I downloaded some nice live wallpapers last night, then went to Smart Actions (Verizon Droid RAZR, latest official build, Gingerbread 2.3.5, rooted) to create an action to change live wallpapers at different times of day. Immediately I discovered that this will only work with static wallpapers. I checked the apps "Actions" and "Tasker" and both were even more limited - they only allowed you to put up an image as a wallpaper and could not even change "real" wallpaper. I scoured the Android Market and found nothing that would change live wallpapers. Then I turned to Google and discovered that live wallpaper is really a form of app.
No where can I find how to launch a live wallpaper from one of these profile apps. Can someone point me in the right direction?
I want to know too
There is a thread which mentions "wallpaper switcher" and "wallpaper rotator" on androidforums
I have confirmed both exist on the market and *should* do what you want. No guarantees as I haven't tried either
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OOPS! Noob mistake. You meant live wallpaper.
Can't reply quick enough to state that because forum is preventing me with the 5 min noobieness rule. As it should...
I like to run live wallpaper while charging the phone or in the HD dock
After some digging, I came up empty. It must be pretty difficult to do since it is so difficult to find any. I'll dig around and read up on live wallpapers: how to make/set/list available in Android.
This appears to be a secret closely held by Buddhist monks guarded 24/7 by female ninjas (formerly employed by Moamar Khadafy) in the sacred central room of the grand monastery in Lhasa, Tibet.
But from what I gather, a live wallpaper is really a type of app, but not your regular app app. Changing live wallpaper involves terminating ("Hasta la vista, baby.") the running wallpaper "app" and executing a new one. Problem is, there is no documentation on how to execute the new wallpaper "app". The code to do so is hidden within the live wallpaper chooser app. If someone has access to that source code, they could tell us how to do it, but it would involve writing a simple app that takes the name of the new and old wallpapers as arguments so it could do the switch. It can't be very hard, and I'm surprised nobody appears to have done it. In fact, I haven't even seen an app to change static wallpaper from the wallpaper list. They only switch images you provide. 'Tis very strange.
Yea it seems like there is no code for actually setting a live wallpaper in WallpaperManager.
The best I can implementation I can imagine with the options provided is to set some interval (random or not) where the user is presented with the ACTION_LIVE_WALLPAPER_CHOOSER activity and they can then change it. I don't know what setStream does exactly but maybe it could be used to accomplish something similar???
Very odd why there is no hook into actually setting a live wallpaper, AFAICT.
Maybe there is some security reason for preventing this.
I am also very interested in this. Just got my first Droid device, downloaded a couple of Live wallpapers and would love to have a way to cycle them automatically.
how can i download
and where can I find it???
How does Wallpaper manager know which files are LWP's to make the list of choices? It sure seems like this would let us make a kist of variables for tasker to randomize.
Figured this out in a ghetto format
I found away around this that isn't pretty but it works. I basically wrote down exactly what I would do to launch my Live Wallpapers and what tasks it would need on paper. I came up with a bunch of Input selections that will mimic opening all the prompts and settings. Basically the tasks starts like this:
1. Go Home
2. Button - Menu
3. Button - Down 1
4. Button - Press
etc etc.
For mine, there's about 10 steps total but only took me 5 mins of work.
I'm also surprised why this hasn't been impemented yet. Seems interesting idea and something that should be done.
Yea I had tried posting about this elsewehere and nobody even responded. I guess it's not something that many people want until more phones and are efficient enough to run LWP regularly
I am also very interested in this.
davidkerkes said:
I found away around this that isn't pretty but it works. I basically wrote down exactly what I would do to launch my Live Wallpapers and what tasks it would need on paper. I came up with a bunch of Input selections that will mimic opening all the prompts and settings. Basically the tasks starts like this:
1. Go Home
2. Button - Menu
3. Button - Down 1
4. Button - Press
etc etc.
For mine, there's about 10 steps total but only took me 5 mins of work.
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huh?
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This appears to be a secret closely held by Buddhist monks guarded 24/7 by female ninjas (formerly employed by Moamar Khadafy) in the sacred central room of the grand monastery in Lhasa, Tibet.
But from what I gather, a live wallpaper is really a type of app, but not your regular app app. Changing live wallpaper involves terminating ("Hasta la vista, baby.") the running wallpaper "app" and executing a new one. Problem is, there is no documentation on how to execute the new wallpaper "app". The code to do so is hidden within the live wallpaper chooser app. If someone has access to that source code, they could tell us how to do it, but it would involve writing a simple app that takes the name of the new and old wallpapers as arguments so it could do the switch. It can't be very hard, and I'm surprised nobody appears to have done it. In fact, I haven't even seen an app to change static wallpaper from the wallpaper list. They only switch images you provide. 'Tis very strange.
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Android is open source, isn't the live wallpaper chooser app part of the OS?
https://www.google.de/url?sa=t&sour...PpB8zAzQMCo8pWlUg&sig2=eEy5qQbJ7OGeL0d_d5lMqw
How to Do it with tasker
automatic wall changer
u can change your wallpapers automatically by downloading zedge app & in seting u can chage it for every 1 hour ,6hours, every day or also manual update is also possible by placing zedge app on desktop.u can download the app from play store but u maynot find it.its better u search in google then click on zedge app the use.keep all ur wallpapers in sdcard>zedge>wallpapaper
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u can change your wallpapers automatically by downloading zedge app & in seting u can chage it for every 1 hour ,6hours, every day or also manual update is also possible by placing zedge app on desktop.u can download the app from play store but u maynot find it.its better u search in google then click on zedge app the use.keep all ur wallpapers in sdcard>zedge>wallpapaper
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Also Easy Profiles in the playstore can do it, but it stopped working for me after i updated to Kitkat.
Tasker / Secure Settings
I used Secure Settings from the play store. Not perfect though, but it's a start. (Tasker → Plugins → Secure Settings → Launch Activity → Choose App → Live Wallpaper)
I know it's 2016 but I found a way!
larrygeary said:
I downloaded some nice live wallpapers last night, then went to Smart Actions (Verizon Droid RAZR, latest official build, Gingerbread 2.3.5, rooted) to create an action to change live wallpapers at different times of day. Immediately I discovered that this will only work with static wallpapers. I checked the apps "Actions" and "Tasker" and both were even more limited - they only allowed you to put up an image as a wallpaper and could not even change "real" wallpaper. I scoured the Android Market and found nothing that would change live wallpapers. Then I turned to Google and discovered that live wallpaper is really a form of app.
No where can I find how to launch a live wallpaper from one of these profile apps. Can someone point me in the right direction?
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Try Automate from play store (com.llamalab.automate)
(I haven't tested it since it requires root)
Related
I made this little app called Wallpaper Changer which comes with a widget to let you change your wallpaper with one click.
Simply add the wallpapers to a "rotation list" in the app and then you can rotate through your list with a single click on the widget. Additionally, you can also activate a timer which automatically changes your background image on a predefined time interval. You can also chose to enable the timer only when connected to an external power supply, though I haven't felt a significant battery drain with an interval of 30 mins yet.
If you don't use the timer, then there's no background service running or something, so it shouldn't affect your battery or performence in any way. Therefore it might take some seconds to actually change the wallpaper as the images are loaded only on demand.
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Feel free to post any kind of feedback / suggestions / bug-reports here
Current beta version: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31257394&postcount=126
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Wallpaper Changer, App for the Apps & Games
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j4velin
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Status: Stable
Created 2014-11-06
Last Updated 2014-11-06
This looks cool. I was thinking about something like this today. I'll check it out. Maybe you could add an option to change the wallpaper everytime you lock or unlock the phone.
thanks for the suggestion, i will implement it in the upcoming release
Looks good & promising Nice job
j4velin said:
I made this little app called Wallpaper Changer which comes with a widget to let you change your wallpaper with one click.
Simply add the wallpapers to a "rotation list" in the app and then you can rotate through your list with a single click on the widget. Additionally, you can also activate a timer which automatically changes your background image on a predefined time interval. You can also chose to enable the timer only when connected to an external power supply, though I haven't felt a significant battery drain with an interval of 30 mins yet.
If you don't use the timer, then there's no background service running or something, so it shouldn't affect your battery or performence in any way. Therefore it might take some seconds to actually change the wallpaper as the images are loaded only on demand.
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Feel free to post any kind of feedback / suggestions / bug-reports here
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thanks very nice idea... I missed it on my desire s.
It would be great to have the option to add a whole wallpaper folder (not single wallpaper ... if you have more then 10 wallpapers.... )
slyk2203 said:
thanks very nice idea... I missed it on my desire s.
It would be great to have the option to add a whole wallpaper folder (not single wallpaper ... if you have more then 10 wallpapers.... )
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Agreed. I already have a folder like this for a similar app.
slyk2203 said:
thanks very nice idea... I missed it on my desire s.
It would be great to have the option to add a whole wallpaper folder (not single wallpaper ... if you have more then 10 wallpapers.... )
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+1 for "Add folder" feature
ok, convinced i'll look into that...
edit: done. click 'add wallpaper', then select an image in the folder you'd like to add. the app will now ask you if you want to add just the selected image or the whole folder
thank you
updated and tested on Wallpapers folder, added all 50 pics. thank you so much j4velin
I am so getting this. Thanks bud.
Can you make it so if it is set to "0" it doesn't change the wallpaper automatically (for if you do the lock/unlock)
Can you make it so it changes on phone lock so you don't see it change; when you unlock it's already a new wp?
if you uncheck "enable on boot" and never press "start rotation" then it shouldn't change your wallpaper automatically but just on widget click or on unlock (if you enabled "change on unlock").
changing the wallpaper before the unlock is a bit more complicated as the app has to change the wallpaper on screen off then. and to get screen off broadcasts, the app has to run all the time - which might drain more battery
Nice app, I'm digging the widget!
I get force closes when I add a folder (maybe it's because it has too many pics in it - about 700..)
After adding the folder I also get force closes when I go into the app.
N1 on CM7.
Flashern said:
I get force closes when I add a folder (maybe it's because it has too many pics in it - about 700..)
After adding the folder I also get force closes when I go into the app.
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yeah, that's because the app runs out of memory when loading preview images for 700 files
i haven't though that someone would like to add that many images... i guess i have to split the previews in diffrent "pages" to fix that. be patient
j4velin said:
yeah, that's because the app runs out of memory when loading preview images for 700 files
i haven't though that someone would like to add that many images... i guess i have to split the previews in diffrent "pages" to fix that. be patient
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Great, looking forward for it. 700 isn't that many again, is it?
well, you seem to like changes ^^
as a workaround, it'll now only show preview of the first 50 images. so you should at least open the app again ^^
j4velin said:
well, you seem to like changes ^^
as a workaround, it'll now only show preview of the first 50 images. so you should at least open the app again ^^
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Brilliant!
j4velin said:
well, you seem to like changes ^^
as a workaround, it'll now only show preview of the first 50 images. so you should at least open the app again ^^
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Why don´t you just put an option to completely disable preview? I already know the images that are in the folder.
EDIT: Loaded a folder with 696 images without problems, set to change on unlock. Change takes 3-4 seconds after unlock, but I guess that´s normal. Gonna try later with a 2000+ images folder. Thanks.
omg you don't want to see any wallpaper twice, do you?^^
Great! I'm looking for something like this but for the lockscreen wallpaper, maybe its posible to add this feature to the to-do list?
I might be missing something here but I can't apply a wallpaper without it being either bad quality (even with a high quality image) or misc. launchers and apps. I am running CM7.
I have the same problem, and also the wallpaper keeps changing to the wallpaper from the lock screen. I'm sure there's a solution posted somewhere.
I'm sure there are plenty of ways to do this, but I used the Kindle Fire Utility. Under "Extras", there's an option to lock or unlock the wallpaper. Unlock the wallpaper, make your change, and then lock it again. Mine hasn't changed since.
I think the quality problem has something to do with how the device is scaling the image if it's not the correct resolution.
I found that it's very hard to get a wallpaper to look good in both landscape and portrait view depending on the resolution. This is unfortunate because I have a ton of wallpapers that would look great on the kindle but they just don't display right.
Having issues with this myself...tried the lock / unlock..no luck.
skullunit said:
Having issues with this myself...tried the lock / unlock..no luck.
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Just checking...did you mean unlock / lock ?
The default factory setting is unlocked (and lock screen changes the wallpaper every time it is cycled) so use bebrooks1 method (post #3)...it worked for me on stock rooted.
I found this. I haven't tried it yet but it's worth a shot.
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1987...nt-the-wallpaper-from-automatically-changing/
t0mD said:
I found this. I haven't tried it yet but it's worth a shot.
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1987...nt-the-wallpaper-from-automatically-changing/
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I just tried this! It really worked! Now wallpapers are not changing automatically
Matt V said:
I might be missing something here but I can't apply a wallpaper without it being either bad quality (even with a high quality image) or misc. launchers and apps. I am running CM7.
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As far as I know, the accepted method for properly setting wallpapers (on Android in general) is to use an app such as Wallpaper Set And Save from the market. It'll set the wallpaper at the original image quality.
I always use Wallpaper Wizardri to set my wallpapers......but with this postiive comes a negative....for some reason it constantly runs in the background. I just use Titanium Backup Pro to freeze it and unfreeze it whenever I need to change wallpapers. Works like a charm.
Sjael said:
As far as I know, the accepted method for properly setting wallpapers (on Android in general) is to use an app such as Wallpaper Set And Save from the market. It'll set the wallpaper at the original image quality.
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Downloaded this app and tried it out and it doesnt work. The wallpaper is still very blurry. Looks nothing like the image i selected for the wallpaper.
To change the wallpaper on your kindle and make it "stick", do the following:
Set your wallpaper
Open Root Explorer
Navigate to data/data/com.Android.settings/files/wallpaper
Long press on wallpaper, select permissions from the menu that drops down.
Uncheck the "write" permission for all users then click OK.
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I couldn't find anything from /data/. The folder is basically empty, what am I missing here? Can anyone help plz
intoth3rainbow said:
I couldn't find anything from /data/. The folder is basically empty, what am I missing here? Can anyone help plz
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Are you sure you are at /data/ and not /sdcard/data/ ??
CM7 Infuse - XDA Premium
marty331 said:
Are you sure you are at /data/ and not /sdcard/data/ ??
CM7 Infuse - XDA Premium
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Yes I am.
It's /data/, not /sdcard/data or anything else.
I assume you are rooted...what file explorer are you using?
I use ES File Explorer 1.6.1.0 from the Market (not Amazon because last I checked they were a version or two behind)
Then go into settings a scroll to bottom and select ROOT EXPLORER and when asked I think I selected the CM option (and for good measure select MOUNT FILE SYSTEM, although I don't think that is required unless you are working in the /system/ folder).
Now you should see the contents of the /data/ folder...
Hope this helps.
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I couldn't find anything from /data/. The folder is basically empty, what am I missing here? Can anyone help plz
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Had the same thing happen to me. Check out my post (#7) from another thread in this topic.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21188224#post21188224
Has anyone figured this out yet? There's a lot of talk in this thread about something entirely different. Most of us know how to make it so the wallpapers no longer change.
What I'm curious about is how to set a wallpaper and not have it extremely stretched and blurry. Neither of the apps listed on the previous page achieve this goal (Wallpaper Set and Save & Wallpaper Wizardii).
This is on the stock ROM (using Go Launcher EX).
rolyatkcinmai said:
Has anyone figured this out yet? There's a lot of talk in this thread about something entirely different. Most of us know how to make it so the wallpapers no longer change.
What I'm curious about is how to set a wallpaper and not have it extremely stretched and blurry. Neither of the apps listed on the previous page achieve this goal (Wallpaper Set and Save & Wallpaper Wizardii).
This is on the stock ROM (using Go Launcher EX).
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Download Wallbase. It's a wallpaper app that I've had excellent results with. Not everything out there will work with tablets. This one does and has TONS of wallpapers in it, HD, and just about all of them look like they were made for tablets.
By the way, the mod that was given earlier regarding how to keep your wallpaper from changing WORKS.
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The no wallpaper happened to me one so I l looked on my sdcard Where i put em, in download folder I pressed and viewed in whatever gallery etc, then set as wall. Afterwards when back looking for /data/data/com.android.settings/files I saw wallpaper whose permissions in write column had to be changed.
I did not face to this problem wit any phone i used before!
U cant set full screen wallpaper on ur Chacha, even on all Android phones. When u set an image to be a wallpaper, Android request u to crop it. Only 2 button show : Save and Discard. If u chose Discard, the process skips.
Even u chose crop full of ur image, u only can see a part of ur image in the main screen. Another parts u can see when u slide to left or right screen.
I tried to fix this prob wit WALLPAPER WIZZARDRII (i chose Scale mode), it was sucessful. However, when u restart ur phone, the wallpaper become smaller though it is 480x320 size (the size of Chacha screen)
Can anyone suggest me an application or a solution for this problem, Thanks!
I just use this App "Simple Image Wallpaper Free" its simples. lol
luke.arran said:
I just use this App "Simple Image Wallpaper Free" its simples. lol
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Many thanks. It works perfectly. It runs as a Live Wallpaper, that's the reason why it can skip "Wallpaper rule" of Android.
Btw, can i know the path of default wallpaper in Android, i want to delete some of them. Thanks
Wait a min, i've just checked this soft. It runs as a service (I see in Running). It means ur battery will drain a bit wit this software.
abc_x3 said:
Many thanks. It works perfectly. It runs as a Live Wallpaper, that's the reason why it can skip "Wallpaper rule" of Android.
Btw, can i know the path of default wallpaper in Android, i want to delete some of them. Thanks
Wait a min, i've just checked this soft. It runs as a service (I see in Running). It means ur battery will drain a bit wit this software.
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Which ROM? Sense or AOSP? And it doesn't take hardly any battery use it everyday with hardly any effect to battery. If its a super awesome live wallpaper which has flying dogs and 3D crap then that might take some battery.
luke.arran said:
Which ROM? Sense or AOSP? And it doesn't take hardly any battery use it everyday with hardly any effect to battery. If its a super awesome live wallpaper which has flying dogs and 3D crap then that might take some battery.
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Im using CM7 ROM, this rom have some freakish default wallpaper like MegaFox Superwoman without bra )
That will be CMWallpapers or something like that in /system/app/, use apktool to decompile.
ZEGDE set wallpaper beautiful & update
abc_x3 said:
I did not face to this problem wit any phone i used before!
U cant set full screen wallpaper on ur Chacha, even on all Android phones. When u set an image to be a wallpaper, Android request u to crop it. Only 2 button show : Save and Discard. If u chose Discard, the process skips.
Even u chose crop full of ur image, u only can see a part of ur image in the main screen. Another parts u can see when u slide to left or right screen.
I tried to fix this prob wit WALLPAPER WIZZARDRII (i chose Scale mode), it was sucessful. However, when u restart ur phone, the wallpaper become smaller though it is 480x320 size (the size of Chacha screen)
Can anyone suggest me an application or a solution for this problem, Thanks!
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Please search on google play "ZEGDE", have fun!
Features:
• Set ringtones, notification sounds, wallpapers and live wallpapers directly from the app.
• Find new games recommended just for you.
• Start the games from within the app.
• Supports default ringtone, contact ringtones, message tones, alarms, alerts and all types notifications.
• Manage and organize downloaded items in your Downloads tab.
• Live sync with your online favorites.
• Setting for automatically changing wallpapers (auto change).
• Widget for switching wallpapers.
• Share your favorites with your friends.
• ..and more.
koolbk said:
Please search on google play "ZEGDE", have fun!
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Can we chose our own wallpaper or we must try wallpaper from zedge only. Thanks
only ZEGDE
abc_x3 said:
Can we chose our own wallpaper or we must try wallpaper from zedge only. Thanks
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Use only ZEGDE gallery.
lucasarran said:
I just use this App "Simple Image Wallpaper Free" its simples. lol
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can you post this app here because in market it says
This app is incompatible with your
Vodafone HTC HTC ChaCha A810e.
OVERVIEW
When I got my Nexus 4 phone, I wanted to take full advantage of the high quality screen and set a gorgeous wallpaper on it. But I realized that no matter what wallpaper I set, I always get tired of looking at it quite quickly. What I really wanted was a new beautiful wallpaper every time I would pick up my phone. And that's why I created the app Gainos Fresh Wallpapers. It selects a random photo from Flickr's Explore stream and sets that as your wallpaper at regular intervals. I have mine set to change every hour.
APP HIGHLIGHTS
Images are selected at random from the 'Explore' stream at Flickr. This app is not affiliated with Flickr in any way.
Remembers last 10 wallpapers so you can go back and choose one you previously liked.
Choose to change the wallpaper as frequently as 10 minute to as slow as once every week.
Enable Daydream mode on JellyBean+ devices to start screensaver when device is docked.
Share images with your social networks.
Works well with tablets and phones. For high resolution displays a higher quality image is downloaded.
Choose to download new wallpapers only over wifi to save cellular bandwidth.
Minimal interface that stays out of your way. Just start the service once and forgot about the app.
HOW TO GET
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=li.muhammada.gainos&referrer=utm_source%3Dxdadevelopers
Amazon AppStore: https://amazon.com/gp/mas/dl/android?p=li.muhammada.gainos
OTHER
I'll really appreciate your feedback and suggestions!
Thanks!!
Hi guys, any issues to report?
Just installed it. Interface is clean and simple, very nice!
I don't know much about Flickr, but would it be possible to choose different "genres"? Such as scenery shots, cities, beaches etc..? That would be be a fantastic addition.
Apart from that, it seems to work exactly as described! I'll see how battery life is affected over the coming days but I don't think it'll be an issue
Great work! :good:
P.S. Check the XDA Portal in a few days
Glad you liked it!
the_scotsman said:
I don't know much about Flickr, but would it be possible to choose different "genres"? Such as scenery shots, cities, beaches etc..? That would be be a fantastic addition.
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I'm planning on adding some functionality like this in the next update or so. It will select photos by keywords or tags.
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I'll keep an eye out
alinium_ said:
Glad you liked it!
I'm planning on adding some functionality like this in the next update or so. It will select photos by keywords or tags.
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Ahh excellent! I'm still using the app, looking forward to the update!
First of all, thanks a lot for the app! It's a great idea. I just have a couple of requests:
Let's say I have the app refresh every 10 minutes and I leave my phone idle for an hour. It downloads all 6 wallpapers and wastes bandwidth for no reason rather than waiting for me to see the wallpaper before going to the next one. Could you change the app to prevent these useless downloads?
If I don't like a wallpaper, is there a way in the app to skip this wallpaper? Could you make a widget to skip the current wallpaper?
Hello great app, a save option for saving wallpapers to phone will be great!
The auto download on wifi only toggle is missing on the Nexus 7 with 3G (tilapia).
And it seems to get pretty low res pictures for the Nexus 7 as well, not sure if it's better on the N4 because the screen is so much smaller, and my eyes ain't perfect.
Awesome
hi alinium, awesome app bro. just downloaded. works great on my S2. Thanks and good luck.:good:
for oficze
well this is nice
Thaaaaaaanks, but..
:highfive:Please give as the opition to choose wallpapers from galery:highfive:
Great app and nice job! Simple, clean and compact. I had been using foxsaver for years before they changed it all for the worst. It used to work like this and now its been whittled down to about 10 pics per week. At a point it updated pics every 3 minutes and rarely repeated itself. I still have a foxsaver cache of over 1000 pics that I use with other wallpaper switchers but I am sick of those pics already.
Yes, after looking at the same 1K pics for over a year you will get bored of them too. Kinda explains marrage and divorse, or getting bored of your favorite foods and past times, if you think about it. The human brain needs changing stimulii to keep it satisfied. I feel like I got back the old foxsaver here. Very nice. I missed the "fresh" new feel of constantly changing wallpaper and now its back on the stack.
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I found one problem and have another request. First problem is when you upload a pic to your dropbox, it has the SAME NAME as previously uploaded pics. In order to upload one pic you have to overwrite another you've already uploaded. Each pic should have a unique name, every time, every day, every week, etc. I should never have to overwrite a pic with another pic. And there is no way in your app to name the pics. They are named whatever flicker calls them so you will probably have to change this.
My request is to be able to save pics to local SD (or internal memory if I choose). There is no option for that in the share function.
Thank you for the initiative!!
Chaoticaa said:
First of all, thanks a lot for the app! It's a great idea.
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Hi Chaoticaa, thanks for your interest in the app!
Let's say I have the app refresh every 10 minutes and I leave my phone idle for an hour. It downloads all 6 wallpapers and wastes bandwidth for no reason rather than waiting for me to see the wallpaper before going to the next one. Could you change the app to prevent these useless downloads?
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It's designed this way so that you can see a new wallpaper whenever you go back to the home screen. If it waited till you were on the home screen before downloading a wallpaper, you would have to wait a while to see the actual results. Its very likely that you would have actually navigated away from the home screen by the time the wallpaper changed.
If you are concerned about bandwidth, you can use the option that only auto downloads new wallpapers over WiFi, or use a longer interval. I have mine set to 1 hour and I find it pretty good as I get to see a new wallpaper almost every time I pick up my phone.
If I don't like a wallpaper, is there a way in the app to skip this wallpaper? Could you make a widget to skip the current wallpaper?
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You can go into the app and press the big green button to get a new wallpaper. You can also re-select any wallpaper from the last 10 you had. I have plans to add either a widget or a low priority notification (or maybe both) which will let you do the same without having to go into the app in a future update. Also, in case you get some embarrassing wallpaper, you can long-tap it in the app and select 'Remove from History'.
When I first downloaded it I was using my Galaxy S3 which is running an AOSP AOKP ROM, however when I downloaded and tried it out on my Galaxy Note 2 which is running a Touchwiz ROM I don't see how to set the app to set both the Lockscreen and homescreen wallpaper. The app just sets the homescreen wallpaper.
myhayserano said:
Hello great app, a save option for saving wallpapers to phone will be great!
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You can use the share button in the app (turquoise colored button), to export the currently selected wallpaper to other apps on your device. This way you can save the picture somewhere on your phone.
You can also long-tap on a wallpaper thumbnail and then tap 'View Wallpaper' to see the original image on Flickr. You can then save the image from that website. Please be mindful of the image owner's copyright though - however its usually ok to keep the images for personal (non-commercial, non-promotional) use.
kenkiller said:
The auto download on wifi only toggle is missing on the Nexus 7 with 3G (tilapia).
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That's a good catch! I am hiding the option for devices that didn't support 3G. But Android doesn't provide a good way to detect these devices. So I was checking if the device supports phone functionality. However, it looks like tablets like yours will fail this test even though they support 3G functionality. I'll look into finding some better way to detect which devices have 3G capability. Look out for it in the next update
kenkiller said:
And it seems to get pretty low res pictures for the Nexus 7 as well, not sure if it's better on the N4 because the screen is so much smaller, and my eyes ain't perfect.
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As for the resolution, the size of the images downloaded is related to the display size. The image size picked is always one that's larger than the screen's dimensions. However, care is taken not too choose something ridiculously larger as that would just be a bandwidth hog. Sometimes Flickr might not have the correct sized image, in which case a smaller resolution image has to be downloaded. But most of the time, you should be getting a high-res, crisp image.
IvanAugustoBD said:
:highfivelease give as the opition to choose wallpapers from galery:highfive:
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Thanks for trying out the app IvanAugustoBD! But I wonder if you're missing out on the point of the app. As elfaure mentions in his post, the idea of the app is to keep providing a fresh stream of images to keep your visual senses stimulated at all time. This is hard to do if you keep seeing images from a pre-determined set. The advantage of using Flickr is that you get an endless stream of new gorgeous images.
Having said that, I realize that some people might prefer seeing the same set of images e.g. if it is pictures of their loved ones. But truthfully, this sort of feature is very low on my list.
If this is truly what you want, you might be able to find other apps in the store that cycle through images in your own photo gallery. But I believe you will have a better experience using Gainos than those apps.
elfaure said:
Great app and nice job! Simple, clean and compact. I had been using foxsaver for years before they changed it all for the worst. It used to work like this and now its been whittled down to about 10 pics per week. At a point it updated pics every 3 minutes and rarely repeated itself. I still have a foxsaver cache of over 1000 pics that I use with other wallpaper switchers but I am sick of those pics already.
Yes, after looking at the same 1K pics for over a year you will get bored of them too. Kinda explains marrage and divorse, or getting bored of your favorite foods and past times, if you think about it. The human brain needs changing stimulii to keep it satisfied. I feel like I got back the old foxsaver here. Very nice. I missed the "fresh" new feel of constantly changing wallpaper and now its back on the stack.
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Right on! This was my main motivation for making this app.
elfaure said:
I found one problem and have another request. First problem is when you upload a pic to your dropbox, it has the SAME NAME as previously uploaded pics. In order to upload one pic you have to overwrite another you've already uploaded. Each pic should have a unique name, every time, every day, every week, etc. I should never have to overwrite a pic with another pic. And there is no way in your app to name the pics. They are named whatever flicker calls them so you will probably have to change this.
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This should be pretty easy to do. In my next update I'll make it so that the images have unique names. I'll probably use the current date/time for the image name.
elfaure said:
My request is to be able to save pics to local SD (or internal memory if I choose). There is no option for that in the share function.
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The share function is handled by the Android system itself. It does looks like they don't provide any functionality to save images directly to sd card. I'll take a look at what other possibilities exist. For the time being, you're best off saving them to some other app like Dropbox or Google Drive.
Jonnyredcorn said:
When I first downloaded it I was using my Galaxy S3 which is running an AOSP AOKP ROM, however when I downloaded and tried it out on my Galaxy Note 2 which is running a Touchwiz ROM I don't see how to set the app to set both the Lockscreen and homescreen wallpaper. The app just sets the homescreen wallpaper.
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I've had a few Galaxy Note 2 users complain about this issue. They all seem to be using Samsung's TouchWiz. I looked into it and found out that Samsung has modified the Android API functionality in Touchwiz so that the wallpaper changing function only changes the home screen wallpaper. In all likelihood they have a separate function for setting the lock screen wallpaper, but it is not documented any where and Samsung has said that they do not make it public either. So the way it stands right now, there is no way I can fix this issue.
Hello all...
I'm looking for any solution for my "issue"... Actually, that's not an issue... it's just a goal in my S10+ homescreen setup.
I recently installed those amazing APKs of MIUI12 Super Live Wallpapers, they are really great!
My goal is that my device automatically changes the Live Wallpaper in a specific time of the day.
I know the walls are day/night mode sensitive, but there are bright and dark ones that do not respond to d/n trigger.
In addition, I ABSOLUTELY HATE LIGHT THEMES IN MY APPS. That is why I'd like my phone to change between installed Super Live Wallpapers APKs... I would love to use them in light and dark modes, according day/night hours, and keeping everything else in the phone in dark mode.
Can somone point me a solution?? Macrodroid? Tasker? I am not good with those... And Could not do it with Bixby Routine.
Really hopes someone can help me here!
Regards!
feneso said:
Hello all...
My goal is that my device automatically changes the Live Wallpaper in a specific time of the day.
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There are many wallpaper change applications that let you change wallpapers at specific time/intervals. One that you can start by in addition to already available "stock wallpaper picker" is an application called "Google Wallpaper." You can find it over here:
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.wallpaper
r4Rok said:
There are many wallpaper change applications that let you change wallpapers at specific time/intervals. One that you can start by in addition to already available "stock wallpaper picker" is an application called "Google Wallpaper." You can find it over here:
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.wallpaper
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Thanks for your reply
I Know the app you suggested and already have it.
But the app does not have any kind of settings at all.
feneso said:
Thanks for your reply
I Know the app you suggested and already have it.
But the app does not have any kind of settings at all.
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Since, I had tried many wallpaper utilities in the recent past when I was looking for the one that can change the wallpapers separately and at a specified time, here are a few that I finalized.:
1. Casualis:Auto wallpaper change
2. Daily Wallpapers - Auto Change Wallpapers
3. Changer - Wallpaper Manager
All these apps are available on Google Play Store. Maybe, you can find your best one.
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