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 14 points 1 week 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_ 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 2 points 1 week 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 5 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week 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.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Signal does, that dee-deep sound it makes.

[–] Ziglin 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

When I installed it used the default. I'm on GrapheneOS, how about you?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

On my Samsung Android phone it's configurable but I think when I installed the app aeons ago it used their distinctive ding. On desktop Linux incoming messages throw standard push notifications.

[–] Ziglin 3 points 1 week ago

I'm wondering whether it automatically copied using the default notification from my old phone then. I'm pretty sure I didn't change the Signal Notification sounds on my current phone.

[–] Stovetop 2 points 1 week ago

Mine also uses the default (for the very few times I've ever taken my phone off of vibrate). I'm just using an out-of-the-box Samsung.

Can confirm as well that my friends with iPhones also have the generic sound for their device for Signal.

[–] Tikiporch 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ebay still does the cash register noise when you sell something.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Huh, fun fact.

I'm boomer enough that I don't trust buying things (apart from fast food...and tap to pay in physical stores) on my phone. Always go to my computer before shelling out money. So I have never experienced Ebay on my phone.

(I'm also a young millennial, not an actual boomer.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

on my phone (GrapheneOS / Android 14) u can accomplish this with:

Go to 'App Info' for the app (this can be done by long-pressing the app's home screen icon > App Info)
Select 'Notifications'
Select the specific notification kind (eg. 'New Message' or whatever)
Select 'Sound', which opens a radio-input of thw default system sounds, and an option to add a custom sound from a file

i would imagine most android builds, which are not very customized (such as samsung/oppo), would handle this similarly

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

For me, it only ever made the normal plonk, nothing fancy and custom.