How to set wallpaper in Android

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XaB picture XaB · May 18, 2010 · Viewed 12.5k times · Source

I am using Android SDK 1.6. Could someone tell me how to set an image as the wallpaper in the homescreen.

getApplicationContext().setWallpaper();

seems to be not working for me.

Answer

Cristian picture Cristian · May 18, 2010

You have to add the SET_WALLPAPER permission to your AndroidManifest.xml

<manifest xlmns:android...>
 ...
 <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SET_WALLPAPER" />
</manifest>

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