Yeah I don't know any apps that have custom notifications out of the box these days, apart from Messenger. It's too convenient just to use the operating system's API and default to the user's default sound.

[–] umbraroze@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I don't know if there's some way to override/customise the notification sounds on Android on per-app basis. At one point in history I wanted Twitter to go [random bird noises] and Reddit to go "Le." but since I don't use either of them anymore I really didn't investigate this further.

[–] tb_@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

In WhatsApp you can set custom notification sounds, I believe it even supports notification sounds on a per-contact basis. So safe to say you can do it as an app developer.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I used to use custom sounds I downloaded for a few people and it was useful, but it's clunky and time-consuming to set up for even a few contacts. I had to get the sounds on a PC because all the sound apps on the store feel like malware and are riddled with ads.

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

I think there is an option but it might be dependent on which company makes your phone.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago

It's actually really easy for a developer and for a user. Apps can provide a notification sound for themselves, but the Android API automatically creates a user interface inside of the notifications settings that let a user set a sound of their choice on a per-notification-channel (for example, Discord has separate channels for "Incoming calls", "Direct messages", "Friend requests", and a heap more) basis.

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