How To Create a Live Wallpaper (Updated 03.21.12 Want to make your own live wallpapers? No problem. I. Before You Begin 1. Go download and install the latest version of Java SDK (JRE and JDK) on your Windows computer. Download the JDK and install it II. 1. Live Wallpaper Creator Script (Link updated March 21st, 2012) 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Thanks to Daneshm90 for his awesome live wallpaper creator script! Android Phones chill [XDA GUIDE] ADB, Fastboot, and Nandroid Hello All! After much frustration with setting up ADB i finally got it working. Everyone said its simple and takes minimal knowledge but when things dont work, nothing really worked. Anyways after 2 hours of research trying to get ADB to work i finally got it all working and wanted to share my knowledge to anyone else that needed help. This Guide is for windows only. If you are using Linux please go here: [HOW-TO]Set up Android SDK/ADB/Fastboot on Ubuntu Linux Like My Guide(s)? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Things you need: Android SDK - Download Winrar - Download (32bit) Download (64bit) Windows PC USB Cable A Rooted HTC Dream (Google G1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Setting up the Android SDK Download the file from above Unzip to your desktop Take the "android-sdk-windows" folder and move it to the root of your hard drive (C:\) Now, 1. Preparing your phone for ADB For Android SDK 1.5r7+ 1. Code:
TechCrunch Creating Live Wallpapers on Android Android has a number of personalization features to help users customize many aspects of their device user experience. One of these features is live wallpaper. Live wallpapers don’t remain as static background images but instead have interactive features. A live wallpaper, on Android, is normally used as a background on the home screen that animates or changes over time in some way. As a developer, you can create and publish live wallpapers. Step 0: Getting Started Recently, we showed you how to use RenderScript. The open source code for this tutorial is available for download. Step 1: Service or Engine? You could say that a live wallpaper is just a service. Let's see what this looks like. public class FallingSnowWallpaperService extends WallpaperService { @Override public Engine onCreateEngine() { return new FallingSnowWallpaperEngine(); } } And you're done! Step 2: Defining the Wallpaper Since a live wallpaper is a service, you must register the service in your manifest file. Conclusion
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