Custom sound for iOS Push Notifications

[mattr]

I know that this question was answered here:

Push notification sound

Hi, Where should the sound file for push notification resides in the project? [{ // The push token for the app user to whom you want to send the notification to: 'ExponentPushToken[xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]', sound: 'default', body: 'This is a test notification', data: {withSome: 'data'}, }]

But I am curious, after detaching, what does one have to do in order to implement a custom sound file? Can we still build the overall app using Expo–or does detaching mean we have to build it using a Mac/Xcode?

And what kind of push notification services exist? I thought all push notifications for iOS use APNS? Why would we have to use our own?

[quinlanj]

hi @mattr, once you detach, you need to handle push notifications and also building your binary. “use your own push notification” means you have a server that talks to APNS. Push notification services include onesignal and urban airship.

[mattr]

Thanks for the response, quinlanj.

Does “building your binary” mean you need XCode/Mac? Or can you still use Expo to bypass that requirement by Apple?