Respect mute preference for iOS foreground notification sounds by MobileMage · Pull Request #82045 · Expensify/App

MobileMage · 2026-02-10T20:37:35Z

Explanation of Change

When the "Mute all sounds from Expensify" preference is enabled, iOS foreground push notifications still play a sound. This fix checks the mute preference in the setForegroundPresentationOptionsCallback and, when muted, explicitly returns only List, Banner, and Badge presentation options (omitting Sound), instead of returning null which uses the default presentation (which includes sound).

Fixed Issues

$ #81282
PROPOSAL: #81282 (comment)

Tests

Log into the app on a physical iOS device
Go to Settings > Troubleshoot > toggle on "Mute all sounds from Expensify"
Have another user send you a message while the app is in the foreground
Verify the notification banner appears but no sound plays
Toggle off "Mute all sounds from Expensify"
Have another user send you a message again
Verify the notification banner appears with sound

Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

Offline tests

N/A - This change only affects iOS foreground push notification presentation options, which require an active network connection to receive.

QA Steps

Log into the app on a physical iOS device
Go to Settings > Troubleshoot > toggle on "Mute all sounds from Expensify"
Have another user send you a message while the app is in the foreground
Verify the notification banner appears but no sound plays
Toggle off "Mute all sounds from Expensify"
Have another user send you a message again
Verify the notification banner appears with sound

Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

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Android: mWeb Chrome

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iOS: mWeb Safari

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melvin-bot · 2026-02-10T20:37:42Z

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MobileMage · 2026-02-10T20:39:15Z

Would need a build triggered to test this one as it's done with push notifications.

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eh2077 · 2026-02-11T09:20:58Z

@MobileMage Can you try this method to mock a push notification to the simulator?

MobileMage · 2026-02-11T09:32:58Z

Hey @eh2077 I don't have access to the Slack channel yet.

eh2077 · 2026-02-11T09:36:27Z

I see, please check below then

Does it have to be on a physical device? On the simulator you can send a notification with:
xcrun simctl push DEVICEID com.expensify.chat.dev AlertPushNotification.apns

AlertPushNotification.apns
{
  "Simulator Target Bundle": "com.expensify.chat.dev",
  "aps": {
    "alert": "Testing",
    "sound": "default",
    "badge": 1,
  },
  "payload": "{\"reportID\":\"1234\"}"
}

eh2077 · 2026-02-13T11:13:11Z

@MobileMage friendly bump! Can you also add unit tests for the change please?

JmillsExpensify

Recently discussed in Slack. It's a good change in line with product spec.

When 'Mute all sounds from Expensify' is toggled on, iOS foreground notifications still played sound because the presentation options callback always returned the defaults (including Sound). Now checks getIsMuted() and excludes Sound from presentation options when muted. Fixes Expensify#81282

github-actions · 2026-02-13T21:17:22Z

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MobileMage · 2026-02-13T21:23:09Z

Sorry about the force push, I had accidentally merged main into the branch which bloated the PR to 1500+ commits. The force push just removed that merge commit — no actual changes were lost.

MobileMage · 2026-02-13T21:28:21Z

I've also added unit tests for the change.

@eh2077 I did try the xcrun simctl push method but it didn't work for this case. The simulated push notification only showed up when the app was in the background. When the app was open and in the foreground, the notification didn't come through. The behavior we're testing here is specifically about foreground notifications when someone sends you a message and you're in app so the in app sound doesn't play, the APNS simulation wasn't useful for that. But the unit tests should cover the mute logic well.

eh2077 · 2026-02-17T11:59:43Z

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github-actions · 2026-02-19T17:28:03Z

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eh2077 · 2026-02-24T16:20:08Z

👋 @jponikarchuk could you help verify if the adhoc build works please? thanks!

eh2077

This fix should work and we have unit tests to cover the change. But we still rely on QA team to verify adhoc build, see slack. approving to move this forward.

jponikarchuk · 2026-02-25T13:41:01Z

@eh2077 We are not able to test the sound notification in a 1:1 conversation becouse of this KI on Ad-hoc build

eh2077 · 2026-02-25T14:35:02Z

I see, thanks! Hmm, let me add this to bookmark and test it after hitting production.

@Julesssss does it sound good to you?

Julesssss · 2026-02-25T22:01:01Z

Yep, I will add the internalQA label too, to get a second test.

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Julesssss · 2026-02-27T20:40:57Z

I don't have my iPhone at home. QA will be able to verify this though

m-natarajan · 2026-02-28T00:56:55Z

Issue is not reproducible on iPhone 13 Mini/ iOS 26.1 in v9.3.27-2

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jponikarchuk · 2026-03-02T07:47:44Z

@MobileMage @eh2077 Could you please confirm if this is expected? The toggle on "Mute all sounds from Expensify". The app has no sound when keep the phone screen open, but after closing the phone screen, the phone still plays sound from the app.

sound.mp4

eh2077 · 2026-03-02T08:01:03Z

@jponikarchuk Good question! I think this is expected behavior because the App button "Mute all sounds from Expensify" is kind of foreground notification setting (works when app is actively open and on the screen). That's why it only works when the App is open. On the other hand, the home screen notification is kind of background notification, which is controlled by iOS system notification setting.

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Julesssss · 2026-03-03T21:17:57Z

@jponikarchuk Good question! I think this is expected behavior because the App button "Mute all sounds from Expensify" is kind of foreground notification setting (works when app is actively open and on the screen). That's why it only works when the App is open. On the other hand, the home screen notification is kind of background notification, which is controlled by iOS system notification setting.

Yeah I agree that is what we expect to happen based on the setting. We COULD sync this setting and from the backend mute the notification sound but that is a much larger task.

Lets mark resolved.

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Revert "Respect mute preference for iOS foreground notification sounds" #85264

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