Dianne, I'm using three devices to play with this... Nexus, Hero, Europa. Basically I've spent way too many hours trying to get this to work programmatically with a screen sized (320 * 480) image. It clearly isn't practical to set wallpaper with an image of those dimensions... I'm just going to have to tell my client "No..."!
On Dec 19, 7:50 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually ignore that last part, the wallpaper still needs to be the height > of the screen in portrait. Duh. :p You should see in the gallery wallpaper > cropping UI that the size it wants is slightly longer than tall, but not as > much as a WVGA screen. At least, again, for the standard platform running > the standard launcher. > > On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Oh and in the standard launcher app, the requested size will be slightly > > wider than the screen in landscape, and the same height as the screen in > > portrait. This is to ensure the image is large enough to fill a portrait > > screen, and still be able to provide a bit of parallax on a landscape screen > > (in which case the image will be cropped vertically). > > > Actually on some devices without a keyboard it may just ask for an image > > the same size as the display in landscape, because the standard launcher > > doesn't run in landscape mode in that case. > > > On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Dianne Hackborn > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> What phone are you doing this on? It works fine on all of my phones. > > >> Also note the desired image size is based on what the current launcher app > >> expects. Something else could be installed that sets it to something > >> different. The platform just reports whatever was last requested by an > >> app. > > >> On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 1:17 AM, Neilz <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> Ok, I think the problem I have here is not my code after all... > > >>> I tried simply setting the wallpaper from the phone options, picking > >>> an image from the gallery. Exactly the same thing happens as when I do > >>> it from the code... it picks a central part of the image and stretches > >>> it. > > >>> I think the problem seems to be that it wants a rectangular image > >>> (wider than it is high) to fit the multiple desktops. But the images > >>> that I have in my app are all tall. But, if it wants an image that > >>> size, then why does the WallpaperManager suggest an image size which > >>> is basically the same results as the DisplayMetrics dimensions? (i.e. > >>> 240 * 320, 320 * 480 etc). That clearly isn't the size that it wants. > > >>> Seriously, try setting a wallpaper from your own image gallery, and > >>> you'll see what I mean. > > >>> -- > >>> 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > >>> For more options, visit this group at > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > >> -- > >> Dianne Hackborn > >> Android framework engineer > >> [email protected] > > >> Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > >> provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > >> questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > >> answer them. > > > -- > > Dianne Hackborn > > Android framework engineer > > [email protected] > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > > answer them. > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. 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
