Replace howler.js with simple <audio />, will hopefully resolve

some weird mobile browser behaviours

app/assets/javascripts/components/middleware/sounds.jsx

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+const play = audio => {
+  if (!audio.paused) {
+    audio.pause();
+    audio.fastSeek(0);
+  }
+
+  audio.play();
+};
+
+export default function soundsMiddleware() {
+  const soundCache = {
+    boop: new Audio(['/sounds/boop.mp3'])
+  };
+
+  return ({ dispatch }) => next => (action) => {
+    if (action.meta && action.meta.sound && soundCache[action.meta.sound]) {
+      play(soundCache[action.meta.sound]);
+    }
+
+    return next(action);
+  };
+};

app/assets/javascripts/components/store/configureStore.jsx

@@ -3,21 +3,14 @@ import thunk from 'redux-thunk';
 import appReducer from '../reducers';
 import loadingBarMiddleware from '../middleware/loading_bar';
 import errorsMiddleware from '../middleware/errors';
-import soundsMiddleware from 'redux-sounds';
+import soundsMiddleware from '../middleware/sounds';
-import Howler from 'howler';
 import Immutable from 'immutable';
 
-Howler.mobileAutoEnable = false;
-
-const soundsData = {
-  boop: '/sounds/boop.mp3'
-};
-
 export default function configureStore() {
   return createStore(appReducer, compose(applyMiddleware(
     thunk,
     loadingBarMiddleware({ promiseTypeSuffixes: ['REQUEST', 'SUCCESS', 'FAIL'] }),
     errorsMiddleware(),
-    soundsMiddleware(soundsData)
+    soundsMiddleware()
   ), window.devToolsExtension ? window.devToolsExtension() : f => f));
 };

package.json

@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
     "redis": "^2.6.5",
     "redux": "^3.6.0",
     "redux-immutable": "^3.1.0",
-    "redux-sounds": "^1.1.1",
     "redux-thunk": "^2.2.0",
     "reselect": "^2.5.4",
     "sass-loader": "^6.0.2",

yarn.lock

@@ -2915,10 +2915,6 @@ hosted-git-info@^2.1.4:
   version "2.1.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/hosted-git-info/-/hosted-git-info-2.1.5.tgz#0ba81d90da2e25ab34a332e6ec77936e1598118b"
 
-howler@^1.1.28:
-  version "1.1.29"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/howler/-/howler-1.1.29.tgz#9a3a7fa69e9b9d805c65ad98f66e35893a597b63"
-
 html-comment-regex@^1.1.0:
   version "1.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/html-comment-regex/-/html-comment-regex-1.1.1.tgz#668b93776eaae55ebde8f3ad464b307a4963625e"
@@ -3638,11 +3634,11 @@ lodash.tail@^4.1.1:
   version "4.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.tail/-/lodash.tail-4.1.1.tgz#d2333a36d9e7717c8ad2f7cacafec7c32b444664"
 
-lodash@4.x.x, lodash@^4.0.0, lodash@^4.14.0, lodash@^4.15.0, lodash@^4.17.2, lodash@^4.17.4, lodash@^4.2.1:
+lodash@4.x.x, lodash@^4.0.0, lodash@^4.14.0, lodash@^4.17.2, lodash@^4.17.4, lodash@^4.2.1:
   version "4.17.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash/-/lodash-4.17.4.tgz#78203a4d1c328ae1d86dca6460e369b57f4055ae"
 
-lodash@^4.2.0, lodash@^4.6.1, lodash@~4.16.4:
+lodash@^4.15.0, lodash@^4.2.0, lodash@^4.6.1, lodash@~4.16.4:
   version "4.16.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash/-/lodash-4.16.4.tgz#01ce306b9bad1319f2a5528674f88297aeb70127"
 
@@ -3654,18 +3650,18 @@ longest@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/longest/-/longest-1.0.1.tgz#30a0b2da38f73770e8294a0d22e6625ed77d0097"
 
-loose-envify@^1.0.0, loose-envify@^1.1.0, loose-envify@^1.2.0:
+loose-envify@^1.0.0, loose-envify@^1.3.0:
-  version "1.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/loose-envify/-/loose-envify-1.2.0.tgz#69a65aad3de542cf4ee0f4fe74e8e33c709ccb0f"
-  dependencies:
-    js-tokens "^1.0.1"
-
-loose-envify@^1.3.0:
   version "1.3.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/loose-envify/-/loose-envify-1.3.1.tgz#d1a8ad33fa9ce0e713d65fdd0ac8b748d478c848"
   dependencies:
     js-tokens "^3.0.0"
 
+loose-envify@^1.1.0, loose-envify@^1.2.0:
+  version "1.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/loose-envify/-/loose-envify-1.2.0.tgz#69a65aad3de542cf4ee0f4fe74e8e33c709ccb0f"
+  dependencies:
+    js-tokens "^1.0.1"
+
 loud-rejection@^1.0.0:
   version "1.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/loud-rejection/-/loud-rejection-1.6.0.tgz#5b46f80147edee578870f086d04821cf998e551f"
@@ -5202,12 +5198,6 @@ redux-immutable@^3.1.0:
   dependencies:
     immutable "^3.8.1"
 
-redux-sounds@^1.1.1:
-  version "1.1.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/redux-sounds/-/redux-sounds-1.1.1.tgz#7a31052dbc617d419c53056215865762f44adb7e"
-  dependencies:
-    howler "^1.1.28"
-
 redux-thunk@^2.2.0:
   version "2.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/redux-thunk/-/redux-thunk-2.2.0.tgz#e615a16e16b47a19a515766133d1e3e99b7852e5"