[Android Apps and Games] Mariuxtheone:
Hello, xda community! :)

I recently published on Android Market RLW Live Wallpaper Free, a high tech wallpaper with one unique feature: it's the first Live Wallpaper with Third-Party themes support, just like ADW Launcher, Go Launcher Ex or AudioManager Pro.

Here's some images:

Actually RLW is doing pretty fine on Android Market (4000+ downloads in a few days) but it can grow even better with *more themes*!

You can find the THEME TEMPLATE in the attachment below!

Development of RLW Themes is really simple!

During development you can set:

1- Circle images

2- Background images

3- Images scaling

4- Background Scaling

It's all in the README - HOWTO file contained in the Template, here's a copy of it:

-- RLW Theme Development Howto --

Creating a theme for RLW is really simple, you just have to follow the instructions below.

The folder included is a Template, it's an Eclipse Project.

1) EDIT PACKAGE NAME:

Your theme package name needs to be "com.rlw.theme.yourthemename" (without quotes, substitute yourthemename with your theme name). This way the theme can be found on Android Market by RLW.

2) IMAGES:

You have to put images in res/drawable, drawable-hdpi, drawable-mdpi, drawable-ldpi folders, in ALL of them.

The circles images size is 512x512 px. However you can use 256x256 images in drawable-mdpi and drawable-ldpi folders: remember that doing so will result in low quality images for mdpi and ldpi devices, so using 512x512 images is strongly recommended. USE ALWAYS POWER OF 2 SIZES (128x128, 256x256, 512x512...).

There are 7 circles images (circle0, circle1,..circle6). You need to include all 7 images, if you want you can leave transparent the circles images you don't want to be displayed.

The circles images MUST be PNG-24 with transparent background.

The background image (background) correct size is 1024x1024. You can use both JPG and PNG. You MUST include a background image, even if you don't want to use it: in this case, you can provide a small, transparent image, this way it will not impact your theme weight. The background image must not contain transparencies.

3) CONFIGURE THEME SETTINGS:

Theme settings are included in res/values/theme_settings.xml file.

Here's a brief description of the fields:

* app_name = Name of the app, to be displayed in Android Task Manager

* theme_name = Name of the theme, will be displayed in Rotating Wallpaper theme chooser dialog. Please don't insert "Rotating Wallpaper Theme" words in this field. Use short names.

* RGB_R, RGB_G, RGB_B = these are the values of Background Color, which will be displayed if you set use_background_image=0; The color form is RGB (0-255, 0-255, 0-255). For instance, let's say you want to set RED as background color: the RGB form for red is (255,0,0), so you will set RGB_R=255, RGB_G=0, RGB_B=0.

*use_background_image = set it to 1 if you want to use the background image, else set it to 0. If 0, Background Color will be used instead.

*size_background_image = if you use a 1024x1024 background image, you should leave this untouched. If you use a smaller or a bigger image, use this field to edit background image scale. Keep in mind that for landscape mode, the size of the background image is automatically increased by 0.8f. Use float values (for example 1f, 0.8f, 5f), remember the final "f" which indicates float!!!!

*scale_modifiers_circles = this is a stringarray containing 7 modifiers for circles sizes. If you need a different scaled circle, you can add a modifier. Use float values (for example 1f, 0.8f, 5f), remember the final "f" which indicates float!!!!

Note: The theme contains an empty Activity. You can use it at your pleasure to sponsorize your other apps!

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PLEASE DONATE PURCHASING RLW PRO!

PLEASE PUBLISH 1 FREE THEME FOR ANY PAID THEME YOU PUBLISH ON THE MARKET!

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Mariux Apps is not taking any responisbility for themes created by third-parties.

Start developing themes now!!! It's fun and the results are great!

Here's the link to the Free App on Android Market: LINK

There's also a paid, full-featured version: LINK

Website: http://www.mariuxapps.com/wp/rlw-live-wallpaper

Theme template mirror: http://www.mariuxapps.com/wp/create-rlw-theme

I'm always open to questions and suggestions! Feel free to provide ideas and share bugs if you spot some!

Cheers

Mariux