Question

I am developing an application of Alarm Clock. How can I pass the selected audio file from the device to the local notification ?

Note : I am using MPMediaPickerController to pick the song from iPod Music Library.

Answer 1

I’m afraid you can’t play an iPod song with a push notification.

The sound property of a push notification references a file within your application bundle. That is, it’s a file that your app must provide (inside your bundle, so copying/downloading into your app’s Documents directory doesn’t work either). See also Preparing Custom Alert Sounds.

Also, note that there is an upper length of the sound to be played:

Custom sounds must be under 30 seconds when played. If a custom sound is over that limit, the default system sound is played instead.