Weird, the Google I/O session explicitly mentioned Live Wallpapers when showing the Twitter for Android application's dashboard screen: " Let's get started looking at Twitter for Android shall we?
So, we start with the dashboard firmly in place, and as you can see, the one twist that we've done with the dashboard immediately, is to use the goodness of Live Wallpapers, that we shipped in Android 2.1 and animate the home screen. Those are Twitter clouds and that's the Twitter bird... " I guess maybe the Googler just meant they used the same design concept, not reused any of the implementation, although that's not how I understood it at the time. On Oct 19, 7:44 pm, Romain Guy <[email protected]> wrote: > No, Twitter is not using a LiveWallpaper. It's just a custom subclass > of Drawable. There's nothing crazy or advanced about it :) > > On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Streets Of Boston > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > If i remember correctly, Twitter used to draw its animated backgrounds > > using the LiveWallpaper feature (which you can show in your own > > Activities' backgrounds as well). > > > On Oct 6, 8:15 am, oriharel <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Just like Twitter for android used to have (they removed it) - I need > >> to display an animated background drawable. > > >> How to I show an image that is actually bigger then the given layout > >> dimensions (without the image being shrink). > > >> What kind of animation do I need to use for the "moving" effect? > > >> thanks. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > Romain Guy > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time > to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on > public forums, where I and others can see and answer them -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
