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TMS
TMS

Reputation: 1213

Get an image/screenshot of live wallpaper on Android?

Is there a way to get an image of the current live wallpaper using the WallpaperManager API? I tried the following code, but it simply returned the the icon of the app that was used to set the wallpaper.

  PackageManager pm = getApplicationContext().getPackageManager();

    // Check if user has set a live wallpaper
    if (WallpaperManager.getInstance(this).getWallpaperInfo() != null) {
        Drawable wallpaperDrawable = WallpaperManager.getInstance(this).getWallpaperInfo().loadThumbnail(pm);
    }

Upvotes: 5

Views: 705

Answers (1)

Anjana
Anjana

Reputation: 933

Have you tried to use MediaProjection API to achieve this. I suggest to look along the following code. For more information about the API refer this.

//You have to start the Screen Capture based on an action. 
//mWidth, mHeight depends on device screen width, height
mImageReader = ImageReader.newInstance(mWidth, mHeight, PixelFormat.RGBA_8888, 2);
mVirtualDisplay = sMediaProjection.createVirtualDisplay(SCREENCAP_NAME, mWidth, mHeight, mDensity, VIRTUAL_DISPLAY_FLAGS, mImageReader.getSurface(), null, mHandler);
mImageReader.setOnImageAvailableListener(new ImageAvailableListener(), mHandler)
startActivityForResult(mProjectionManager.createScreenCaptureIntent(), REQUEST_CODE);

//Then convert the media captured to an Image
sMediaProjection.stop();
image = mImageReader.acquireLatestImage();
Image.Plane[] planes = image.getPlanes();
ByteBuffer buffer = planes[0].getBuffer();
bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(mWidth, mHeight, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
bitmap.copyPixelsFromBuffer(buffer);
File file = new File(Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES), "SNAPSHOT.jpg");
fos = new FileOutputStream(file);
bitmap.compress(CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, fos);
fos.close();

Upvotes: 0

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