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[APP] Wallpaper Changer

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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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.
Android-Market | AppBrain
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?

Screenshot annotation app

When you take a screenshot, you're taken to a little app that allows you to annotate and share/save/discard your screenshot. Pretty handy.
What is this app, and how can I access it without taking a screenshot? For example, I'd like to be able to launch it from the gallery to mark up a photo, but the only option seems to be PS touch (which has terrible palm rejection), or Skitch (ditto).
Clearly the app exists... so why can't I use it whenever I want?

Charbucks said:
When you take a screenshot, you're taken to a little app that allows you to annotate and share/save/discard your screenshot. Pretty handy.
What is this app, and how can I access it without taking a screenshot? For example, I'd like to be able to launch it from the gallery to mark up a photo, but the only option seems to be PS touch (which has terrible palm rejection), or Skitch (ditto).
Clearly the app exists... so why can't I use it whenever I want?
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It's wierd the way screenshots are managed. If you take a screenshot using the soft key it goes directly to the gallery and skips the editing tool you're describing. Choosing edit from the menu in the gallery sends it to PS. If you take a screenshot with the pen the sceenshot appears along with the annotation and editing tools. But that's your only chance to edit it without having to send it to another app. Why it works that way is a good question.

BarryH_GEG said:
It's wierd the way screenshots are managed. If you take a screenshot using the soft key it goes directly to the gallery and skips the editing tool you're describing. Choosing edit from the menu in the gallery sends it to PS.
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I have discovered that if you long press on the soft key, it also goes to the editing tool.
Also not ideal but is a workaround due to us not being able to bring up the editing app at will; what you can do is take a screen shot of the picture that you want to annotate and then carry out any necessary edits you wish to do on the picture . The original picture can then be deleted if it is not required.

Did nother know that one. Thanks.
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wow I also so wish this could be implemented.
Does anyone know of a good app in the store that could also do this? a simple clean app with annotation features that could be opened from gallery.
hopefully one of those awesome dev guys finds a way of extracting it somehow.

So found a new app, which is very good looking and almost perfect.
Photodesk from Samsung store made for spen
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Charbucks said:
When you take a screenshot, you're taken to a little app that allows you to annotate and share/save/discard your screenshot. Pretty handy.
What is this app, and how can I access it without taking a screenshot? For example, I'd like to be able to launch it from the gallery to mark up a photo, but the only option seems to be PS touch (which has terrible palm rejection), or Skitch (ditto).
Clearly the app exists... so why can't I use it whenever I want?
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I have a follow-up question here. I am new to Note 10.1, and my device is on JellyBean 4.1.2, the latest USA OTA update, WiFi-only.
My problem is that after taking a screenshot with S Pen and annotating it, there is NO direct "Share" button on the screen. The only option seems to be Cancel or Done at the upper-right corner, with Done saves to folder in the Gallery, so I have to again go into Gallery again and share from there in order to shared the annotated screenshot.
I saw a video taken on Note II phone that there is a Share button at the bottom of the annotation screen, and press it would save the editing and bring up the normal share list of application.
Am I missing something here?
thanks,

[GUIDE]Setup a permanent beautiful Samsung-like replacement for ur default lockscreen

Hi everybody.
Today I present here a Samsung s3 like lockscreen replacement which will actually replace your default lockscreen and you'll never need to launch that app after a reboot to activate it (I know its too annoying :-\ )
HERE I WANT TO MENTION THAT I HAVEN'T CREATED THIS APP. I'M ONLY SHARING IT HERE
This, let me tell u, is the BEST lockscreen out there to get you rid of that default one. Also this doesn't consume your ram as go locker and others do so you won't sacrifice performance for beauty. What else could you want !!!!
Here's how to go about it :-
1. Download the apk file from the attachments.
2. Install the apk as a system app (IF U DONT KNOW HOW TO then first install it as user app and then use titanium backurp to convert it to a system app )
3. After the installation long touch on ur desktop.
4. Choose the following - Shortcuts>Activities>Touch the name "unlock screen">Choose the second activity.
5. Touch the icon that just appeared and first enable the lockscreen.
6. Now choose the Set sceen lock option and choose swipe.
7. Now u can change wallpapers and shortcuts to be shown on the lockscreen as u wish.
Although there aren't many features here but this lockscreen is permanent and will not affect performance at all.
Congrats !!!! You've just set up your phone's lockscreen to be completely like Samsung GS3.
Whenever you want to disable the lockscreen or uninstall the app all u need to for is disable the screen from the settings of the app and then uninstall.
If u have any queries, post them here and I'll answer u as soon as possible.
I have also attached some screenshots for u to see if you're unable to understand anything. Also if you like the app then post it here and rate the thread well. (I can't force you to thank me but if you liked the app then why not )
ENJOY THE BEAUTY.........
DON'T FORGET TO HIT THE THANKS BUTTON IF THIS HELPED YOU

I've installed it as system app but when I long-press my desktop there is no "Activities" option under "shortcuts". :crying:
Edit: I've managed to get it working by downloading a shortcut creator app from the playstore. It's nice but I stick to my default lockscreen because of two things:
1. The app still shows under my running applications consuming around 2-6mb of RAM acceptable but;
2. It does not have notifications for unread sms and missed calls?
Thanks still.

17viper17 said:
I've installed it as system app but when I long-press my desktop there is no "Activities" option under "shortcuts". :crying:
Edit: I've managed to get it working by downloading a shortcut creator app from the playstore. It's nice but I stick to my default lockscreen because of two things:
1. The app still shows under my running applications consuming around 2-6mb of RAM acceptable but;
2. It does not have notifications for unread sms and missed calls?
Thanks still.
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Thanks for trying the app. The problem is that I didn't write the code so I can't really help that shortcut issue. Anyway I'm trying to find a workaround so maybe this'll be fixed soon.

17viper17 said:
I've installed it as system app but when I long-press my desktop there is no "Activities" option under "shortcuts". :crying:
Edit: I've managed to get it working by downloading a shortcut creator app from the playstore. It's nice but I stick to my default lockscreen because of two things:
1. The app still shows under my running applications consuming around 2-6mb of RAM acceptable but;
2. It does not have notifications for unread sms and missed calls?
Thanks still.
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Hi, I just tried giving a missed call to my phone and found that it does show a notification which is a semi-transparent round icon at the centre of the screen. Also u can add a shortcut to the call log app for direct access to missed calls and a message icon for messages.

Hi can you help me again? I uninstalled this app without deactivating it as device administrator, it went well except for a few expected forced closes which was easily resolved by rebooting my device. A few days after I wanted to give this app another shot, installed it as system app but when I try to create a shortcut I only have one activity to choose from that is "settings". It still activates as my locker but I wanted it to be a device administrator again. By not being a device admin my default locker shows up for while during boot-up until the app loads and takes over the lock. When it as installed as a device admin it was instant upon boot. Hope you can help solve my problem which is primarily why doesn't it show up among the device administrator choices anymore?

17viper17 said:
Hi can you help me again? I uninstalled this app without deactivating it as device administrator, it went well except for a few expected forced closes which was easily resolved by rebooting my device. A few days after I wanted to give this app another shot, installed it as system app but when I try to create a shortcut I only have one activity to choose from that is "settings". It still activates as my locker but I wanted it to be a device administrator again. By not being a device admin my default locker shows up for while during boot-up until the app loads and takes over the lock. When it as installed as a device admin it was instant upon boot. Hope you can help solve my problem which is primarily why doesn't it show up among the device administrator choices anymore?
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Hello. This app (being installed as a system app) doesnt need to be a system administrator. Also you can't install an app that has the status of system administrator without disabling it. Therefore I assume that you've missed something in the description. As or the problem of the other locker app taking over, the simplest solution would be to uninstall that app. Post again here if this didn't solve the issue.

Hello, thanks for the reply. After days of having this app as my default lockscreen, my "complaints" are probably not worth it (especially the device administrator thingy ^^). It's working flawlessly, default lock is not showing up anymore. So it stays as my default lockscreen. And by the way there is a missed SMS notification after all. Again thank you! :good:

17viper17 said:
Hello, thanks for the reply. After days of having this app as my default lockscreen, my "complaints" are probably not worth it (especially the device administrator thingy ^^). It's working flawlessly, default lock is not showing up anymore. So it stays as my default lockscreen. And by the way there is a missed SMS notification after all. Again thank you! :good:
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Glad that I could be of help. Hope you have a nice experience with this locker. As for those "complaints", well they were just some doubts that anybody would've got
Enjoy .....

Scrolling Screenshot in Android Pie

I ve made this thread because I wanted the scroll screenshot feature like in Miui .So I had an idea of having scroll screenshot feature in STOCK Android pie .
First of all we need longshot app (which can capture long screenshots.) & give all the permissions it needed to work And then we needs to edit the heads up notification of "screenshot captured" and add a Scrolling screenshot option there besides "share edit delete " options .
Now we needs to assign this new option to the quick settings tile of longshot (i.e we just have to assign the code of quick settings tile of longshot) and longshot apps overlay will take over from here . As what longshot does is it can take a vertical scrolling screenshot of any UI part , like any app or any thing on screen which can be scrolled , which isn't the case with miui's built in scroll feature as it can only take screenshot in it's built in browser .
What we can also do is ,when we tap scrolling screenshot option the screenshot we have captured to show this dialog box will be deleted and quick settings longshot tile's code is executed .
So by this method we will have scrolling screenshot of any part of the ui , which is not present in miui .So it's like an advanced version of miui's scroll screenshot .
Let me know your thoughts , as I don't know enough coding to do this by myself but I think this can be achieved with medium or easy difficulty ,idk you guys tell me.

In MIUI scrolling screenshot is available in all part of the UI

SunilSuni said:
In MIUI scrolling screenshot is available in all part of the UI
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I think they have incorporated this feature in miui10 as in previous build that wasn't the case . Anyway by my method we can have scrolling screenshot in stock pie Roms.

RohNain said:
I think they have incorporated this feature in miui10 as in previous build that wasn't the case . Anyway by my method we can have scrolling screenshot in stock pie Roms.
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That's nice work

I don't know with other, but longshot and other scrolling screenshot not working perfectly all the time as the built-in one from MIUI.
The problem is something like this. You have let say a list contain 26 apps list from each alphabet. Then you scroll capture for 4 times. somehow, either the 2nd or 3rd screenshot can be missed out, and leaving blank at that area. So it only stitch the 1st, 2nd, and 4th screenshot (3rd one missing). At the case of alphabetically sorted list, we can spot the problem immediately, as the we know some alphabets are missing. But for other sort method, such as capturing last installed app in MiXplorer sorted by date (newer); missing screenshot in the middle will missed out the troubleshooting part. Some user reports their last installed using the long screenshot. The culprit can be in those missing part, hence we will never know it exists (since it missed out from the screenshot). Using the accessibility method still have this problem. Other scrolling screenshot app also exhibit the same problem.
Hope the custom ROM will implement this feature built-in, so we don't have the headache anymore. I also think about to create my own scrolling screenshot using automagic. It is possible to capture the region and loop over each element in the visible screen. Loop scroll and remove out the duplicate ones, cutting out the overlapped area. Do this until it reach the end. But it will require a massive amount of script checking and scrolling to do it. And it doesn't guarantee to work at all apps.

Desmanto said:
I don't know with other, but longshot and other scrolling screenshot not working perfectly all the time as the built-in one from MIUI.
The problem is something like this. You have let say a list contain 26 apps list from each alphabet. Then you scroll capture for 4 times. somehow, either the 2nd or 3rd screenshot can be missed out, and leaving blank at that area. So it only stitch the 1st, 2nd, and 4th screenshot (3rd one missing). At the case of alphabetically sorted list, we can spot the problem immediately, as the we know some alphabets are missing. But for other sort method, such as capturing last installed app in MiXplorer sorted by date (newer); missing screenshot in the middle will missed out the troubleshooting part. Some user reports their last installed using the long screenshot. The culprit can be in those missing part, hence we will never know it exists (since it missed out from the screenshot). Using the accessibility method still have this problem. Other scrolling screenshot app also exhibit the same problem.
Hope the custom ROM will implement this feature built-in, so we don't have the headache anymore. I also think about to create my own scrolling screenshot using automagic. It is possible to capture the region and loop over each element in the visible screen. Loop scroll and remove out the duplicate ones, cutting out the overlapped area. Do this until it reach the end. But it will require a massive amount of script checking and scrolling to do it. And it doesn't guarantee to work at all apps.
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Yh true in some case it just skips one screenshot and stitches the other ones but that problem is not very frequent and this is just kinda a workaround for stock rom until custom Roms implement this feature in there Roms .
The best screenshot feature is present in resurrection remix , all that is lacks is scrolling feature other than that it's nearly perfect .
But what I am trying to do here is hava a flashable zip which will just add that option in screenshot captured heads up and longshot will takeover from there . By this way we can have scrollingscreenshot feature in stock and custom Roms ,until someone natively implement it into there rom (which would be Great ).

I don't have issue with a scrolling screenshot in MIUI
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UQw7hCVA-hsXzm5VT6ojIDW2UxlMVY0e/view?usp=drivesdk
Take a look at this screenshot

RohNain said:
Yh true in some case it just skips one screenshot and stitches the other ones but that problem is not very frequent and this is just kinda a workaround for stock rom until custom Roms implement this feature in there Roms .
The best screenshot feature is present in resurrection remix , all that is lacks is scrolling feature other than that it's nearly perfect .
But what I am trying to do here is hava a flashable zip which will just add that option in screenshot captured heads up and longshot will takeover from there . By this way we can have scrollingscreenshot feature in stock and custom Roms ,until someone natively implement it into there rom (which would be Great ).
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Just after your post, I give stitchcraft another chance. And it turns out now it is working perfectly already. Last time, the app button still got captured and still have same problem with longshot. Now, I try with 5 captures, and all working perfectly. The method of capturing is more similar to MIUI built-in one, except we have to scroll by ourself. There is also built-in editor, which is a plus point for quick editing. Uninstalling longshot....
SunilSuni said:
I don't have issue with a scrolling screenshot in MIUI
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UQw7hCVA-hsXzm5VT6ojIDW2UxlMVY0e/view?usp=drivesdk
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I wish that some custom ROM port the built-in scrolling screenshot apk from MIUI, so we can enjoy it too in custom ROM.

Desmanto said:
Just after your post, I give stitchcraft another chance. And it turns out now it is working perfectly already. Last time, the app button still got captured and still have same problem with longshot. Now, I try with 5 captures, and all working perfectly. The method of capturing is more similar to MIUI built-in one, except we have to scroll by ourself. There is also built-in editor, which is a plus point for quick editing. Uninstalling longshot....
I wish that some custom ROM port the built-in scrolling screenshot apk from MIUI, so we can enjoy it too in custom ROM.
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You can scroll all the way to the bottom in one go . Just specify start and end . It's not that bad and yh miui's is more polished and good looking .
I ve only tried longshot which worked , do can't say about others . If other have a quick settings icon for there apps then yh we can use that app to have our scrolling screenshot np.

[Q] Edit or mark screenshots after they are taken?

If I take a screenshot using the power button I get the normal popup that the screenshot has been saved and the option to edit/share/highlight it. However, if the popup is dismissed, how do I get back to it? The only way I found was by going into Photos, all folders, go into the screenshots folder and proceed from there. Is there any shortcut to get into the screenshot editing app? Or is there another gallery app that I'm missing?

Hello,
Only Google photo until you install another app.
When dismissed, you're right, Google photo.