Anyone know of a way to get the Bing daily background as my Android phone's background?
(on an automated daily basis without user intervention)
There are a lot of wallpaper switching apps, but none of them link to Bing's daily image.
If there were an app that would set the wallpaper from a URL (http://mydomain.com/image.jpg) on a daily basis, then I could scrape the Bing image and host it for retrieval.
If I could even just find a wallpaper app that switches on a daily RSS feed, I could create my own feed to expose Bing's daily image. But alas, haven't found any apps that do so.
Google gives me this. Its an apk file.
http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/Wallpapers/Phils-Fractal-Wallpaper-Lite-108354.shtml
You could automate that with tasker or locale. Set it to repeat every 24 hours, then have it get the file and save it, then set the wallpaper as that image.
Should be fairly straightforward.
I haven't found a way to make Tasker or Locale get an image from a URL and save it to the sdcard.
Connect the developer of WallMe, he's looking into this and already supports Flickr.
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Is the bing wallpaper url fixed? There is a binary of wget you can use to retrieve the file and rename it locally. Don't know how to set it as the wallpaper from a script though
also http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3378016
The Bing wallpaper URL changes daily
Nice find on SA
I have one app bing daily wallpaper
just search "bing daily wallpaper" in the android market
if you need, I can add one function to run as a service and download /setup the wallpaper automatically.
appdotconfig said:
just search "bing daily wallpaper" in the android market
if you need, I can add one function to run as a service and download /setup the wallpaper automatically.
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That would be nice so it automatically changes every day
+ I would donate for your hard
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do you want the chopped version or the full version
hi there,
since the wallpaper of bing is wide enough for the wallpaper by default
so either chose one portal of picture as a chopped option,
or we can just the landscape mode to show the full picture, let me know
mdaddy said:
Anyone know of a way to get the Bing daily background as my Android phone's background?
(on an automated daily basis without user intervention)
There are a lot of wallpaper switching apps, but none of them link to Bing's daily image.
If there were an app that would set the wallpaper from a URL on a daily basis, then I could scrape the Bing image and host it for retrieval.
If I could even just find a wallpaper app that switches on a daily RSS feed, I could create my own feed to expose Bing's daily image. But alas, haven't found any apps that do so.
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You can try my app here at market
Search: Bing Daily Wallpaper int Google Play
I saw reports of the app being updated for Android with automatic wallpaper update each day.
I installed the app on my HTC One Mini, kept an app shortcut on the Main screen and set the Bing image as wallpaper. But it still won't update each day.
What settings do I change?
So I wanted to do this and searched around the interwebs and didn't really find anything. Most things were either apps for reddit, or old methods that no longer worked.
I ended up doing it myself via Tasker. If someone is curious, I can post what I did here in a more specific way but a quick explanation is that I have a profile set up to kick off at 5:30AM which then has 1 task with 5 actions associated with it. The actions together, HTTP Get the XML from Bing, parse the changing link and append it onto www.bing.com. Then I use this to HTTP Get the image itself, save it to a directory on the phone with the date in the name (solely for archival purposes and not necessary) and then apply the wallpaper. It was pretty straight forward actually.
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So I wanted to do this and searched around the interwebs and didn't really find anything. Most things were either apps for reddit, or old methods that no longer worked.
I ended up doing it myself via Tasker. If someone is curious, I can post what I did here in a more specific way but a quick explanation is that I have a profile set up to kick off at 5:30AM which then has 1 task with 5 actions associated with it. The actions together, HTTP Get the XML from Bing, parse the changing link and append it onto www.bing.com. Then I use this to HTTP Get the image itself, save it to a directory on the phone with the date in the name (solely for archival purposes and not necessary) and then apply the wallpaper. It was pretty straight forward actually.
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I'd love to know how you did it in more detail please, with screenshots if possible; I'm a proper tasker noob.
DJBrie said:
I'd love to know how you did it in more detail please, with screenshots if possible; I'm a proper tasker noob.
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I don't really have the time to actually put a full walkthrough together at the moment, but I've attached the exported task, which is the bulk of the effort. With this, you can execute the task manually and it will work just fine. In order to schedule it, you have to create a time based profile which executes the task which is real easy. The way I did it, just because I thought I might want them later, was to save the images based on the date that they were live. It saves them to a folder on the root of the sdcard named Bing. If you don't want them archived, just delete %DATE in the final 2 steps in the task. Specifically in the final 2 screenshots.
Here are some screenshots of the profile which schedules the task that is the XML that is attached to this post:
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Thank you for going to so much trouble. I'm constantly amazed at how much effort people go to to help others on XDA
I highly recommend the app Cool Daily Wallpaper from the Play Store.
It automatically downloads from Bing and change the wallpaper automatically daily. Plus the images are in high resolution (1920x1080), without the Bing watermark, and saved to a Bing/ folder on the sdcard. This makes it very easy to also use the downloaded images for a Dreamscene or screensaver.
Very low resource usage, since it is not a live wallpaper.
Here you go:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bg.ailiev.android.wallpapermanager
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So I just got my G Tab yesterday. I've rooted it and slammed on Vegan. I'm really impressed with this thing. The one issue I seem to be having is that I download wallpapers (1024x600) but they never show up properly on it. They are always cropped. Am I doing something wrong?
Also, is there a way to verify that my screens resolution is correct? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Happy new G Tab guy
Yeah, that happens to me too. It seems the wallpapers only show the full art in portrait mode.
The only way I have seen to recify that issue is to download MultiWallpaper Live from the market. Set the single picture that you want was your wallpaper as the default wallpaper and it will fit to the screen as you would expect it to.
I still haven't figured out how to correctly display wallpaper without the use of this program on my GTab.
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g1no23 said:
The only way I have seen to recify that issue is to download MultiWallpaper Live from the market. Set the single picture that you want was your wallpaper as the default wallpaper and it will fit to the screen as you would expect it to.
I still haven't figured out how to correctly display wallpaper without the use of this program on my GTab.
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Couldnt find it in market
https://market.android.com/details?id=se.alittleplaceinaspen.multiwallpaper
Found it but it seems to be a paid app
Set wallpaper with 1024x1024 and they will always be shown without clipping.
gator2k83 said:
https://market.android.com/details?id=se.alittleplaceinaspen.multiwallpaper
Found it but it seems to be a paid app
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The correct app for this is MultiPicture Live Wallpaper, which is free. https://market.android.com/details?id=org.tamanegi.wallpaper.multipicture
After you install MultiPicture Live, it will appear as an option within "Live wallpapers".
ThunderPuppy said:
The correct app for this is MultiPicture Live Wallpaper, which is free. https://market.android.com/details?id=org.tamanegi.wallpaper.multipicture
After you install MultiPicture Live, it will appear as an option within "Live wallpapers".
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Oops, thanks for the correction.
Hey Guys, thanks for the suggestions. I'm at work but will definitely be checking this out when I get home.
I can't find it in the Marketplace through my tab (and I have most of the Marketplace available). When I go there on my desktop it says its not compatible with my device...
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I can't find it in the Marketplace through my tab (and I have most of the Marketplace available). When I go there on my desktop it says its not compatible with my device...
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You may have to try the market fix (go down to Part Three). However in my experience you will lose access to the device on the 'Web Market' (your device will disappear, never to be seen again). I have not figured out how to fix that, so be warned before trying it.
When I check the 'market', there's a list of apps I look for specifically (Not because I use all of them, but they seem to cover most of the filters). Some of them I've noticed are only available BEFORE the fix, and some (most) only available AFTER:
Adobe Flash/Air*
Mozilla Firefox*
Dolphin HD
Google Apps (Maps, Voice, Youtube, Voice Search, Gmail)
Launcher Pro
ADW Launcher (probably same filter as LP)
Titanium Backup
Yahoo! Messenger Plugin (Voice & Video)
Smart Keyboard
*means they are only available BEFORE the fix, they disappear from the market afterwards, so if you want them, be sure to download them first (may be others).
Of course, these are only the ones I know about, YMMV.
EDIT: If you still have trouble finding it and have another Android device (like a phone), you can download it there first, then back it up (eg. with Astro or TB), then sideload it onto the tablet (copy it over using preferred method, such as USB or Dropbox, then open it with a file manager on the tablet).
multipicture
I have tried puting different backround pics on each screen which works fine until I reboot and then I get a "picture not available" message on all the screens. I have tried several times with the same result.
I am a newbie - what the heck am I doing wrong!
Agree on the 1024x1024. However, if you can't find background in that resolution or no photoshop skill to make it so, use crop wallpaper.
Depend on the image, set it with the gtab horizontal or vertical.
Voila, no low rez crap background.
anyone else having color banding issues?
like this:
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I'm really curious about actually getting this problem fixed. I don't have very much knowledge, however I am a quick learner. can anyone shed some light on whats causing this problem in android and why its present in every rom?
I've got a bit of free time until summer semester starts and i wouldnt mind spending some time on getting this fixed once and for all.
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anyone else having color banding issues?
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It's the built in gallery app made by cooliris, which is 16bit. Google's own gallery app that was there before android 2.1 was 24 bit. They opted for the 3rd party solution probably for it's 3d interface to attract more regular consumers.
I love google's apps for it's functionality. But IMO, graphical interface smoothness is not one of their strong areas.
I am on Calkulins 1.1, Clemsyn 9, Launcher Pro, and my wallpaper was always 1/3 cut off and moved to the bottom of the screen. Last night I switched to Go Launcher and it was fixed. Wallpaper looks perfect. Go Launcher has about 7 themes that are free and really cool. It functions a lot like Launcher Pro and is free.
happened to me
Got my gtab a few days ago and tried some new launchers tonight, when I switched to the toshiba launcher my wallpaper messed up. Live wallpapers work fine but normal ones are cropped, tried the fix posted but I got a "no photo to display" message and I don't know what folder the wallpapers are in to fix it.
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With MPAtool you can search for artist backgrounds and add them to your music library.
You can use the huge database from last.fm or any image stored on your device to beautify your music experience.
There are two attach modes available:
manual attach - to add a single picture
auto attach - to download pictures for your entire music collection
Later releases will include the option to import and export folders from your skydrive or dropbox account.
For now it's not possible to change existing pictures so you have to remove all the artists music first and add it again to make a 'picture reset'.
Download
Support me by voting for my app on the Lumia-Geek Challange
http://windowsphonegeek.com/lumia-geek-8-week-challenge/mpatool
Very nice tool !!!!
I'm waiting for use it with my 8X
Yup, like poloche i will wait to use it on my NL920
My feedback...
Nice tool, same as WP7, you're the king man !!
PS : with WP8 device and 768 x 1280 resolution, can you add this resolution max in the quality settings?
Hey i've tried the app too and there is nice app to put my own wall papers to artists Very Nice !
Wow this is very nice! Can't wait to try this!
Btw, here's the generic app link for auto-redirect to your regional WP Store. http://www.windowsphone.com/s?AppID=9cc69d32-f030-4438-92ab-1a867448dbdb
Same functions and feel as the wp7 version, found no issues with it so far.
Been using this for a couple of days now and its been great
Sent from my Lumia 920
Been using this a few days now and it works great. Keep up the good work!
Now available in the Windows Phone 8 Store
Great tool!!!
I have been using for a couple of hours. It works as intended to and I personally like the manual attachment of images. Is there a way to automatically delete the dummy MPA files? One more request, do you have it in your plans to add album images?
Thanks.
LawofA said:
Great tool!!!
I have been using for a couple of hours. It works as intended to and I personally like the manual attachment of images. Is there a way to automatically delete the dummy MPA files? One more request, do you have it in your plans to add album images?
Thanks.
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Thanks for your feedback.
You are right, the dummy files are annoying but I don't know any way to delete them, sorry.
The next version will bring the new feature of adding album covers/images, yes
If you want to support my work I would be pleased if you vote for my app on the lumia-geek challange:
http://windowsphonegeek.com/lumia-geek-8-week-challenge/mpatool
ne0cr0n said:
Thanks for your feedback.
You are right, the dummy files are annoying but I don't know any way to delete them, sorry.
The next version will bring the new feature of adding album covers/images, yes
If you want to support my work I would be pleased if you vote for my app on the lumia-geek challange:
http://windowsphonegeek.com/lumia-geek-8-week-challenge/mpatool
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Album art? Next update?! This is like a wet dream, only better because its actually true :good:
And deleting dummy files is as easy as mounting your phone in windows and delete the dummy file in your music folder - it doesn't bother me much to be honest.
Keep up the good work, I'll give you five stars and a vote!
Great App, Looking forward to the update with Album art, Good work :good:
Narathan said:
Album art? Next update?! This is like a wet dream, only better because its actually true :good:
And deleting dummy files is as easy as mounting your phone in windows and delete the dummy file in your music folder - it doesn't bother me much to be honest.
Keep up the good work, I'll give you five stars and a vote!
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Thank you!
Even on the phone it's easy to delete. I just found out that you can open the application bar and pick "select all" to delete if you are in selection mode (with these check boxes).
I thought about adding a small "welcome screen/tutorial" in a coming version like I did in the homebrew v 1.x
The album art feature is ready to test but needs some work because it's kind of slow on collections with many albums having no album art. I think I will push an update to the beta channel next week.
Great app. Working nicely. Got a number of albums w/o images - well not anymore... Thank you. Looking forward to update, eg autodeleting dummy files.
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derausgewanderte said:
Great app. Working nicely. Got a number of albums w/o images - well not anymore... Thank you. Looking forward to update, eg autodeleting dummy files.
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Autodeleting dummy files will not work without access to the file system or a method given to us by Microsoft to delete songs from the MediaLibrary.
So don't expect this function in the near future. Sorry about that
New Beta now available. Dowload at http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=9cc69d32-f030-4438-92ab-1a867448dbdb and give me some feedback about the new album art feature
Did i miss something
i am not sure if this is just me or what.
When i was trying to add custom image for certain artist, i select the image from my picture hub, but it seems not to save it. The selected artist is still not being assigned with the picture. Please help.
What i did
select custom picture -> select the artist -> select the custom picture -> select the atach button at the bottom (not sure if this is right). But the artist does not really change
Please advise
thanchetmy said:
i am not sure if this is just me or what.
When i was trying to add custom image for certain artist, i select the image from my picture hub, but it seems not to save it. The selected artist is still not being assigned with the picture. Please help.
What i did
select custom picture -> select the artist -> select the custom picture -> select the atach button at the bottom (not sure if this is right). But the artist does not really change
Please advise
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Is there already an image attached to the artist (a default image from the xbox music data base), or just the normal gray background ?
Hello everybody. I've developed this customizable watchface that I hope you all enjoy. Feedback is definitely welcomed and appreciated. - Post a reply and let me know what features you would like. It currently handles SMS, Twitter, NewsFeeds and images.
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This is an Android Wear Watch Face and Wearable App with the ability to scroll custom text along the top of the wearable and add images from phone to background of watch face. Using the mobile version of the app you can quickly change the color of the background and text of both the watch face and wearable app within seconds. You can also add your own images as your watch wallpaper. New functionality will be added in the future to change other elements of the display. Change colors with ease. Match your outfit or mood!
WAIT! That's not all. Use mobile app or wearable to select custom news feeds to scroll a top the device. Keep up with weather, tweets, current events, sports with a quick glance. Speak updates to news feed via the wearable version of the app. This app will soon integrate with other applications in development.
* VOICE COMMANDS ON WEARABLE INCLUDE -
* SAY - 'SHOW TWEETS WITH HASHTAG ...' - TO GET LATEST TWEETS WITH REQUESTED HASHTAG
* SAY - 'NEWS ON ...' - TO GET LATEST NEWS FOR REQUESTED SUBJECT
* SAY - 'GET IMAGE OF ...' - TO GET RANDOM GOOGLE IMAGE OF SEARCH LOADED TO WATCHFACE
* SAY - 'SHARE SCREEN ...' - TO SEND SCREENSHOT OF WATCHFACE TO PHONE TO SHARE
* SAY - 'TWITTER MESSAGE ...' - TO SEND TWEET
Awesome app. Love it. I been slowly learning how to write apps and this is almost exactly what I wanted to try to do. Can you add the option to customize the dim screen? Make the lettering brighter?
I know a lot of people don't like hearing requests on here. This isn't a request. Just an idea for you to use if you want...
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Absolutely, request don't bother me. I've been working on making the phone ui bit better,but I'll see what I can do about the dim.
I would appreciate ahh help in getting the word out. Feedback on the playstore would help too. I'm glad you like the app. I hope you like the updates coming soon.
New update available now. Better ui. More features to come. Stay tuned
I seen this been tempted but I am worried about battery life. (Do not mind paying for it)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=deezel.com.newswatch&hl=en
The battery life is bad enough now, if this is always getting feeds? It may knock a lot of time off the already bad battery life.
Twitter, not a fan.
News get notifications from Appy Geek.
Weather Google is always pushing the weather cards.
How about more customization options on the text other that colour?
Funny thing, I working on an update to address most of those things. I don't think the news our Twitter feeds are good the watch face, but rather the app portion for quick access to news from the watch. The face dims so fast that the full headline never finishes scrolling anyway. I'll be rolling out an update within the next week that takes this in consideration, the new version has the ability to change the size of font. Thanks fit the feedback... keep it coming.
Another idea is to show whether or not the phone has service on the watchface. When I'm at work I don't get the best service and tend to lose it from time to time. I leave my phone on the break table quite a bit. It'd be nice to be able to look at the watch to see if service is back or not.
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I just bought this because I think it has potential. After tweaking some stuff I lost my microphone icon on the watch. I don't know how to get it back. Cleared data and cache. Also I have signed into twitter but I can't get the twitter tab. Any suggestions?
Edit:
OK I am goofy, didn't notice you can start the app from the app drawer and the watch face from the watch face selector. But mic only shows when starting actual app.
The Mic feature is only available from starting tha app through the drawer. Basically it's 2 apps. 1 watchface and then an app. I'll be adding more functionality soon. Watchface apps don't allow you to override control of the tap the screen feature. Basically watchface it's limited as there are no options for button press. Thanks, feedback on the store would be awesome. Let me know if you have any thoughts about future versions.
After you launch the app is you swipe left a menu should appear to give you some voice commands options.
deezel said:
After you launch the app is you swipe left a menu should appear to give you some voice commands options.
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ok got it I had wear launcher set up for that swipe.
But after watch goes to sleep. It exited and goes back to the watch face.
You launch the app from watch. If you have mini launcher, which I recommend, just Swype right to open mini launcher, then find 1 watch and click it to launch it. From watch app, click mic and give voice command. You know you're in the watch app if you seed the Mic symbol. You can say things like... 'get image of'... and give your search and the app should loss the background image based on your search. The list of voice commands can be found from the watch app. The phone app is strictly for watchface customization. The watch app allows watchface customization from watch and some additional features like... get news or show tweets... etc
Also from watch app... Say share screen and your watchface will be sent to your phone to share online... tweet your screen lets see what it looks like.... anyway... have fun. If you need any help feel free to pm me or respond to thread. Share with friends please and thank you.
Well.. As I said yesterday, I did buy this app. I am going to keep up to date with it I guess. Hoping for further development though. I dont think it is complete enough to use as my daily driver but might soon.
JAWheat411 said:
Well.. As I said yesterday, I did buy this app. I am going to keep up to date with it I guess. Hoping for further development though. I dont think it is complete enough to use as my daily driver but might soon.
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Thanks. I'll definitely keep at it.
Acolart is released on windows phone store and in top free app of September 2014. It’s one of the best collage photo app with many different layouts, effects,…and all are free now.
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Acolart is so easy to use. Only 2 minutes with 4 step you can create your amazing collage:
Choose photos
Choose collage
Edit your photo with effect, sticker and customize boder
Save/share your collage photo
Features in the newest version:
100+ beautiful grid layouts (with more to come)
20+ image effects (with more to come)
Multi photo select (6 photos)
rounded borders, adjustable border width and radius, change color boder
Stickers in many categories: love, fun, autumn, winter, wedding… (updated regulary)
Allows zoom in / out photos
Change the location of each image in the frame
Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Flickr social sharing
Timed camera – take multiple photo’s with adjustable timer. (coming soon)
Multiple photos in fast action camera mode (coming soon)
Acolart is now still FREE, you can download here from Windows Phone Store
Good work
Hi, I've installed. And I very like your QR Code and effort to install.
I really like your design. And the way how you did the first tutorial.
I've installed, clicked on my images from gallery and created first art.
I am from Switzerland and in case you did good work on icons, there is absolute no language issue. Very easy to understand. When I saw the first samples of Acolart I was impressed.
And I like that you have not implemented ads. Please keep that. I will keep your app on my phone!!
My recommendations:
1. Don't ask for rating on first time. Keep in mind, on first time user can do serveral things wrong and has for example not perfect library. What he is rating is not what you need.
2. When you ask for rating, ask if he has any problems before you want his rating. If he has problems, ask if you can get his suggestion and not go to rating page on this point. Your rating are worse just in the case you are asking wrong, not in case the app is not good.
3. The Save-Methode should be change. That is bad. Use Windows methodes and move to a "next page". And more important, move back to main view after the image has safed. And dont ask for "Back to select another language"? The app crashed because I did not select something quickly at this question.
4. You should register the app as "Editor" in Windows Phone. That is important to allow user to click the app after he has made any picture and look at his gallery.
If you need help, I can assist you (WP developer too).
I ratet 5 stars. Keep that way you are working on it...
goldengel
goldengelch said:
Hi, I've installed. And I very like your QR Code and effort to install.
I really like your design. And the way how you did the first tutorial.
I've installed, clicked on my images from gallery and created first art.
I am from Switzerland and in case you did good work on icons, there is absolute no language issue. Very easy to understand. When I saw the first samples of Acolart I was impressed.
And I like that you have not implemented ads. Please keep that. I will keep your app on my phone!!
My recommendations:
1. Don't ask for rating on first time. Keep in mind, on first time user can do serveral things wrong and has for example not perfect library. What he is rating is not what you need.
2. When you ask for rating, ask if he has any problems before you want his rating. If he has problems, ask if you can get his suggestion and not go to rating page on this point. Your rating are worse just in the case you are asking wrong, not in case the app is not good.
3. The Save-Methode should be change. That is bad. Use Windows methodes and move to a "next page". And more important, move back to main view after the image has safed. And dont ask for "Back to select another language"? The app crashed because I did not select something quickly at this question.
4. You should register the app as "Editor" in Windows Phone. That is important to allow user to click the app after he has made any picture and look at his gallery.
If you need help, I can assist you (WP developer too).
I ratet 5 stars. Keep that way you are working on it...
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I got an amazing free collage photo app. I am really very enjoying this app. There are lots of features and so many options are their and it is completely free.
Hello. I have several projects ongoing at the moment, for ways to improves Amazon's Fire tablets, specifically the Fire HD 8. One of them includes trying to get Android's stock live wallpapers from KitKat 4.4 to work. There are a few mysteries and head scratching with these tablets. Wallpapers are one.
Amazon has supposedly blocked the functionality of live wallpapers. Not just Androids, but every live wallpaper that exists (at least from what I've gathered). However I don't believe that is entirely the case. There is an wallpaper XML file which exists in /etc/permissions, android.software.live_wallpaper.xml, which states specifically what permission is needed for live wallpapers to work:
This feature should be defined for devices that support live wallpapers. There are minimum hardware requirements to be able to support this feature: robust multiple GL context support, fast enough CPU, enough RAM to allow the wallpaper to be running all of the time.
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Code:
<permissions>
<feature name="android.software.live_wallpaper" />
</permissions>
I am using LiveWallpapersPicker.apk and AndroidLiveWallpapers.apk from KitKat 4.4, along with all the stock wallpapers from that OS version. Everything uploads just find. I can get the picker program to load, if I use an app like Activity Launcher to launch the program. All the live wallpapers are listed. However when I go to select them, nothing happens, or I get a black screen for a second and I am kicked into settings or back to the live wallpaper menu.
My next step was to try and load each wallpaper manually, also using Activity Launcher. All of them will launch, but again Amazons blocks them. The process launches and stays open, but it appears a black overlay is placed in front of the wallpapers so you can't see them or press the button to set them. In all cases, except for two of them, you get about 1/2 a second view of the live wallpaper before you're rudely blacked out. There is one light at the end of the tunnel though. It also proves somewhat of a point they don't have to be installed into /system to work.
This one was expected to work. Holo Spiral (com.android.wallpaper.holospiral) and It's the only one Android labeled as a test wallpaper. It will launch if you do it on it's own. However it's not technically a wallpaper at this point. It's actually more of a screensaver. And honestly a pretty cool one which is also mildly interactive:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
The second one, and probably the coolest one (though not my favorite) is Black Hole. Again it's not really a wallpaper, it's a screensaver. Because I am unable to set it as a wallpaper.
So I know these can function and thpough ssome of the wallpapers and the programs have the permission to be used as wallpapers, they still won't work. LiveWallpapersPicker.apk does NOT have the permission. So I used APKtool to decompile it, with Amazon's framework-res.apk installed and added the permission to the XML manifest, right above BIND_WALLPAPER (as most posts I find state to do it there). If the permissions for wallpapers, BIND_WALLPAPER or SET_WALLPAPER_COMPONENT were not there, I added them to. These are simple files really so I shouldn't have to add anything more. I saved the XML, rebuilt the APK and installed it. It works. Howevewr it somehow DOWNGRADES the version to 2.X.X. Huh? I never had an experience where I had an APK downgrade in versions when adding a permission to it's manifest.
With that came two additional problems: 1) The live wallpapers no longer recognized LiveWallpapersPicker. When trying to set them, each wallpaper says "app not installed." I can still get the two wallpapers listed above (screensavers) to load though. So I uninstalled the APK and reinstalled the original. At this point I am stumped and have been for a few days now.
I know you don't need to install them in /system because Amazon allows other such applications for live wallpapers in their own Appstore. You can see for yourself by searching. There are dozens if not more. So I am not sure what I am doing wrong. This should really be as simple as it sounds. Just last week we were able to find a way to disable all of Amazon's apps and another user, one who for a few months helped to get us this far, even made a tool to do it automatically. Shortly after I found a way to install widgets onto the tablets, when using a custom launcher. In both cases the functions were 'blocked' by Amazon, but also in both cases the codes or scripts had literally been staring us in the face for months. The disable command was listed in the ADB menu and the widget script was placed in /system/bin/appwidget and had a step by step guide to activate them. Now they have the same mentality where they 'block' live wallpapers but give a detailed instruction on how to enable them.
I for the life of me just can't figure out what I am doing wrong. I installed Google's app 'Wallpapers' which again gives me the option to set live wallpapers and lists each one, but they are blocked. You also get the option to set them in Nova Launcher too. Scratching your head yet? I have been for months.
Well...I've been able to decompile, modify to add permission from /etc/permissions/android.software.live_wallpaper.xml, recompile and **SUCCESSFULLY** install the Live Wallpaper apk with ALL modifications holding!!!!
Everything appears to be right, however they still won't work I've added:
Code:
WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS
WRITE_SETTINGS
SET_WALLPAPER
SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
SET_WALLPAPER_HINTS
CHANGE_CONFIGURATION
You have to grant the secure settings permission manually, which I did and it is holding. However for the Live Picker, I can't get the tablet to accept the commands to manually grant the Picker BIND_WALLPAPER and SET_WALLPAPER_COMPONENT
Code:
C:\ adb shell pm grant com.android.wallpaper.livepicker android.permission.SET_WALLPAPER_COMPONENT
Operation not allowed: java.lang.SecurityException: Permission android.permission.SET_WALLPAPER_COMPONENT is not a changeable permission type
I get the same error for the Live Wallpaper APK too. Isn't that some BS? I've given it just about all the permissions I can.
I started over as I recently received a rooted Amazon Fire HD 7. I recopied the stock APKs from my XT907. I placed them into internal storage, then moved them to /system/priv-app. I made sure all of them had the right permission, rw-r-r. I then installed them one at a time, rebooted into recovery via ADB, wiped the cache and rebooted. All is well, aside from the fact they still don't work. However now the screen to set the wallpapers comes up, but only for a second before being force closed. I even tried using Activity Launcher to independently launch them, with no success. However, using Activity Launcher, it does open the Live Wallpaper Picker activity which allows me to choose the various stock live wallpapers, but again, force closed. I even made sure the android.software.live_wallpaper.xml was placed in the right spot (/system/etc/permissions). Still nothing. I haven't tried anything from the Play Store though. Any thoughts?