Android Push notification sound is played only when app is in foreground but not playing sound when app is in background

Santosh Yadav picture Santosh Yadav · Jan 10, 2017 · Viewed 15.2k times · Source

I am using FCM for push notification below code to play sound when notification received

 public void playNotificationSound() {
        try {

            Uri notification = RingtoneManager.getDefaultUri(RingtoneManager.TYPE_NOTIFICATION);
            Ringtone r = RingtoneManager.getRingtone(mContext, notification);
            r.play();

        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

I am calling this OnMessageReceived Method but the sound is only play when app is in foreground,not playing when app is in background

 @Override
    public void onMessageReceived(RemoteMessage remoteMessage) {
        Log.e(TAG, "From: " + remoteMessage.getFrom());

        if (remoteMessage == null)
            return;

        // Check if message contains a notification payload.
        if (remoteMessage.getNotification() != null) {
            Log.e(TAG, "Notification Body: " + remoteMessage.getNotification().getBody());
            handleNotification(remoteMessage.getNotification().getBody());
        }

        // Check if message contains a data payload.
        if (remoteMessage.getData().size() > 0) {
            Log.e(TAG, "Data Payload: " + remoteMessage.getData().toString());

            try {
                JSONObject json = new JSONObject(remoteMessage.getData().toString());
                handleDataMessage(json);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                Log.e(TAG, "Exception: " + e.getMessage());
            }
        }
    }





 private void handleNotification(String message) {
        if (!NotificationUtils.isAppIsInBackground(getApplicationContext())) {
            // app is in foreground, broadcast the push message
            Intent pushNotification = new Intent(config.PUSH_NOTIFICATION);
            pushNotification.putExtra("message", message);
            LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(this).sendBroadcast(pushNotification);

            // play notification sound
            NotificationUtils notificationUtils = new NotificationUtils(getApplicationContext());
            notificationUtils.playNotificationSound();
        }else if (NotificationUtils.isAppIsInBackground(getApplicationContext())){
            // If the app is in background, firebase itself handles the notification
            NotificationUtils notificationUtils = new NotificationUtils(getApplicationContext());
            notificationUtils.playNotificationSound();
        }
    }

Answer

kamiha picture kamiha · Jun 1, 2017

Since onMessageReceived() is not called when a notification object is sent, I've created a BroadcastReceiver to handle it when a notification arrives:

public class NotificationReceiver extends WakefulBroadcastReceiver {
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
    playNotificationSound(context);
}

public void playNotificationSound(Context context) {
    try {
        Uri notification = RingtoneManager.getDefaultUri(RingtoneManager.TYPE_NOTIFICATION);
        Ringtone r = RingtoneManager.getRingtone(context, notification);
        r.play();
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

and added it to manifest. The Receiver is responsible to play the notification ringtone.

 <receiver
        android:name=".notification.NotificationReceiver"
        android:exported="true"
        android:permission="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE" />
        </intent-filter>
 </receiver>