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Rohit Singhal
Rohit Singhal

Reputation: 381

Notification Sound interrupting Music

I am trying to play Notification Sound without disturbing other Music playing

Notification Sound can be played by 2 ways

1) Played by OS itself via NotificationBuilder

Benifits:- Handle itself all the cases of not playing sound in Phone Calls and other cases as well Problem:- When music is playing and notification comes, then it shifts audio focus from music to notification, there by lowering or silencing music depending on how that music player app has handled the loss in audio focus.

2) We play sound via our media Player whenever notification comes

A) Play on NOTIFICATION STREAM ---> works perfectly fine but gives probem of ducking when played via earphones

B) Play on SYSTEM STREAM

Benifits:- No shifting of audio focus, so no effect on music when notification comes

Problem:- We will have to handle other cases of not playing sound in Telephonic call and VOIP as well...and may be other not known cases as of now .

But I figured it that watsup is doing fine.

So don't know how it is doing it

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1919

Answers (1)

ianhanniballake
ianhanniballake

Reputation: 200110

Per the Android 5.0 behavior changes on notification sounds:

If you are currently adding sounds and vibrations to your notifications by using the Ringtone, MediaPlayer, or Vibrator classes, remove this code so that the system can present notifications correctly in priority mode. Instead, use Notification.Builder methods to add sounds and vibration.

Setting the device to RINGER_MODE_SILENT causes the device to enter the new priority mode. The device leaves priority mode if you set it to RINGER_MODE_NORMAL or RINGER_MODE_VIBRATE.

Previously, Android used STREAM_MUSIC as the master stream to control volume on tablet devices. In Android 5.0, the master volume stream for both phone and tablet devices is now unified, and is controlled by STREAM_RING or STREAM_NOTIFICATION.

As there is not a direct way to detect whether a device is in priority mode, you should always use the Notification.Builder/NotificationCompat.Builder methods to add sound to your notifications to ensure you meet the user's expectations.

Upvotes: 2

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