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 Howler from 'howler';
+import soundsMiddleware from '../middleware/sounds';
 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));
 };