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Android apps that in principle should trigger notification sounds like e.g. WhatsApp or Kontalk don't do it on my device. They only produce notification icons (when in background) when new messages arrive.

These apps offer to choose a ringtone or a notification sound, but the only ones I can choose from is "Default ringtone" and "silent". I read somewhere that one could put sound files into the /sdcard folder, so that the Android apps could see them and offer them to me, but that doesn't work (i.e. they aren't offered, only the two default choices that don't produce any sounds).

The Android apps do play sounds in general, e.g. youtube, spotify, etc. so that is not the problem.

Does anyone run into the same problem or is it just my device?

Android apps that in principle should trigger notification sounds like e.g. WhatsApp or Kontalk don't do it on my device. They only produce notification icons (when in background) when new messages arrive.

These apps offer to choose a ringtone or a notification sound, but the only ones I can choose from is "Default ringtone" and "silent". I read somewhere that one could put sound files into the /sdcard folder, so that the Android apps could see them and offer them to me, but that doesn't work (i.e. they aren't offered, only the two default choices that don't produce any sounds).

The Android apps do play sounds in general, e.g. youtube, spotify, etc. so that is not the problem.

Does anyone run into the same problem or is it just my device?

Android apps that in principle should trigger notification sounds like e.g. WhatsApp or Kontalk don't do it on my device. They only produce notification icons (when in background) when new messages arrive.

These apps offer to choose a ringtone or a notification sound, but the only ones I can choose from is "Default ringtone" and "silent". I read that one could put sound files into the /sdcard folder, so that the Android apps could see them and offer them to me, but that doesn't work (i.e. they aren't offered, only the two default choices that don't produce any sounds).

The Android apps do play sounds in general, e.g. youtube, spotify, etc. so that is not the problem.

Does anyone run into the same problem or is it just my device?

Android apps that in principle should trigger notification sounds like e.g. WhatsApp or Kontalk don't do it on my device. They only produce notification icons (when in background) when new messages arrive.

These apps offer to choose a ringtone or a notification sound, but the only ones I can choose from is "Default ringtone" and "silent". I read that one could put sound files into the /sdcard folder, so that the Android apps could see them and offer them to me, but that doesn't work (i.e. they aren't offered, only the two default choices that don't produce any sounds).

The Android apps do play sounds in general, e.g. youtube, spotify, etc. so that is not the problem.

Does anyone run into the same problem or is it just my device?

Android apps that in principle should trigger notification sounds like e.g. WhatsApp or Kontalk don't do it on my device. They only produce notification icons (when in background) when new messages arrive.

These apps offer to choose a ringtone or a notification sound, but the only ones I can choose from is "Default ringtone" and "silent". I read that one could put sound files into the /sdcard folder, so that the Android apps could see them and offer them to me, but that doesn't work (i.e. they aren't offered, only the two default choices that don't produce any sounds).

The Android apps do play sounds in general, e.g. youtube, spotify, etc. so that is not the problem.

Does anyone run into the same problem or is it just my device?

EDIT: somehow the problem gets "healed" after installing a ringtone app (see answer answers by domnk). domnk and juergbi). Even better: Picking a notification sounds still works after deinstalling zedge. This doesn't explain what causes the problem or how the solution works, but at least it's a usable workaround.

Android apps that in principle should trigger notification sounds like e.g. WhatsApp or Kontalk don't do it on my device. They only produce notification icons (when in background) when new messages arrive.

These apps offer to choose a ringtone or a notification sound, but the only ones I can choose from is "Default ringtone" and "silent". I read that one could put sound files into the /sdcard folder, so that the Android apps could see them and offer them to me, but that doesn't work (i.e. they aren't offered, only the two default choices that don't produce any sounds).

The Android apps do play sounds in general, e.g. youtube, spotify, etc. so that is not the problem.

Does anyone run into the same problem or is it just my device?

EDIT: somehow the problem gets "healed" after installing a ringtone app (see answers by domnk and juergbi). Even better: Picking a notification sounds sound still works after deinstalling zedge. This doesn't explain what causes the problem or how the solution works, but at least it's a usable workaround.

Android apps that in principle should trigger notification sounds like e.g. WhatsApp or Kontalk don't do it on my device. They only produce notification icons (when in background) when new messages arrive.

These apps offer to choose a ringtone or a notification sound, but the only ones I can choose from is "Default ringtone" and "silent". I read that one could put sound files into the /sdcard folder, so that the Android apps could see them and offer them to me, but that doesn't work (i.e. they aren't offered, only the two default choices that don't produce any sounds).

The Android apps do play sounds in general, e.g. youtube, spotify, etc. so that is not the problem.

Does anyone run into the same problem or is it just my device?

EDIT: somehow the problem gets "healed" after installing a ringtone app (see answers by domnk and juergbi). Even better: Picking a notification sound still works after deinstalling zedge. This doesn't explain what causes the problem or how the solution works, but at least it's a usable workaround.

Android apps that in principle should trigger notification sounds like e.g. WhatsApp or Kontalk don't do it on my device. They only produce notification icons (when in background) when new messages arrive.

These apps offer to choose a ringtone or a notification sound, but the only ones I can choose from is "Default ringtone" and "silent". I read that one could put sound files into the /sdcard folder, so that the Android apps could see them and offer them to me, but that doesn't work (i.e. they aren't offered, only the two default choices that don't produce any sounds).

The Android apps do play sounds in general, e.g. youtube, spotify, etc. so that is not the problem.

Does anyone run into the same problem or is it just my device?

EDIT: somehow the problem gets "healed" after installing a ringtone app (see answers by domnk and juergbi). Even better: Picking a notification sound still works after deinstalling zedge. This doesn't explain what causes the problem or how the solution works, but at least it's a usable workaround.

Android apps that in principle should trigger notification sounds like e.g. WhatsApp or Kontalk don't do it on my device. They only produce notification icons (when in background) when new messages arrive.

These apps offer to choose a ringtone or a notification sound, but the only ones I can choose from is "Default ringtone" and "silent". I read that one could put sound files into the /sdcard folder, so that the Android apps could see them and offer them to me, but that doesn't work (i.e. they aren't offered, only the two default choices that don't produce any sounds).

The Android apps do play sounds in general, e.g. youtube, spotify, etc. so that is not the problem.

Does anyone run into the same problem or is it just my device?

EDIT: somehow the problem gets "healed" after installing a ringtone app (see answers by domnk and juergbi). Even better: Picking a notification sound still works after deinstalling zedge. This doesn't explain what causes the problem or how the solution works, but at least it's a usable workaround.

Android apps that in principle should trigger notification sounds like e.g. WhatsApp or Kontalk don't do it on my device. They only produce notification icons (when in background) when new messages arrive.

These apps offer to choose a ringtone or a notification sound, but the only ones I can choose from is "Default ringtone" and "silent". I read that one could put sound files into the /sdcard folder, so that the Android apps could see them and offer them to me, but that doesn't work (i.e. they aren't offered, only the two default choices that don't produce any sounds).

The Android apps do play sounds in general, e.g. youtube, spotify, etc. so that is not the problem.

Does anyone run into the same problem or is it just my device?

EDIT: somehow the problem gets "healed" after installing a ringtone app (see answers by domnk and juergbi). Even better: Picking a notification sound still works after deinstalling zedge. This doesn't explain what causes the problem or how the solution works, but at least it's a usable workaround.

ANSWER: Answer: SailfishOS 2 / AlienDalvik / Lipstick uses a whitelist (/usr/share/lipstick/androidnotificationpriorities) for notifications from Android apps.

See this answer for how to add K9-Mail, Conversations, Threema, TextSecure and other apps to it: https://together.jolla.com/question/109180/feature-request-add-missing-apps-to-the-chat-application-list/?sort=votes

Android apps that in principle should trigger notification sounds like e.g. WhatsApp or Kontalk don't do it on my device. They only produce notification icons (when in background) when new messages arrive.

These apps offer to choose a ringtone or a notification sound, but the only ones I can choose from is "Default ringtone" and "silent". I read that one could put sound files into the /sdcard folder, so that the Android apps could see them and offer them to me, but that doesn't work (i.e. they aren't offered, only the two default choices that don't produce any sounds).

The Android apps do play sounds in general, e.g. youtube, spotify, etc. so that is not the problem.

Does anyone run into the same problem or is it just my device?

EDIT: somehow the problem gets "healed" after installing a ringtone app (see answers by domnk and juergbi). Even better: Picking a notification sound still works after deinstalling zedge. This doesn't explain what causes the problem or how the solution works, but at least it's a usable workaround.

Answer:Answer (December 2015):

SailfishOS 2 / AlienDalvik / Lipstick uses a whitelist (/usr/share/lipstick/androidnotificationpriorities) for notifications from Android apps.

See this answer for how to add K9-Mail, Conversations, Threema, TextSecure and other apps to it: https://together.jolla.com/question/109180/feature-request-add-missing-apps-to-the-chat-application-list/?sort=votes