |= Notification.DEFAULT_VIBRATE;
    mNotificationManager.notify((String) appName, NOTIFICATION_ID, notification);