play system sound for UILocalNotification

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R5Tech OP

Created Jun ’16

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Hey,

I would like to know if it's possible to play one of the system sounds for a UILocalNoification?

For example I would like to do something like this: localNotification.soundName = "/Library/RingtonesApex.m4r"

But that doesn't work. Is there a solution for this? Because I don't want to import custom sounds if there are already useable sounds for notifications on the device.

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Answer 1

Beast OP

Jun ’16

Other than UILocalNotificationDefaultSoundName, no, it isn't possible to access other system sounds outside the sandbox.

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Answer 2

marieamida OP

Jun ’16

You can implement the following lines on didReceiveLocalNotification:

// default sound 1315 - on an iPhone, may also vibrate the device, depending on the user's settings

let systemSoundID: SystemSoundID = 1315

AudioServicesPlayAlertSound (systemSoundID)

Here you can find more of those sounds: http://iphonedevwiki.net/index.php/AudioServices

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Answer 3

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Jun ’16

There’s two problems with this:

```
didReceiveLocalNotification
```
only gets called if your app is running when the notification is delivered. It doesn’t help you when the app is suspended in the background.
These sound IDs are not public API.

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