I was wondering if anyone on here has tried making a live wallpaper. What kind of programming knowledge is needed to do this? Java, graphic design, etc? I would like to try and make my own wallpaper.
Thanks
p.s. If anyone has sucessfully created one could you hit me up on gchat? thanks
mike.gorman87 at gmail dot com
you should check out the thread (Live Wallpapers)
Hope this helps, can't wait to see what cool wallpaper you come up with.
You basically need some Java/Android and some graphics programming experience. See here for more info: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/service/wallpaper/package-summary.html
(I haven't made or started making a live wallpaper, but just found that by searching the reference section of developer.android.com)
this is a lost cause. I can't even get the sdk to run on my computer. Something about java. Idk.
You have to implement a wallpaper engine class, which is what is going to draw whatever you want to draw and a wrap it in a wallpaper service. For the engine you will want to manipulate a surface object to which can draw with the provided api or just manipulate pixel by pixel.
you should try to have a look at googles sdk install howto. It's a good idea to develop with eclipse, it's free, integrated and will make your life easier once your project takes on a bit of complexity.
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Hey all i'm a budding programmer under the tutelage of a more experienced programmer and we're kinda at odds
Basically i thought of a concept of developing an application that allows users to create presentations, and on the back end allowing the user to resize and relocate the images/text on screen so that they can freely design each page of their presentation. now it's not entirely like powerpoint, i know powerpoint can do a whole lot more, but this feature alone is where my mentor and i disagree.
My mentor tells me it is an incredibly difficult feat to do on Android and would take months just to implement a feature that allows users to relocate and rescale images and text (jsut to clarify, i mean in powerpoint for example when you insert an image you can drag the image to make it bigger or smaller, and also drag it anywhere on the screen)
I'm currently using a virtual android emulator to tinker with the interface and learn the ropes, but i'm wondering if maybe i'm getting too ahead myself in thinking that this feature could be implemented, and isn't as difficult as my mentor is making it out to be
Any feedback would be reallyy appreciated.
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Hello everyone and thank you for your attention in the meantime!
We already notice that I am using Google Translate to communicate a bit 'better with you ... unfortunately my English is bad ...
With this question I would ask some of your impressions about the development of new ROM for Android.
I unfortunately delivery a bit 'at a disadvantage because I'm not a developer but just a noob playing with phones and test the different solutions that you offer through your releases.
Indeed, from this point of view I can say that I have tried almost all the main ROM and hybrid versions with kernel taken here and there.
But I've always noticed that the experiences of use, graphically speaking (UI), always remain similar, because the part of louncher is never developed, but the aim is to create a very user interface customization through changes color and background or placement of the elements.
For me it is not easy to explain, because I know that the topic is vast and Android is famous for it to be customizable, but my question is this: why do not you propose something really different and complete? A new ROM and can express a different concept of "personalization" ..
I think to some Louncher, type Listener (which I'm using now and I must say I really like it despite some bugs), or Splay (as a concept that I liked very much!), Or other similar but are not always reflected among users .. .
You may think that they are not customizable as it is for example Paranoid ROM that allows you to change many aspects of the UI are different ... but .. I do not know how to explain it .. try to focus on each other and to give news!
So I would suggest to you that you created ROM and the main team: why do not you join to create something new that is stable, fast and creative?
You have very capable graphics, you are the masters of code, so why not go beyond what is android now and try to find the best that each of you has to offer to create something extraordinary?
I'm sure each of you has at least once thought, "how I wish that notifications appear in a different way" (as the team made it through Holo Paranoid ..!).
So .. create something .. UbuntuPhone style but also beyond .. looking for a concept to follow .. for example the samsung has developed its own theme focusing it on the nature .. but then: why not develop a UI based on a tree ? Or on a leaf! Do you understand?
I know it's a giant work but you are the best community of developers for mobile phones and I am sure that if you join forces, you can do a job never seen before ... because you can have a continuous feedback with millions of Android users who can help you in your work on ideas, tips, feedback, etc.!
What do you think?
Thank you for your attention!
I will to try to give to you (how much "to" :silly an idea about my theard:
so I will image the UI like an Infograph or a white pepper. And image in this space something as an virtual ambient thet will be familiar to "costumers" (sorry for the word but I don't know which one to use) and it's can be something of real live, like a desk with paper, pens and so on, that each one of them rappresents a category of apps. For exemple, the calculator rappresents the calculator'app!
So, if you like to change subject you can image a small city as "desktop" of the phone where the apps are graphites on the wall and ther's a person that walks in differents ways for change the differents views!
Or you can image the apps like "animals" that they grow older if the app will not use for a long time! (image the game "poo") and you can have all this animals in different fences divided into different category...
I can go on for years to give some ideas...but the concept is: create a new way of UI!
Something of different that can change the way of we use the phone! A new way that make older the other louncher! A new way that allow the developers to create differents wolrds!.. And integrate each of this ecosystem with utilities like weather (the weather can change in the "desktop" if change in real life...or can change the time with sun and moon! and so on..)!
Or you can think about a something of more easier, like a real infograph where the apps are in a white space and the user can choose the way to connect them and he can move in this space with different effect or with different way (like drag the screen or using some arrows that indicate the ways to move)...
So...something of new! The only problem can be define a commons libraries that allow to create this UI.
I think about HTML 5 and it's ability to be flexible...I know that java is more complicated but maybe can be a way to streamline the code!
Let me know what do you think about and if it can be possible, on your opinion! :highfive:
Hey guys! I know there are lots of tools out there for creating apps. Im looking to create an information-type app. you might call it an encyclopedia app, or an indexing app. because of its extreme simplicity, i feel like its within my means to develop, even though i have very limited actual development skills.
because of all of the tools out there, which would you suggest is best for someone looking to create an app like i mentioned?
despite its 'simple' complexity, its entirely possible for me to pour hundreds of hours into organizing and providing information into the app. its also possible that some day, i may want to work on the app in another more sophisticated program, if my development skills ever improve, or i want to collaborate with someone more knowledgeable.
all this said, here is a very basic idea of how the app would work
List
Item 1
A
Red
Blue
Green
Purple
B
C
Item 2
Item 3
then clicking Red, Green, Blue, or Purple will show you a description.
anywho, so thats a really basic example of what im looking to do. what type of program do you suggest would be best/easiest to do something like this in?
*using windows
Alright, so without going into too much unnecessary detail, we've got a backend (Golang, Postre), and a web frontend (Angular) that, among other things, displays a horizontal grid of images (4 per screen).
The plan has always been to, once we complete the backend and web frontend, hire devs for the apps. And we still intend to do that - for Android, iOS, Windows and even Glass, but.. The other day I had a crazy idea.
I've always loved programming. A LOT. When I was in junior high I learned how to build websites, and have been hooked ever since. Last year I updated my knowledge of CSS/HTML, and coded for the first time in probably a decade.. it was AMAZING. Incredibly incredibly addictive - you feel like you are creating something ALIVE! It's an incredible feeling..
Yeah, so the crazy idea..
I thought that, just for starters, I would try to get the Android app running myself.. Now, mind you, I have never done anything programming-related outside of HTML and CSS, and certainly have never made an app, but.. I figured.. all I need to start is a horizontal grid of images, 4 per screen.
And you just scroll horizontally, and click whatever image you like to maximize it. That can't be hard, right? That's all I need to start - later I can add the menu, etc. But to start.. I just need to pull those images off our backend, right?
And then in the future I can enable adding images, swiping, voting, sharing, whatever - but one step at a time right.
And then once I no longer have enough time to dedicate to the app and it grows too big, I'll pass it on to a mobile dev, along with the iOS and other apps..
So.. question.. if all I'm looking to create is a horizontal 2x2 image grid that pulls them off our server.. how do I do that?
All depends on your server. recommend looking into post and get http protocols on android. as for displaying the images. this might be what your looking for https://android-arsenal.com/details/1/186 if not, just check on other parts of that site. it would have everything a beginner will need.
Hello,
First let me say that I am not a developer/scripter. I teach graphic design and would like my students to be able to create a digital magazine. As a graphic designer with no programming experience whatsoever, I thought one of you might know how I can take all the pages we've created (each as a separate image in Photoshop) and cluster all the pages of the project together so that the end user can swipe through each page of the magazine. Perhaps it's simpler that what I'm thinking, but I haven't done this before. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thank you!
Joel Miller
Hi, maybe the app quik might be what you are looking for.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stupeflix.replay