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eladnava / redalert-android

An Android app that provides real-time emergency alerts for Israeli citizens.
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Add more Alert sounds options #11

Closed Binternet closed 6 years ago

Binternet commented 6 years ago

The current sound for alert can cause a heart attack for someone. The only reason I use the other red-alert app is that they give an option to choose a sound from a small 4-5 sounds library.

You must add more built-in alert sound options that comes with the app itself.

eladnava commented 6 years ago

@Binternet RedAlert already comes with built-in sound selection of 17 sounds: https://github.com/eladnava/redalert-android/tree/master/app/src/main/res/raw

eladnava commented 6 years ago

The decision to set alarm1 as the default is that we prefer that the user hear the alert and treat it as serious rather than ignore the phone making a "delightful/calm/short" sound and not run for shelter.

The assumption is that people who download RedAlert will set the primary alert regions/cities selection to their actual location, therefore, they should react accordingly when alarm1 sounds playing. The issue stems from people misusing the app and enabling alerts for all regions, and then being surprised by the alarm1 siren and complaining since they aren't currently in the alert zone area.