One of the coolest features of Android (2.1+) is its Live Wallpapers – richer, animated, interactive backgrounds on home screen. Android devices are shipped with few live wallpapers and you can download more from here. A live wallpaper is very similar to a normal Android application and has access to all the facilities of the platform: SGL (2D drawing), OpenGL (3D drawing), GPS, accelerometers, network access, etc. This article will help you to set your favorite video as a live wallpaper on your Android device.
Follow these steps
- ‘Video Live Wallpaper’ is the application which does the magic. The application can be installed from the market. It is available for free and it takes around 6.2 MB after installation. The application can not be moved to SD card.
- After the application is installed, open Launcher (Home). Press Menu from the Launcher.
- Select ‘Wallpaper’ > ‘Live wallpapers’ > ‘Video Live Wallpaper’. If you are not seeing this option on your device, please check if the application was installed properly.
- Select the video file or directory you want to be used as live wallpaper. ‘Settings’ > ‘Video file or directory’. You can also configure other options like Swiping smoothness from the Settings screen.
- Select the ‘Set wallpaper’ and your video will be used as live wallpaper.
If you are interested in creating your own live wallpaper, check out this sample.
-- Varun
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