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Wallpaper is the background image on one's "desktop" or "home screen."

Wallpapers vary from system to system both in function and nomenclature. In Mac OS X, the wallpaper is called the "desktop picture." It is a static image or series of images that the operating system cycles through. Its function is purely decorative. In addition to traditional (static) wallpapers, Android (v2.1+) offers "live wallpapers." Live wallpapers are similar to normal applications, though slightly different (they are services rather than activities, so their capabilities are not quite the same). Live wallpapers extend the traditional wallpaper concept by allowing for interactivity, animation, and access to system functions. One of the challenges facing the live wallpaper developer is that the wallpaper is often overlaid with icons, widgets, and the like, beyond the programmer's ability to control or often even to detect.

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Using live wallpaper with AppCompat theme

Is it possible to specify app/launcher background as live wallpaper when using AppCompat theme? Samples uses Theme.Wallpaper, is there anything equivalent in AppCompat? Specifying in theme xml is preferable.
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Out of memory error on getDrawable()

I want to get the current image set as the wallpaper in Android device and set it to the image view in my list after scaling it . What i am doing id this: final WallpaperManager wm = WallpaperManager.getInstance(this); final Drawable…
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Blurred phone wallpaper as background of activity?

I have manged to set the current wallpaper as the background of the Activity: Theme.Wallpaper.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen I want to blur this background, but for that I have to save it as a Bitmap first. Is there a way to do this? If I try to take a…
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Can we find the height of the bar at the bottom of the desktop on some Androids?

On some of Android devices, there is a bar at the bottom of the desktop that hosts frequently used app icons. What is the common name for this bar? Here's the problem. We are working on a live wallpaper for Android. The bar covers the essential part…
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How to set Wallpaper style (Fill, stretch) according to windows version

I am trying to make a wallpaper style stretched if Windows version is Vista, and Fill in case of windows 7, in VB.NET. I got the program to change a Wallpaper , but Im having a problem with applying a style. ( Program consists of a browse button,…
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Proguard and libgdx: RuntimeException

I'm developing an android live wallpaper with libgdx and I've got a big problem when I use proguard. This is the error when my livewallpaper is starting: 08-17 13:55:50.755: E/AndroidRuntime(28276): FATAL EXCEPTION: main 08-17 13:55:50.755:…
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Tile/Center image in the forms background

Is there a way to place an image in the form background and be able to tile it or center it ? Also I need to place other components on top of the image. I tried rmControls but I cannot place anything on top of the image.
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How to make Android Live Wallpaper using LibGDx?

I want to make Android Live Wallpaper. I want to use LibGDx. I found this information: http://www.badlogicgames.com/wordpress/?p=2652 Unfortunately, ahter copy code to my wallpaper, eclipse show error. Does anyone knows how to make wallpaper using…
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How to change Wallpapers Programmatically?

Can I change the Installed wallpapers by their Package names? For example: String packageName = "com.wallpaper.livewallpaper"; start(packageName);
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Android Live Wallpapers Loading into ListView

Is it possible somehow to load all of the Live Wallpapers that and Android Device is using into a ListView?
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Set Windows wallpaper using Ruby

I would like to change the desktop wallpaper in Windows (7, if that makes a difference). My attempt below was not successful. It doesn't change the wallpaper, registry keys, or do anything other than print '0', as far as I can tell. require…
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How to start a slideshow desktop change in Windows 7

I'm trying to trigger a desktop slideshow change but I can't find a public API to do it... The closer I got was to see the name of the methods that are using (they are using a COM object, but I don't know the CLSID to instantiate it). I already know…
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Using WallpaperManager in Android to set wallpaper

Below are my codes, I want to use wallpaper manager to set as wallpaper. I'm using Universal Image Loader, but i dont know how implement wallpaper manager. My setWall() is not working, kinda confusing. import android.graphics.Bitmap; import…
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Android live wallpaper crashing because of custom fonts

I'm trying to create a live wallpaper in Android. It has a text drawn on it in the following way, with customs string placed in the assets directory: String path = "fonts/calligraffiti.ttf"; AssetManager a1 =…
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Replacing desktop wallpaper / draw on the desktop

I'd like to do some custom drawing to my windows desktop such that it appears to replace the desktop background (wallpaper). My first try was to get a DC for desktopListView and draw to it: IntPtr desktopDC = GetWindowDC(desktopListView); Graphics g…
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