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notification.beep

The device plays a beep sound.

navigator.notification.beep(times);
  • times: The number of times to repeat the beep. (Number)

Supported Platforms

  • Amazon Fire OS
  • Android
  • BlackBerry 10
  • iOS
  • Tizen
  • Windows Phone 7 and 8
  • Windows 8

Quick Example

// Beep twice!
navigator.notification.beep(2);

Full Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Notification Example</title>

    <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="cordova.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">

    // Wait for device API libraries to load
    //
    document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady, false);

    // device APIs are available
    //
    function onDeviceReady() {
        // Empty
    }

    // Show a custom alert
    //
    function showAlert() {
        navigator.notification.alert(
            'You are the winner!',  // message
            'Game Over',            // title
            'Done'                  // buttonName
        );
    }

    // Beep three times
    //
    function playBeep() {
        navigator.notification.beep(3);
    }

    // Vibrate for 2 seconds
    //
    function vibrate() {
        navigator.notification.vibrate(2000);
    }

    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <p><a href="#" onclick="showAlert(); return false;">Show Alert</a></p>
    <p><a href="#" onclick="playBeep(); return false;">Play Beep</a></p>
    <p><a href="#" onclick="vibrate(); return false;">Vibrate</a></p>
  </body>
</html>

Amazon Fire OS Quirks

  • Amazon Fire OS plays the default Notification Sound specified under the Settings/Display & Sound panel.

Android Quirks

  • Android plays the default Notification ringtone specified under the Settings/Sound & Display panel.

Windows Phone 7 and 8 Quirks

  • Relies on a generic beep file from the Cordova distribution.

Tizen Quirks

  • Tizen implements beeps by playing an audio file via the media API.

  • The beep file must be short, must be located in a sounds subdirectory of the application's root directory, and must be named beep.wav.