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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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How to use private APIs to set iOS wallpapers directly. ( Need help updating code to iOS 10, it's already working in iOS 9.3 )

Yes, I'm aware that Apple will reject any code using private APIs. This is for a personal project only. The code has been working fine on an iPhone running iOS 9.3. iOS 10 breaks it. It compiles, but does not set the wallpaper anymore. Perhaps some…
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launch browser intent in live wallpaper

I am trying to load BROWSER VIEW intent in android within onTouchEvent. Basically I have created a live wallpaper and if I click on it then I want to open BROWSER VIEW intent with a specified uri. I have tried following code inside onTouchEvent Uri…
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Set multiple wallpapers?

As you know, since a few versions, Windows allows you to set multiple wallpapers that rotate automatically. I'm creating a program to sync my wallpapers over my computers and I'd like to know if it's possible not to set one wallpaper (as a lot of…
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Cropping a wallpaper in order to have a crisp image

I am currently working on a wallpaper application. Is there a way to make a bitmap look less blurry and more crisp once it is set as a wallpaper? Does it just require cropping the picture and resizing it to fit the size of the screen perfectly, or…
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Get color from wallpaper? - Android

How can I find the (Average) color of the current wallpaper and set that color to a layout on my widget? An example of what I'm trying to do: This is a setting on AccuWeather:
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How do I restart this wallpaper engine after settings have been updated?

I'm creating a live wallpaper and I'm using this tutorial as a starting point: http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/create-a-live-wallpaper-on-android-using-an-animated-gif--cms-23088 I'm trying to add a settings menu to let the user choose one of…
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Changing programatically the wallpaper in Linux independently from the desktop environment or the window manager

Linux have got lots of desktop environments (GNOME, KDE, Xfce, Cinnamon...) and windowing systems (X11, Wayland, Mir...) and it seems that each one has got its own way to change the wallpaper. Are there some high-level libraries, especially in C++…
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Set image as wallpaper without using WallpaperManager

There's a lot of sample code on how to set an image as a wallpaper using the Intent.ACTION_ATTACH_DATA, but none of them are working for me with the new google photos app. I'm trying to do this from a notification. The user saves an image to the…
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Can I open a URL from android Live Wallpaper?

I'm new to android... having trouble trying to open a URL from a live wallpaper.. Code to open the url: Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW); intent.setData(Uri.parse(url)); Activity activity = new…
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Start default Android wallpaper chooser

I'm trying to start default android wallpaper chooser. I'm using: Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SET_WALLPAPER); startActivity(intent); This code works but it opens app chooser. I want to open "Wallpapers" directly. My minSdkVersion…
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fit / fill image?

I'm making a simple program to change my computer background. I found a stackoverflow question online that more or less covered what I wanted to do. I can now successfully change my wallpaper to be tiled, centered, and stretched from an online image…
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How to use getCropAndSetWallpaperIntent?

I tried to use getCropAndSetWallpaperIntent method but I got an error. Here is my code : Uri uri = Uri.parse("content://" + getFilesDir() + "/"+ image.path); ContentResolver contentResolver = getContentResolver(); contentResolver.getType(uri); //…
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android - save image from web server and set it as wallpaper

Can anyone please provide me some idea/guidance on how to save an image from a webserver and set it as wallpaper? i am developing an android application which needs to do that and i am new in android. Thanks a lot. I had tried writing my own code…
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Get ID from ImageView and set as wallpaper on click

I am creating wallpaper application and I am stuck at one litle problem. I've made application with image view and button to set as wallpaper. But there is a problem. When I open the picture and click on Set as Wallpaper button I want it to get ID…
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Is it possible to change desktop wallpaper from Windows8.1 app?

I've searched a lot about this topic and couldn't find a good solution, so: Is there a way to change the desktop wallpaper from within a windows8.1 app using c#/xaml? eg. by simply providing an image?
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