Questions tagged [system-sounds]
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How to play tick sound of UIPickerView on iOS 10?
The title has it... There is a new sound on iOS 10 that UIPickerView plays each time the selected item is changed. Is there a way to play that sound? Ideally with AudioServicesPlaySystemSound(_) if there is system sound for it or in any other way if…

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WatchKit: system sounds allowed?
I've been reading some posts regarding playing sounds in an Apple Watch and it looks it is not possible... However, such posts deals with audio files, and I'd like to know if it would be possible to play at least system sounds, and if notifications…

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How to detect if a System.Media.Sound (BEEP) has been played by another program
I am trying to figure out if a System.Media.Sounds has been played, for error logging purposes.
How would I go about getting a boolean value representing if any of the System.Media.Sounds have been played during the execution of my program?
As I am…

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WPF (system)sounds don't work
I have the following problem: I just want to play a short sound but I hear nothing.
The soundfile's property "Copy to output directory" says "Copy always".
Strangely when I copy a existing and working example nothing happens but the original works.…

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How to select or play a system sound in windows phone 7(.1)?
I want the user of my app to be able to select a sound from the windows phone 7 system sounds, or play a specific one (like playing the "new email"-sound).
How can I enumerate the installed sounds? Or is there a builtin sound-selector? Can I ask the…

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Error log sound effects?
I hate reading error logs. Every time something goes wrong during development and I flip over to the error log up to see what's gone wrong I'm depressed. What I really want is a way to have specific errors invoke sound effects on my local machine.…

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UIAlertController Managing system sounds in swift
I am creating a timer app, and I am trying to make it so that when the timer ends (seconds reaches 0), a system sound will keep playing until the user clicks a button on the device.
My preference for this button would be anywhere on the screen and…

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How to turn off sounds in TortoiseSVN?
I do not want TortoiseSVN to alert me with sounds - e.g. when it fails to update.
How do I turn off sounds in TortoiseSVN?

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AudioServicesPlaySystemSound volume and push notification sound volume is different
Case 1: Let's say i set my ringer volume to 4.
When i play my .m4r file in app using AudioServicesPlaySystemSound, sound is low than when i get push notification for same .m4r file at same ringer volume.
Case 2: I set my ringer volume full
Now, When…

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How can I play a system sound at lower volume in Objective-C?
I am making an iOS 8 Objective-C app (deployed on my iPhone 5) and I'm using this code to play a sound through the phone from the app:
@property (assign) SystemSoundID scanSoundID;
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- (void)someFunction {
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//Play beep sound.
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Playing system sounds using Swift
I'm trying to play a sound when a button is pressed using system sounds. I keep getting the error: "fatal error: unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional value". I tried debugging, and I believe the error is occurring on the var ref line.…

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iOS: reroute system sound to earpiece (receiver)?
I'm adding a Voice Memo feature to my Enterprise app. I'm using the iPhone's Proximity Detector to start recording when the user lifts the phone to their face. The action also uses the System Sound (AudioToolbox) to play a "beep" sound to let the…

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What is the sound ID for the "Glass" sound in iOS?
Where is a comprehensive listing of all of the system sounds?
http://iphonedevwiki.net/index.php/AudioServices doesn't have it. And Google search didn't help. I'm looking specifically for the Glass sound.

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Reliable Way to Add Sound to UIButton
I am trying to add a tap-sound to a UIButton to play when it is pushed. So far, I've tried two methods, but none worked out quite as well as I hoped.
I have tried using simple SystemSounds, but they are an ugly solution, as the user have no (or…

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Monotouch C# play many sounds simultaneously with volume control
I'm making a War Game for iOS using Monotouch and C#. I'm running into some problem with the audio sound effects.
Here's what I require: The ability to play many sound effects simultaneously (possibly up to 10-20 at once) and the ability to…

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