diff --git a/Acr.Notifications.Android/NotificationsImpl.cs b/Acr.Notifications.Android/NotificationsImpl.cs
index b353e9d..3bb33cb 100644
--- a/Acr.Notifications.Android/NotificationsImpl.cs
+++ b/Acr.Notifications.Android/NotificationsImpl.cs
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ public override string Send(Notification notification)
 
             if (notification.Sound != null)
             {
-                var file = new File(notification.Sound);
-                var uri = Android.Net.Uri.FromFile(file);
+                var uri = Android.Net.Uri.Parse(notification.Sound);
                 builder.SetSound(uri);
             }
             var not = builder.Build();
diff --git a/nuspec/Acr.Notifications.nuspec b/nuspec/Acr.Notifications.nuspec
index f70b2f4..8c29b0f 100644
--- a/nuspec/Acr.Notifications.nuspec
+++ b/nuspec/Acr.Notifications.nuspec
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 3.2.0
 [feature] full metadata can now be added to a notification via Notification.SetMetadata (UWP scheduled message currently wont allow this)
 [fix][android] default sound was not set on the notification properly
+[fix][android] URI is now parsed instead of assuming a file location
 
 3.1.2
 [fix][ios] alert title not set properly