Why doesn't my UILocalNotification play any sound?

Question

This is driving me nuts, I believe I have tried every possible approach by now, but my phone still decides to stay silent. I just want it to play any sound for now

Answer 1

If your application is in the foreground when the notification fires, no sound is played automatically. It will only play the sound automatically if your app is in the background at the time.

Your screenshot looks like your application might have been active in the foreground at the time you tried it.

According to Apple's push notification docs:

If the application is foremost and visible when the system delivers the notification, no alert is shown, no icon is badged, and no sound is played. However, the application:didReceiveLocalNotification: is called if the application delegate implements it. The UILocalNotification instance is passed into this method, and the delegate can check its properties or access any custom data from the userInfo dictionary.

You can always play the sound yourself using the AudioServicesPlaySystemSound() method if you want to.