HTTP Request inside Live Wallpaper

Question

I am wondering if it is possible to make a background http request inside a live wallpaper (android service).

Thanks!

what do you mean by casual? You mean background? Might be an opinion, but background http requests sound like malware to me. — colinross, May 26 '11 at 09:14
f.e. I would like to read weather data and change my live wallpaper depending on weather condition. — Bartosz Stankiewicz, May 26 '11 at 09:32

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 26 '11 at 09:14

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A live wallpaper is very similar to a normal Android application and has access to all the facilities of the platform. That includes network access.

answered May 26 '11 at 09:14

Maurits Rijk

so you mean if I try something like this it should be no problem?try { HttpClient hc = new DefaultHttpClient(); HttpPost post = new HttpPost("http://www.yahoo.com"); HttpResponse rp = hc.execute(post); if(rp.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() == HttpStatus.SC_OK) { str = EntityUtils.toString(rp.getEntity()); } }catch(IOException e){ e.printStackTrace(); } – Bartosz Stankiewicz May 26 '11 at 09:33
Only one way to find out, right? Make sure you set the right permissions for your application. – Maurits Rijk May 26 '11 at 09:38
this is the solution: thanks! – Bartosz Stankiewicz May 26 '11 at 10:49

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