When you receive an app notification while listening to a music, the audio volume will be reduced so that you will be aware of the incoming notification. Fortunately, there’s a way that you can disable this effect only if you have jailbroken your iOS device as you need access to your iPhone or iPad’s filesystem.

To find out how to prevent the music volume from lowering when an app notification is received, make sure to read the step-by-step guide below.

Step 1: Launch Cydia.

Step 2: Search for iFile and install it.

Step 3: Once installed, tap on the iFile icon on the Home screen to open it.

Step 4: Navigate to the following directory:

System/Library/Frameworks/MediaToolbox.framework

Step 5: Tap on SystemSoundLowersMusicVolume.plist and choose Property List Viewer.

Step 6: Scroll down to SMSReceived_Alert and change its value from 0.1 to 1. The higher the value, the louder will be the music volume when an app notification. Note that this will effect Messages notifications only.

Step 7: If you’d like alter the volume level of other app notifications as well, you should change the value of UserAlert key in the same plist file.

Step 8: Once done, reboot your device.

The next time that you receive a Messages notification or notifications for apps, the music volume will be reduced to the value you just set in the plist file.

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