This is my first android active opengl 3D wallpaper. Its tilt sensitive and when you touch the wallpaper it causes a ripple effect in the blocks. I have some options to remove the random z axis movement and two different block textures.
I’ve only tested it on my nexus one, and I’m looking for feedback(ideas) and how it runs on other active wallpaper enabled devices.
Thank for trying it out.
Video preview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttkBMfPyrXQ
Version update 3.2.3
Added grid rebuild effect when wallpaper comes back in view. Can also be disabled in settings.
Reduced app size, project cleanup and changed some textures to jpgs.
Version update 3.2.2
More work on gallery image selection and the image is now better aligned with texture.
More work on movement code, hoping this corrects the grid position errors
Version update 3.2.1
Rebuilt with target OS 2.1 and lowered texture size to help reduce FC's.
Latest version 3.2.
- Added gallery image clipping, to better size image to grid.
- Uploaded app to market.
Features and effects for version 3.1
- Sticky finger effect (item can stick to your finger and fall back down)
- Disable accelerometer option, saves on battery
- Optimized touch selection.
- Made changes to gallery image loading. Reduced memory footprint and better scaling. (still in work)
- Homescreen page position now tilts the grid.
- Worked on landscape mode. (still in work)
- New preference settings.
**Note It can now be downloaded from the market, just seach for "activeblocks" or use the below link.
market download link http://market.android.com/details?id=com.nibblertech.activeblocks&feature=search_result
Why it asks permissions for Storage and Phone calls?
I have installed it on my HTC Desire and it seems to be working fine.
obvious question is... how's the batterly life since it uses the sensors?
tsouza said:
Why it asks permissions for Storage and Phone calls?
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I'm looking into why its wanting those permissions, because the only one I use is ACCESS_SURFACE_FLINGER for object selection screen buffer writing.
Also I'm working on custom texture selection, which gives you the abillity to use any picture for the textures.
As for battery life, my wallpaper stops running when its not in view so that should help battery life.
Version 3 updated, many new features and effects, see first post for details.
Added video preview see first post for link.
Looks very nice.
cool idea, but it needs higher quality images to start. maybe some additional settings to tweak the users experience?
Looks cool. going to give it a try.
How to remove this??????
for my dext it's tooooo heavy
can't find any way.. hmmm
edit.
es file xplorer can't find it but standard app remover yes... sorry (however nice app )
So I downloaded the app for my HTC Desire and sent it to me through mail. I installed the app and it said that it was installed. But I can't seem to find the app anywhere in my app list, anyone knows why?
I tried this out, it seems to be pretty cool, but on the Droid X it seems to tile images. Maybe it is set to work with a certain pixel size image and tiles them if they are over that size?
You can remove this when you go to settings --> Aplications --> Manage applications --> All
it should be in that list
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So I downloaded the app for my HTC Desire and sent it to me through mail. I installed the app and it said that it was installed. But I can't seem to find the app anywhere in my app list, anyone knows why?
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It's a live wallpaper, not an app. You set it as a wallpaper. That's why the thread starts with [Live Wallpaper]
Hehe.
Very cool. Woul love to pick an album, rather than just a single picture from my gallery. Perhaps picking a set number of pics would be ok, also.
lwp
I have never had a problem installing apps before, some reason with this i get an error saying that no app can be found to install it. Any ideas?
im a noob to all of this.. what steps need to be taken to get this onto your device? galexy s, vibrant to be exact
Its a cool live wallpaper its just makes my nexus choppy as hell, also I dont like the fact when you restart your phone and have a custom image the screen comes back on all white. Otherwise its pretty damn cool.
Very nice concept mate, works flawlessly on my SGS
Related
My second app!
This is a live wallpaper of Mario playing randomly generated levels. Every once in a while, a level ends and a new one begins. There are three themes for levels: outside, underground and castle. They appear in that order.
Have a look at wallpaper's settings! You might find something interesting there. Like the ability to change FPS, or to disable level background (making levels darker).
By default, this live wallpaper is in the playback mode. If you switch it to AI mode, it tends to waste a considerable amount of battery power because of the artificial intelligence, which is rather complex. The fact that the wallpaper is nice enough to be stared at for long periods of time, doesn't help that situation either.
By default, this wallpaper is set up to have a low priority. This is good, but not if your device is running a CPU intensive app. So - if the wallpaper is very slow on your device (something like 2 frames per second), consider looking at battery logs to find application(s) that waste a lot of CPU time.
And, at last, as all my work, this live wallpaper is donation supported too. So if you like it, consider buying be a cup of much needed cofee or a pizza.
See the video of how it looks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g58o9w0bg4
Issues? Read the FAQ in the next post below.
To get the live wallpaper, use this link from the android device, or this QR code:
<no longer available via market because of a legal claim by Nintendo>
Or, download this APK if you don't have the market on your device or for some reason don't see it there.
MarioLive_094b is the latest version.
Changelog:
0.94b, published 2010-7-23 [first post on page 25]
- by popular demand, removed the app icon that was added in 0.93b (now Help)
- new configuration options: Help, Changelog
- new group: appearance settings (with a preview)
- new appearance settings: Background color, Overlaying color (usefull for dimming)
- increased buffer to make transitions in low priority mode smoother
- ad space on top of settings is now reserved
0.93b, published 2010-7-17 [first post on page 24]
- new "playback mode" which saves battery, turned on by default
- smoother shifting of Mario
- added an app icon, explaining that this is a live wallpaper, and describing settings
- removed a limitation which prevented some devices from seeing the live wallpaper on the Market
- further bug fixes
0.92b, published 2010-6-26 [first post on page 5]
- bug fixes of force closing due to threading concurrency
- trying to fix a bug where Mario wouldn't be centered on Evo
0.91b, published 2010-6-26 [first post on page 4]
- fixed preview bug, where Mario wouldn't be in the center
- introduced "Always in center" option to force Mario be in the center all the time
0.9b, published 2010-6-25
- initial release
Frequently asked questions - FAQ
I've downloaded and installed it. How do I set it up as a Live Wallpaper?
Follow this procedure:
go to your home screen
press the menu button on your device
select "Wallpaper"
select "Live Wallpapers" *
search and select for "Mario Live Wallpaper"
select "Settings" to see the settings or select "Set wallpaper" to activate it
(* if you don't see "Live Wallpapers" option in the "Select wallpaper from" menu then your device probably doesn't support Live Wallpapers)
What is the difference between "AI Mode" and "Playback Mode"?
Playback mode uses prerecorded plays, so Mario doesn't think but just "plays back" one of the 1000 or so levels from memory. AI mode makes Mario smart, and he will use artificial intelligence to complete the level. AI mode uses MUCH MORE BATTERY, and also might not work correctly on some older devices due to lack of memory and processing power.
I've turned "AI Mode" on and this wallpaper wastes a lot of battery. What can I do?
That's just how the Mario's artificial intelligence is, very demanding on the phone's resources. Turn the AI Mode off or if you absolutely want it, you can disable course background and decrease FPS to remedy the issue.
Why does this Live wallpaper require internet access?
It's to download and show ads. They appear in the Live wallpaper's settings.
I can't find this on the market. Where is it?
Your phone is probably unsupported. If you're sure that your phone supports live wallpapers, you can try manually installing with the APKs that are at the end of the post above.
I can't download the APK. My phone says "Cannot download. The content is not supported on this phone". What to do?
Don't download it with your phone! The default browser in Android doesn't support downloading APK files. Try this:
download AndroZip from the market. It's a file browser app
download the latest APK from the first page of this thread, do it with your PC
transfer the APK to the phone's SD card
on the phone, go to Settings -> Applications -> check "Unknown sources"
launch AndroZip, search for the APK on the sd card, and select it. You should be offered to install the live wallpaper
later when installed, go to home screen, press the menu key, select Wallpaper -> Live Wallpapers, search for Mario Live Wallpaper and select it
This is so cool! How about you theme it like this game? Or make another like this other game? Or maybe that game?
This is not likely going to happen because of copyright issues. The Mario Live Wallpaper is made from free and open-source material (check About in the settings) while any other game (even themes from Super Mario) are a no-go because the vast majority is proprietary and copyrighted.
This LWP is very cool. Thanks! How can I contribute?
In a number of ways:
by contacting me if you have any issues, not mentioned in this FAQ
by saying thanks
by buying me a cup of coffee or a pizza
OMG
this is awesome!
GREAT!
i really laughed when seeing it!
really really great ^^
do you know how many battery it takes?
whats happening when there is a fullscreen app launched? i assume than the wallpaper is stopped?
edit: maybe a random difficult level could be good, so that he sometimes uses 1 or sometimes 15 every level different difficulty? randomly maybe?
haha thats really cool!
It lags a little though for me when I flip between screens, especially one with a scrolable widget.
Thank you for share with us
qvert said:
OMG
this is awesome!
GREAT!
i really laughed when seeing it!
really really great ^^
do you know how many battery it takes?
whats happening when there is a fullscreen app launched? i assume than the wallpaper is stopped?
edit: maybe a random difficult level could be good, so that he sometimes uses 1 or sometimes 15 every level different difficulty? randomly maybe?
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Thanks!
On my device it usually shows 10%. Yes, of course, the wallpaper pauses when it's not visible.
Good suggestion! I'll consider it. Right now the difficulty is actually random between what ever you set and up to 3 higher. So if you set 4, the difficulty will be random from 4 to 7.
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haha thats really cool!
It lags a little though for me when I flip between screens, especially one with a scrolable widget.
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It's supposed to lag. This means that it gives priority to your home screen and widgets. It you don't like this behaviour, turn off low priority from the settings, but then everything will lag. As I said, Mario's AI is complex.
can't find in market even when scanning QR code.
this is ridiculously awesome.
Awesome! Thank-you. It would be great if you made a version based on Super Mario World 1...
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can't find in market even when scanning QR code.
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There you go. I've added the APK to the first post.
pikipirs said:
There you go. I've added the APK to the first post.
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Thanks! was not showing up for me either. I'll redownload once available and rate it highly!
This **** is epic! I love it.
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There you go. I've added the APK to the first post.
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thanks, guess this is like the starfield wallpaper. it shows up for me on froyo but not eclair.
Nice job! *10char*
Very sweet and surprisingly smooth with Launcher Pro.
I downloaded the .apk from the first post and I'm running it on cyan 5.0.8. For some reason Mario is off the right side of the screen, so I can't see him actually jumping over anything or doing anything. Is this wallpaper supposed to be used in landscape mode or is something wrong with my install?
awesome!
found on market on 2.1
The best!!!
simply brilliant !
chesh420 said:
I downloaded the .apk from the first post and I'm running it on cyan 5.0.8. For some reason Mario is off the right side of the screen, so I can't see him actually jumping over anything or doing anything. Is this wallpaper supposed to be used in landscape mode or is something wrong with my install?
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The view should align with homescreens. If you're in the center homescreen, Mario should be at the center.
He might be shifted to the right in the live wallpaper preview mode, since that is the "zero" position.
WebLiveWallpaper: Set content (galleries/animations/sites/cams from the web or local files/folders) as Live Wallpaper, live widget or as picture frame.
Create your personal show, create your own (animated) wallpaper with JavaScript!
Original first post:
I wrote my first live wallpaper today because I did not find something like it and thought it should not be too difficult to do. So here it is. I always wanted a real live wallpaper displaying something from the web instead of just a picture or offline animation. For me it is really useful because I can keep an eye on my favourite webcam over the day and decide to go there if the conditions stay or improve. A lot of other use cases should be possible ...
There is now also a picture frame app and a live widget included (also running on devices without live wallpaper support).
WebLiveWallpaper BETA
market://details?id=com.dngames.websitelivewallpaper
http://market.android.com/details?id=com.dngames.websitelivewallpaper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3VM8L-rnzQ
Some instructions are included in the app description!
User Rangelus wrote a FAQ for me!
Happy to get some feedback,
Michael
Edit: updated apk to v0.98.4: large widgets and some smaller errors repaired
Edit: updated apk to v0.97.8: made local folders directly working as source
Edit: updated apk to v0.97.7.5: hopefully made it working on Android 1.5 devices and fixed Live Wallpaper Settings fc
Edit: updated apk to v0.97.7.1: rewrite of some stuff to fight memory and speed issues + app and widgets repaired again for Android versions without live wallpapers
Edit: updated apk to v0.97.6.7: Tried to save lost memory, to load settings more save for devices with slow file io. Added static gallery setting for fast refreshing large image gallery pictures after loaded once. + reddit as example for static gallery slideshow
Edit: updated apk to v0.97.6: New widget 4x2 size and finally selectable background color. Added reddit gallery (EarthPorn), seabreeze weather and a great Antwerpen (Belgium) harbour webcam as new examples.
Edit: updated apk to v0.97.4.19: Live! widgets in three sizes and with different content possible + widget context menu + fallback for missing images (advanced setting) + some internal rework
Edit: updated apk to v0.97.3.1: new Live! widget added (now paused when screen is off)
Edit: updated apk to v0.97.2.3: Widget repaired (!!) and other small changes + some crash fixes
Edit: updated apk to v0.97.1: Tutorial, some new animation examples + animated gifs also from sdcard now + website view and crash fixes
v0.97: new category of backgrounds: animation with some javascript/gif animation examples (this is a first version which still has to be improved!) + some crash fixes
v0.96.8.9: times stored/used in xml files, new extended image search fixes some sites which made digging more difficult
v0.96.8: first version of setup assistant + local pictures crash fix + again + trust all ssl certs ok + show crash fix + red screen fixed
0.96.7.1: show management and full mjpeg video streaming support (+ mjpeg change fix)
v0.96.6.3: local pictures (your gallery)/sites can also be showed, internal changes, more settings (+wifi reload fix)
version 0.96.3 has fixes again, runs google image search ok and streams (slow!) video in web snapshot mode
version 0.96.1 has fixes and new web view/snapshot
version 0.96 now you can create your own show!!! (and a lot of changes again)
version 0.95.1 with editable xml quickselection data and new options
version 0.95
Noone else thinking this is a great idea?
This enables you to get an automated cycling flickr-Wallpaper, the National Geographic Pic of the Day automatically on your homescreen. Or the latest News-Picture, or your wallpapers from many image galleries. And of course webcams ... and so on. I think this freedom and possibilities is what makes Android so great!
New version with asynchronous loading, much improved website parsing. Still a lot to do (performance, widget, website redirects supported, better organisation of links and settings, ...) and so little time. But I really think this one has to appeal to some more people than just on a few sports-forums I read/post where people enjoy watching webcams!?!
New apk attached to first post!
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This enables you to get an automated cycling flickr-Wallpaper, the National Geographic Pic of the Day automatically on your homescreen. Or the latest News-Picture, or your wallpapers from many image galleries. And of course webcams ... and so on. I think this freedom and possibilities is what makes Android so great!
New version with asynchronous loading, much improved website parsing. Still a lot to do (performance, widget, website redirects supported, better organisation of links and settings, ...) and so little time. But I really think this one has to appeal to some more people than just on a few sports-forums I read/post where people enjoy watching webcams!?!
New apk attached to first post!
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I'll def give this a try!
this is awesome! thank you..
This seems a brilliant yet simple idea and seems to be well done. I will give this a try but its not realy for me as i dont have a data plan and only really use my wifi at home to connect so the updates on the pic would not be frequent enough.....maybe one day I will treat myself.
Thanks for your hard work
Def. bookmarked for later use. Very good idea.
New version 0.84 with optimizations and better gallery support
Loading is faster now (and you can enable a progress bar if you are curious/need to know).
I also added an option to dig into picture galleries (load the large version of the image which looks much better as a wallpaper on highres phones).
For the next update I am working on cycling the gallery pictures instead of using the most recent "best" one so there will be even more Live for more 'static' webpages.
New apk attached to first post!
Awesome. Thanks!
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
Version 0.9
Has a lot of changes (hopefully good ones) with the loading and gallery stuff and a LOT of options to set everything fine.
For example WIFI exclusive updating has been added! Also the quick selections have presets now to explain useful settings for your sites ...
Still a lot to do. Next will be password protected webcam/server access.
0.9.1 fixes some things
no more default WIFI-only enabled (red screen if mobile at first start)
fixes of parameters for some quick selection items
no more crashes with wrong/incomplete URLs entered by hand
0.91 ... watch xdadevelopers (or other website) live on your homescreen background
See last screenshot attached to first post It's a hack (web snapshot) I may regret/have to replace by something else later and not fast. But should be ok for a lot of use cases.
And a lot of more serious updates like a sorted settings menu, access to standard password protected servers/cams, better gallery updating with long refresh times.
Edit: v0.91.1 can now be opened after install/in market for all those people not knowing what a wallpaper is!
Taking a look at this on my sgs!!
Dev, you should have more confidence in patience, it's a great idea ;-). I typically wait until things hit the RSS, so I'm sure you'll see a little spike since it just came up in the past 20 minutes.
Good luck! I do have a question, have you judged the battery life impact? I did see the custom refresh rate option, but still I am curious to see what impact it had on both your idle and active battery life stats if you update as often as a regular widget since it'll probably download more data.
Suggestions: Be able to set up a schedule
Preferably with different settings for different days. For instance, M-F have it set to use pic of the day with an update every 24 hours, then on weekends have it set up to show a web/weathercam every 15 mins.
Also, being able to set it, instead of every X seconds, being able to set it to update maybe 3x on M-F would help out in a few cases. Example, to see a traffic or weather cam just before going to/from work.
Good luck, I look forward to seeing what you do with it, I'll let you know my findings.
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no more default WIFI-only enabled (red screen if mobile at first start)
fixes of parameters for some quick selection items
no more crashes with wrong/incomplete URLs entered by hand
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all i can say is AMAZING
and also FOOTBALL scores as my live wallpaper FTW
come on you POOL!
Very nice. Works pretty well.
It would be real nice if you could get the picture to use the whole screen. Not sure if you are constrained by the site of course but I want to use this on my Archos 101 and it has a 1024X600 resolution so I get a lot of black bars.
Thank you for making this available.
Good idea.
How is on battery life though?
Very interested to see where this goes. Great idea IMHO. Subscribed.
Nice work.
Nice work. While trying this out, I ran across an issue. I accidentally the refresh time. If you enter nothing for the refresh time, it will force close (v0.91.2).
Great idea
Think of busy parents whose kids are in a daycare with kiddie cameras...live feed of your baby !
Awesome app. Ive bben wanting something like this for a while. Maybe could add some battery saving settings. thank you !!!!!!!
Just a small quick and dirty app that let you change some of the GTA3 default settings.
Original settings are backed up to (GTA3 Folder)/files/GTA3/gta3.gtsettingslauncher.set. If the app completely fails or you want to use the original settings after uninstalling the app, just copy this file back to (...)/gta3.set.
When your gta3.set is missing, please start the game and go to the display options. Change some settings and then hit "restore defaults". Then try again and start the settings app.
If there is still no settings file, get one from this forum (e.g. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20950484&postcount=29) or google. After launching the game with the downloaded settings file go to the in-game display settings an click "restore defaults". That should fix some problems with screen width and height.
Available Settings:
Shadows: On/Off
Lighting: On/Off
Resolution: High/Low
Rendering Distance: 18 Steps
Blur: On/Off *
* Blur is not working for me. The setting is always disabled when starting the game. Maybe it is working on other devices (Tegra?).
Currently only tested on I9100 with GTA3 German. Please let me know if it is working or not.
Changes:
2012/01/03 - v1.4:
catch more exceptions
changed launcher, it now hopefully will find the target more often
2012/01/02 - v1.3:
added another external_sd path (now searching in "/mnt/sdcard/external_sd/Android/data/", "/mnt/sdcard/Android/data/", "/mnt/sdcard/external_sd/data/" for package)
2011/12/31 - v1.2:
added launcher icon
added blur setting (which might have no effect)
changed namespace - please uninstall the old version manually. I used an example package found on the internet as skeleton and forgot to change it, sry
2011/12/29 - v1.1:
added external_sd to search path
Make sure to download the LATEST version.
Thankyou excellent work dev,works great.
My device is zte skate
And at 900Mhz on Atomic 2.5 rom,
Chainfire reduce texture size and quality,
With this app you have created,
It is running good now.
I just get instant force close when trying to run this. I was looking to try the lower resolution for performance increase.
I'm using a rooted vibrant (t959), with a custom 2.2 rom
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I just get instant force close when trying to run this. I was looking to try the lower resolution for performance increase.
I'm using a rooted vibrant (t959), with a custom 2.2 rom
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Can you please post the full path to the original gta3.set? I think the path can't be found.
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Can you please post the full path to the original gta3.set? I think the path can't be found.
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http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/kxlling/2011-12-29_130706.png
The path is in that screen shot.
Added "external_sd" to search path. Please try again with the new version.
+ 1
Works great now, thanks for the fix. Almost lag free now. Thanks!
thanks for sharing, i hope this is worked on my device
Works perfect on the HTC Desire HD! Thank you! :>
Sent from my loved HTC Desire [email protected] <3
Works perfect on my Sensation! Thank you!
I've attached two screenshots. One with defaultsettings and one with tweaked settings.
I get forced close also on zte blade (orange san fran)
But the game runs any ideas?
arnookie said:
I get forced close also on zte blade (orange san fran)
But the game runs any ideas?
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When does it crash? Right after starting the settings app or when you try to "Save and Start"?
Can you please also post the path to your gta3.set? Maybe it is a path problem again.
Awesome!
Work perfectly on Xperia play!
It crashes just after starting app.
I fixed it I had to download and copy the file called gta3.set into the correct folder as no file of that name was in the data folder. After I did that the patcher worked fine. :O)
Seems some phones don't create the gta3.set file. Maybe you could include one with the patch or make it auto generate one for people like me. Thanks for the patch. ;0)
Awesome app. I was wondering though, is it possible to integrate more features/mods in the app?
Theres a post on the main page of xda showing mods, also another thread in this same section for gta mods like lamborghini/audi/VW cars, coca cola machines, better texture packs, etc. That would be crazy if you can add those features so we have a all in one mod app for the gta game and can apply them without much messing around. Hopefully that would even help more people add more content to make the game experience even better.
This worked great on my Asus Transformer!
I was surprised to find out the default settings were set so low. Even on my Tegra 2 device. It looks SO much better now.
Thanks for this - works great on my Desire Hd and Haipad M7S - draw distance on low means I can have the effects on and it runs fine on the Desire!
where should i paste this file?anywhere in my sdcard?anyone?plss..
edit: got it work..thanks OP.. ^^
Added a launcher icon and the blur setting. Bluring is not working on my i9100 (it is just disabled by the game while launching), but maybe it will work on other chipsets.
Download is appended to first post.
Updates:
Version 13 28.10.2012:
-Many new features added on htc evo 3d version
-neverending road, drag to drive
-big 3d analog clock
-timeshift-displacement lava-like shader material
-Sterescopic suport, red-green, s3d and normal mode
-...
Version 9 10.10.2012:
-Faster Rendering for all Objects
-Changed to old fluid colors
Version 8 07.10.2012:
loading custom obj files!
Load any 3D-Mesh to your 3D live wallpaper!
Just place "beammeup.obj" on sd root and activate loading from settings.
Try with attached exampes.
News: New HTC-evo-3D stereoscopic Version in new thread...
obj-import will work for both versions soon:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904203
Version 7 25.09.2012:
saved some cpu-power, reworked internal framerate-and sensordelay, re-balanced Color Fluid Surface-Particles, fixed a bug of previous Versions not showing 3D-Andoid if active alone.
Version 6 25.09.2012:
HTC-Evo-3D Stereoscopic Flying Particle added in landscape and portrait
Version 5 25.09.2012:
-HTC-Evo-3D Stereoscopic 3D Mode supported in landscape and portrait with auto switchig orientation. Use with "Jmz 3D Switcher". 3D-Mode can be used with other Objects. It has one build-in Image yet and can load custom, pre-interlaced in devices resolution. Will add sterescopic support for 3D-Objects like the Android and loading custom obj´s. Also particles flying into your head...
-Optimized color fluid and beta-particles a little and rebalanced the connection between both so activate both and test.
-I forgot to disable multisampling on Version 4 so it is the only version with multisampling. It will not run on devices without ms. Also it looks a little better and runs a little slower. This is was only Version 4, "fixed" on Version 5...
Fix Version 4 24.09.2012: Path to not-cropped Image will be saved since this version, so selected Image will come up after reboot or resetting wallpaper. If image is not avilible because sdcard is not mounted yet after reboot, backup tex will be used until sdcard is mounted. If Image is renamed or deleted, also backup tex will be used until you set another image or restore missing file. So all Settings should work fine now.
Note: Framerate and Sensorspeed are tweaked to 100% to give you a very smooth first run, until you touch the framerate slider first time.
I can't stop touching my phone!
BIG UPDATE Liquid Version 3 23.09.2012:
So much new stuff: New Objects, New Features, New artworks, New Settings, many Fixes and Changes, improved stability.
New Objects:
-The amazing Color Fluid Surface(including; Liquid Colors, Anti-Color, Particles, a swimming Object, Connections to other Objects, own new sub-section in Settings)
-Full Screen Image(just shifting a little with homescreen)
-New Liquid Beta-Particles (linked to the Fluid Surface to make 2 fluid physics engines connected driving each other!)
-The amazing Color Fluid Surface:
Get a realy liquid screen.
Make fine colorfull swhirls with each finger or mix the whole fluid witch all touch points.
Continuously auto-selecting the "next most-amazing color" for each touch point.
See the colors mixing transparent on any background.
Finger 4 will dropp Anti-Color, the mathematical opposite of Color. Anti-Color and Color will be colorfull neutralized against each other. Naturally Anti-Color is invisible but I found a way to show it. It´s enabled on default and will change to it´s naturally invisibility if switching to "Inverse Fluid Colors".
The Engine has it´s "own" swimming Particles and a swimming customizable Object.
Some Objects are connected to the fluid and will swimm in fluid and/or add forces to it.
The Fluid Particles are very fine and have some options, you can select an independent build-in texture to keep them look Particle-like while using any Picture on other Objects.
Fluid Surface code is great but calculated on cpu and needs power at higher fluid resolution. This needs some optimizations, I will try to move some expensive calculations to faster scripts or buffer-array-operations to make it run faster at higher resolutions. Rendering fluid is already fast.
-Static Background Picture. It´s just shifting a little with homescreen. If you select a not-transparent Picture, background will hide the 3D-Android and the 3D-Background Particles, so don't forget to disable hidden Objects to safe power.
-New Liquid Beta-Particles.
Interesting dynamic physics. Connected to Fluid Surface, if active together, engines will move each other, result will move very dynamic or chaotic.
Beta because unoptimized, slow, cpu draining, laggy touch and unstable physics could force close somtimes because moving out of bounds. But It can blast the Fluid
-New Image Artworks all supporting Transparency:
If you want to use old removed Images, you can extract the Images from old apk file.
-New Settings. Added icons to most options. Select Picture direct from Image-Buttons.
As simple and friendly as possible.
Linked gravity-sensor-delay to framerate slider to make it fast or power-saving together.
Added info and contact button linked to this thread(nothing else online yet).
Wallpaper runs fine without sdcard now. Just Cropping Image is not possible without sdcard reasonable.
- Build on Android 4.1.-, minimum required Android 2.2.
Runs Best on 4.1 with "additional features" and best stability. Settings Icons will not be visible on older Androids than 2.3.3 if I am right.
Runs on every phone and virtual device I tested. Also it runs on my TegravII Tablet on Android x86 4.0 R2 but only the 3D-Android is shown and changing Picture works but everything else not. So I will try to get it running complete on not fully compatible Android x86 later.
-Bugs: Nothing is realy broken for me. For left bugs seems just trying again makes it fine.
Loading or Cropping Pictures could still fail on bigger images or incompatible formats. I will rework the image handling a little softer to make this stable. Unfortunately Wallpaper can force close on first start in some cases.
This was next step to get everything ready for more interesting stuff.
Please send some feedback after testing.
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Version 2 28.08.2012:
-New Version Build on Android 4.1.(V1 was build on Android 2.2)
-Fixed a Cropping Bug(should run more stable on most devices)
-Added Settings and Wallpaper Picker Icon, Picker can be launched after Setup
-Some Changes on loading Settings, Settings can be used before setting Wallpaper now
-This Update should fix most bugs and enable new UI in Settings!
Wallpaper Description:
Highly customizable by loading Images to interacitve Objects on fast GLES2 (OpenGL ES 2.X) Engine.
MainFeatures:
-Load any Image from Gallery to any interactive object! (supporting jpg and png with transparency)
-Load any Image cropped from Gallery to any interactive object! (supporting jpg and png without transparency)
-Fast GLES2 Engine! -Multitouch -Gravity-Sensor
-Transparency on all objects (if transparent png used)
-5 included Example Images with transparency
-Many Settings
Objects:
-Big multitouch Layer in foreground supporting G-Sensor
-Background 3D-Particles floating and rotating on Home-Screen-Shift
-High-Quality Particle System, dropping Particles from all touch-points to Gravity-Direction. Particles are rotating and random glittering when dying.
-The Bouncing Object. Elastic, downfalling, touchable, could be anything depending on the picture you select. This can get knot, you can unknot by throwing around or resetting by hiding Wallpaper(opening an app or turning display off and on will reset physics)
-The 3D-Android. Mustsee! Smooth, high Quality 3D Object with fine Mapping your Image. Rotating on Homescreen Shift and Gravity-Sensor.
Engine/App Features:
-required Android 2.2. <-> 4.1 compatible.
-Superfast GLES2 Engine on low CPU Power. Everything is displayed via optimized Shaderscripts on the GPU Buffer.
-Adjustable Framerate. Depending on Device Speed and selected Objects you can save Power by slowing down Framerate. Best result shold be about 90% with a little delay. At 100 % it will run without delay, should be no problem but not required.
-Low CPU-Power at all. Worst case with all Objects active and 100% Framerate(no delay) it consumes only about 30% CPU Power on my Evo 3D.
-Wallpaper only needs Power if visible. Propper freeing all recources and unregistering sensors if invisible.
-Settings Launcher in Notification Bar.(could be toggled in settings)
-Can be moved to sdcard in app menu
-I will implement much more (ai talking to you, more Physics, 3D-Wallpaper-Designer-App, obj-Importer,Kinect-Scan-Importer...)
Premissions:
Change/Delete External Storage. Neede to save the cropped Image.
Loading From Galery Info:
Without cropping only a link will made to load the original Image. Loading linked Image can fail! Chance to fail is higher on larger images. Also re-initialising after sucsessfull load can fail. Also speed will slow down if using big images. No Problems on smaller images, great for loading png icons with transparency. Ideal size is 512x512 Pixels (Image will be used direct as gl texture without resizing). After rebooting Device link to Image could get lost and backup tex will be loaded. Please select Image again.
By Cropping a resized 512x512 Version is saved on sdcard/jbGLESIIwallpaper/curbg.png. You can replace this Image with a transparent png for example and it should come up if you select cropped from Gallery without finishing cropping(that would overwrite the replaced)
This should work without Problems. Cropping Pictures could fail. Try again, this should bring up any jpg or png.
BUGS!!!
-Please set Wallpaper before launching Settings!!! Launching Settings before setting Wallpaper can drive you into strange Behaviours*.
-Wallpaper needs SD-Card! Wallpaper should run without sd but needs sd to start, to launch setting and to bring up custom images. If custom image is selected, wp should use backup Image and load your selected if sd is mounted again.
-Selecting Images from Gallery can fail. Please try again or try cropped.
-Selecting Images from Gallery can crash the Wallpaper or get into strange Behaviours*.
-It is only tested on my Evo [email protected], a Xperia [email protected] and some emulator images. It works on the SDK-Emulators GPU-Emulation (faster as suspected). Loading the Image as GLESII Texture needs the GPU to support the pixels format, this may fail on some devices or drivers.
-Wallpaper will start on default settings after rebooting device, setting another Wallpaper, crashing or re-installing, but your Settings are saved and will be restored if launching Settings Menu.
*strange Behaviours: waiting, staying black, force close, not opening settings, text in settings broken, asking for superuser premissions.
If you get into strange Behaviours please kill the app from app menu and try again. Everything will work fine!
a bug-free version would have not all the features yet. I am very sorry for any Problem and except everyone will be able to get it running fine.
I hope someone will have fun with it! I like it. I coded this using many open sources. It is just the beginning, to get the engine perfect with all features I want. This will be much more soon.
Downloads:
looks pretty sweet. Nice job. Will report any bugs I find.
Update Version 2 28.08.2012: Must Bugs fixed, 4.1 build
Updates:
Version 2 28.08.2012:
-New Version Build on Android 4.1.(V1 was build on Android 2.2)
-Fixed a Cropping Bug(should run more stable on most devices)
-Added Settings and Wallpaper Picker Icon, Picker can be launched after Setup
-Some Changes on loading Settings, Settings can be used before setting Wallpaper now
-This Update should fix most bugs and enable new UI in Settings!
Looks cool, gonna try
Sent from my SGH-T989 with Cyanogenmod 10 Alpha Power.
Great wallpaper! I loved it!
Sent from my PC36100 using xda premium
Da_Rock_1119 said:
Great wallpaper! I loved it!
Sent from my PC36100 using xda premium
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Happy to hear that after all that work(continued)!
Thanks for first feedback!
@All: I have an urgent project and hollydays next week so updates will be small or after that (I can edit and build project on phone, so maybe I find some time at the beach
Version 3: Can't stop touching my phone!
Updates:
Can't stop touching my phone!
BIG UPDATE Liquid Version 3 22.09.2012:
So much new stuff: New Objects, New Features, New artworks, New Settings, many Fixes and Changes, improved stability.
New Objects:
-The amazing Color Fluid Surface(including; Liquid Colors, Anti-Color, Particles, a swimming Object, Connections to other Objects, own new sub-section in Settings)
-Full Screen Image(just shifting a little with homescreen)
-New Liquid Beta-Particles (linked to the Fluid Surface to make 2 fluid physics engines connected driving each other!)
-The amazing Color Fluid Surface:
Get a realy liquid screen.
Make fine colorfull swhirls with each finger or mix the whole fluid witch all touch points.
Continuously auto-selecting the "next most-amazing color" for each touch point.
See the colors mixing transparent on any background.
Finger 4 will dropp Anti-Color, the mathematical opposite of Color. Anti-Color and Color will be colorfull neutralized against each other. Naturally Anti-Color is invisible but I found a way to show it. It´s enabled on default and will change to it´s naturally invisibility if switching to "Inverse Fluid Colors".
The Engine has it´s "own" swimming Particles and a swimming customizable Object.
Some Objects are connected to the fluid and will swimm in fluid and/or add forces to it.
The Fluid Particles are very fine and have some options, you can select an independent build-in texture to keep them look Particle-like while using any Picture on other Objects.
Fluid Surface code is great but calculated on cpu and needs power at higher fluid resolution. This needs some optimizations, I will try to move some expensive calculations to faster scripts or buffer-array-operations to make it run faster at higher resolutions. Rendering fluid is already fast.
-Static Background Picture. It´s just shifting a little with homescreen. If you select a not-transparent Picture, background will hide the 3D-Android and the 3D-Background Particles, so don't forget to disable hidden Objects to safe power.
-New Liquid Beta-Particles.
Interesting dynamic physics. Connected to Fluid Surface, if active together, engines will move each other, result will move very dynamic or chaotic.
Beta because unoptimized, slow, cpu draining, laggy touch and unstable physics could force close somtimes because moving out of bounds. But It can blast the Fluid
-New Image Artworks all supporting Transparency:
If you want to use old removed Images, you can extract the Images from old apk file.
-New Settings. Added icons to most options. Select Picture direct from Image-Buttons.
As simple and friendly as possible.
Linked gravity-sensor-delay to framerate slider to make it fast or power-saving together.
Added info and contact button linked to this thread(nothing else online yet).
Wallpaper runs fine without sdcard now. Just Cropping Image is not possible without sdcard reasonable.
- Build on Android 4.1.-, minimum required Android 2.2.
Runs Best on 4.1 with "additional features" and best stability. Settings Icons will not be visible on older Androids than 2.3.3 if I am right.
Runs on every phone and virtual device I tested. Also it runs on my TegravII Tablet on Android x86 4.0 R2 but only the 3D-Android is shown and changing Picture works but everything else not. So I will try to get it running complete on not fully compatible Android x86 later.
-Bugs: Nothing is realy broken for me. For left bugs seems just trying again makes it fine.
Loading or Cropping Pictures could still fail on bigger images or incompatible formats. I will rework the image handling a little softer to make this stable. Unfortunately Wallpaper can force close on first start in some cases.
This was next step to get everything ready for more interesting stuff.
Please send some feedback after testing.
Fix Version 4 24.09.2012: Path to not-cropped Image will be saved
Updates:
Fix Version 4 24.09.2012: Path to not-cropped Image will be saved since this version, so selected Image will come up after reboot or resetting wallpaper. If image is not avilible because sdcard is not mounted yet after reboot, backup tex will be used until sdcard is mounted. If Image is renamed or deleted, also backup tex will be used until you set another image or restore missing file.
So all Settings should work fine now.
Note: Framerate and Sensorspeed are tweaked to 100% to give you a very smooth first run, until you touch the framerate slider first time.
Version 5: HTC-Evo-3D Stereoscopic 3D Mode supported and some fixes
Version 5 25.09.2012:
-HTC-Evo-3D Stereoscopic 3D Mode supported in landscape and portrait with auto switchig orientation. Use with "Jmz 3D Switcher". 3D-Mode can be used with other Objects. It has one build-in Image yet and can load custom, pre-interlaced in devices resolution. Will add sterescopic support for 3D-Objects like the Android and loading custom obj´s. Also particles flying into your head...
-Optimized color fluid and beta-particles a little and rebalanced the connection between both so activate both and test.
-I forgot to disable multisampling on Version 4 so it is the only version with multisampling. It will not run on devices without ms. Also it looks a little better and runs a little slower. This is was only Version 4, "fixed" on Version 5...
very nice, thank so much
Update:
Version 6 25.09.2012:
HTC-Evo-3D Stereoscopic Flying Particle added in landscape and portrait
Update:
Version 7 25.09.2012:
saved some cpu-power, reworked internal framerate-and sensordelay, balanced Color Fluid Surface-Particles, fixed a bug of previous Versions not showing 3D-Andoid if active alone.
News: New HTC-evo-3D stereoscopic Version in new thread...
obj-import will work for both versions soon:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904203
Update: obj-import: Load any 3D mesh to wallpaper.
Update:
Version 8 07.10.2012:
loading custom obj files!
Load any 3D-Mesh to your 3D live wallpaper!
Just place "beammeup.obj" on sd root and activate loading from settings.
Try with attached exampes.
Update: V9: Performance
-Faster Rendering for all Objects
-Changed back to old fluid colors
Update: Version 13 28.10.2012: many new features
-Many new features added on htc evo 3d version
-neverending road, drag to drive
-big 3d analog clock
-timeshift-displacement lava-like shader material
-Sterescopic suport, red-green, s3d and normal mode
-...
Use your notch as a battery bar in this live wallpaper.
I need someone to test this app on the Essential Phone. So if you install the trial version on the phone, adjust the size and post a picture(not a screenshot), I will give away pro version codes for the first 3 people.
Trial - Play store link
Paid - customizable - Play store link
Looks pretty awful, since it's designed for wide notches and we only got a "drop" of a notch...
Width: 200
Height: 150
Used settings:
Width: 220
Height: 160
After applying size adjustments to app, nothing happens.. all I see is the wallpaper, and the app wants me to change 5he wallpaper as well?
This is a very creative app; appreciate the ongoing work for this ?
Please give me code too.
210x155
I tried your app with a bunch of different settings to try to get one that works well with this phone.
width 170
height 129
Seems to work best for me.
One issue I have with it is the angle of the slope.
Is there any way you could simply make the highlighting properly follow the curve of the notch for this phone, rather than spread out (thicker) at the top and around the bend (bottom). FYI: I could never see the color band below the notch (as shown in your video for other phones).
Also, there should be a way to visualize any changes you make rather than going pixel by pixel to try to get to the perfect setting for your phone. --> Hit apply. --> Hit back. --> Hit preview. --> Realizing you have to change it again and again. --> Hit back. --> Hit edit. Change #s. --> Repeat.
Simply too many steps.
My guess is that the average user takes 10-15 tries to get to the correct-ish numbers for their specific device.
Suggestion:
I know it's a lot of work with so many phones, but maybe a submission key / option so you can begin to collect preset ranges that people are using for the most common phones.
Question:
Is there any way to implement this so that it overlays when you are using another app. Right now, it only shows on the home screen (wallpaper only).
Because of this, I can't use muzei
If you can do this, I'll happily buy it.
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Feel free to PM a code if these suggestions are useful.
mazubo said:
After applying size adjustments to app, nothing happens.. all I see is the wallpaper, and the app wants me to change 5he wallpaper as well?
This is a very creative app; appreciate the ongoing work for this
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You have to hit preview to see the changes.
Interesting app. I just previewed the trial. I need to play a bit with the sizing though. I'm a little disappointed this is a live wallpaper though. I'd like to use a different live wallpaper. Is there no way to use this as an overlay or something, even with root?
If you buy the app it let's you change the wallpaper
martinezs89 said:
If you buy the app it let's you change the wallpaper
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But I don't think you can use 2 LIVE wallpapers at the same time.
gk1984 said:
Interesting app. I just previewed the trial. I need to play a bit with the sizing though. I'm a little disappointed this is a live wallpaper though. I'd like to use a different live wallpaper. Is there no way to use this as an overlay or something, even with root?
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Yes, we cannot use 2 live wallpapers at the same time. And the wallpaper needs to be live otherwise it wont be able to update itself.