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[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
The screen you are showing is for testing that indeed your device supports dynamic colors.

In order for the live wallpaper to affect the colors, you need to further read the instructions, and choose the colors on the settings screen.
[Android Apps and Games] Pacshadow:
When I choose colors on that screen it doesn't actually change my dynamic color. The only way I've found to be able to change my dynamic color is though the testing. Attached is before changing color on settings screen and after. Google chrome didn't change colors when I turned off the live wallpaper, changed the color and then turned the live wallpaper back on.
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
I've now updated the steps below "How to use:"

https://xdaforums.com/t/app-8-1-lwp-customized-monet-colors.3720622/post-74870444

Please follow all steps.
[Android Apps and Games] Pacshadow:
So I followed the steps and anything I change in the settings screen does nothing. I already had the "Used customized colors" on and had my colors all selected black. But when I change it from black to any other color my dynamic colors do not change.
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
So you've changed all colors to green, for example, turned off and on the display, and nothing happened?

And that's while the app is set to be the current wallpaper for home&lock screen?
[Android Apps and Games] Pacshadow:
Yes correct.
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Please contact me directly and send me a video from the moment of install. This is a lot to write here in the forum for a personal solution.
[Android Apps and Games] Pacshadow:
So using Green instead of black and restarting my phone (Restarting my phone is the step I missed in the instructions.) It is working perfectly now. Thank you again for the help.
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
You need to restart the phone? Turning off&on the display isn't enough (single press the power button) ?
[Android Apps and Games] Pacshadow:
Yes that was not enough to change anything. Now after choosing green and restarting my phone the dynamic color has returned to the pink hue instead of the light blue.
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
How odd.

Perhaps this device would work better with the app if you set it as a live wallpaper for both lock&home screen.

I don't know.
[Android Apps and Games] Pacshadow:
Yeah it's really weird. I will try that and see if it sticks.
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Trying to split the app has failed (but you can still install the "Get my wallpaper" app from the link), and trying to have LWP+ app with the important permissions for the feature it has also failed.

Both failed not because of technical reasons, but only because Google's Play policy team was against the "changes" (not quite changes because I already had those capabilities on older versions of the app). And as the time goes by, I have to add more and more updates to the app, yet Google denies it being published till I remove the permissions, and the features with it.

I will soon prepare and publish a new version of LWP+ that doesn't have the important permissions and sadly will only offer the feature of backup/import of current wallpaper only for old Android versions (before Android 13), as back then the Play Policy team doesn't have rules about.

I will try to publish a new app that does more than just backup the current wallpaper. Maybe then Google will approve of it. I know that it's a useful thing to have, both here and just for users that want just that.
[Android Apps and Games] use484737:
Is there a way to set a wallpaper only as Lock screen?
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
This question already has an answer in the FAQ (first post of this thread).

As it's a live wallpaper app, you can set only an image as the lock screen (restriction of Android).

That being said, it is said that Android 14 allows to set a live wallpaper to the lock screen, but I don't see how to do it.

Also, I believe (can't know for sure, but I'm pretty sure) that even if it was possible, I don't think that the app would affect the OS colors, because if you choose image for lock screen and live wallpaper for home screen, the colors are affected only from home screen.
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
I've published a new app that lets you backup the current wallpaper:

Backup+ - Apps on Google Play

Backup wallpapers, ringtones, apps, fonts...

play.google.com

XDA link:

[APP][8.0+] Backup+ - backup apps, sounds, wallpapers, fonts, boot animations

Link on Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lb.backup_plus It supports backup of things that aren't usually offered by other apps: 1. Current wallpapers, built-in wallpapers 2. Ringtones, alarms, notifications, other...

xdaforums.com

Useful for Android 13+ users, as LWP+ can't do it anymore for these versions (only because of Play Policy restrictions).

Please do consider checking out the story about this here, and also consider starring the issue-tracker requests, so that such a feature will be back to LWP+.
[Android Apps and Games] Hentilador:
when going to recent apps in landscape mode then going back to Niagara launcher home screen on my Redmi Note 13 the wallpaper is stuck in a glitched landscape mode
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Hello,

Someone else with Xiaomi device also complained about it, and I thought I've fixed it by noticing some glitches on orientation change on an Honor device.

Can you please contact me (PM/email) so that we could solve this together?

I don't have a Xiaomi device and so I don't have any way to test on it and see if what I do helps...
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Look at the screenshot of the first thread here, or the video on the Play Store.

You've forgotten to enable an important thing: "use custom colors". If you don't enable it, it uses the colors of the wallpaper.

Currently, the only behavior I've seen happening when choosing custom colors, is the notification drawer. It might be different on various devices, various Android versions etc...

The app can't promise anything, because Google doesn't tell what each color will do. It only says "primary color", for example. Same for the other colors.

The background color is only for some edge cases, if for some reason the app failed to show the photo in full screen (so something has to be around the content...), or if there is no photo at all.

Maybe I should remove this, and allow to choose a photo or a color.
[Android Apps and Games] Snoopy DoDo:
I was a little confused about how it all works, I thought that the background color chosen told the OS what to look like and that the Custom Colors option was for a more personalized look. I have also activated and tried Custom Colors on different combinations (all gray, all black, all White...) with no luck.

One very weird thing that happens is that with a solid white wallpaper applied as live wallpaper (with LWP+) the elements go to dark, but as soon as I activate Custom Colors they go back to white (doesn't matter the chosen custom colors as far as I tested).

P.S.: Thanks for the reply. And don't worry if this is just not possible to do.
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
It's not weird. It's the order of priorities, from simple to advanced:

If you haven't set anything, it uses the background color (black by default, but you can change it if you wish).

If you have chosen only a photo, it will use the colors of the photo.

If you've chosen the custom colors, it will use them.

About what the colors do, so far I've only noticed what the primary color does, and only in black and white colors. The rest of the cases don't see to do anything. Maybe in the future they will, or on some other devices.
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Published a new version with some fixes.

New version will now let you go back to a background color instead of a photo, if you wish.

This means that if you choose a background color, the photo that was chosen for being a background - won't be used anymore.
[Android Apps and Games] gammaanimal:
Unfortunately the app doesn't work for me. Whenever I click on "set as current live wallpaper" the app crashes. I'm running a beta version of 8.1, where could I start searching for errors?

Edit: it's a problem with my rom and I let the devs know, sorry to bother you :)
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
What was the problem exactly? Why did it occur?
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
I've just tested on Android P DP2 (public beta), and noticed the app can't handle customized colors.

This is not because of the app, as it seems that it will occur for any live wallpaper app that claims to have customized colors (except for built in live wallpaper, for some reason).

I've checked it myself, using all possible ways I can think of to set customized colors. Published about this issue here:

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/79404938

If you wish, please star it to raise attention.

Sorry for the inconvenience. Hope Google will fix this soon.

I will try to find a workaround for this, but this is all I've found for now.

EDIT: just found out that even even one of Google's developer live wallpaper (here) has this issue. This proves it's an OS issue.

I'm sure Google will fix it.
[Android Apps and Games] joelphilippage:
I've tried doing this in my wallpaper, but I'm not seeing any changes.

Here is my code:

@Nullable
@Override
public WallpaperColors onComputeColors() {
if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O_MR1) {
Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.black);
WallpaperColors wallpaperColors = WallpaperColors.fromBitmap(bitmap);
Cat.d("Updated colors " + wallpaperColors.getPrimaryColor());
return WallpaperColors.fromBitmap(bitmap);
}
return super.onComputeColors();
}

And my logs return Updated colors Color(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, sRGB IEC61966-2.1)

Any ideas of what I could be doing wrong? Thanks!

[Edit] Actually I just tried your app, and it isn't working anymore. I am running the second Android P Developer preview, so it may just be a bug with that, although Google's Marvelous Marble live wallpaper still works, so there must be something different they are doing. I tested it on an emulator running android 8 and it is working as expected.
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
I've written about this just one post above yours.

I'm 100% sure it's an OS bug. It exists on third party live wallpaper apps, including Google's Muzei live wallpaper (choose there a black background to test it out), but doesn't exist on built in live wallpapers and on normal wallpapers.

Sadly I keep getting complaints about this, even though I've tried all possible workarounds I can't think about it.
[Android Apps and Games] joelphilippage:
Thanks. I just assumed I was doing it wrong since I had never tried to make a live wallpaper before. I understand there can be problems that are bugs with the OS. One of my apps has a breaking bug on one device that causes a lot of negative reviews, so I hope that they fix this soon and that your users are understanding. I went ahead and starred the reviews.
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
You can try on Android 8.1 to see it working.

Currently for some reason I can't convince Google it's a bug, even though I'm sure it is.

I really hope they fix it.

Otherwise, it might work only on Android 8.1
[Android Apps and Games] creeve4:
Thank you so much for creating this app!

I have found just one annoying thing: occasionally when turning on my phone or going to the home screen, I see just a black screen for about 1 second and then wallpaper is shown. Is this something that can be fixed?
[Android Apps and Games] Dirk:
Thanks OP!

This worked perfectly for me on Oneplus 3T Oreo 8.1, RR. The Wallpaper coloured tint being applied everywhere was driving me up the wall. Simply chose the same picture i was already using as my Background, Black as the three options and bingo... Tint gone. Wonderful! :good:
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
I can also confirm this.

Will try to fix it in the coming days. Do you know perhaps what's the best way to reproduce it ? I ask because it doesn't always seem to occur.

Sadly I was in the middle of working on the app to make it ready for more content types to show (video, GIF, and maybe even scrollable image), but recently I noticed Android P Beta has an issue with this app, of not affecting the colors of the OS at all.

That's why I stopped working on the app for a while, to see what I can do to overcome it, while also trying to convince Google it's indeed a bug on the OS. Eventually I've succeeded:

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/80029770

The good news about this (and that's just my guess, according to what Google wrote here) is that the colors will be applied to more than just the notification drawer:
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Good to see that it works on non-Pixel devices too.

Did it change the notification drawer, or something else? Or even more ?
[Android Apps and Games] creeve4:
I have not find a method for reproducing it 100% of the time. I notice it most when going to my home screen from an app that was in landscape orientation. I have found that setting your app to Not Optimized reduces the frequency of the black screens.
[Android Apps and Games] Dirk:
Everything that was a coloured tint is a nice neutral dark tint. (Options set to Black)

Notification Shade, Lockscreen, Recents.
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Nice. Can you please show screenshots of each, before and after ? Does it change only to black? Or even other colors?

We on Pixel don't have these. Only the notification drawer gets its color changed, and only from white to black.

I hope that on Android P it will change more, as Google wrote.
[Android Apps and Games] Dirk:
I didn't take any screenshots unfortunately, and once i have something set up and working i don't tempt fate, if you know what i mean!

The Notification Shade was the worst. I have a predominantly Blue wallpaper so pulling the Shade down over anything, particularly anything light, turned everything Blue. It was Gross!

At least one Custom Oreo ROM now has an option to disable the Tint entirely in all the places. I think it looks better with some tint, but dark, as i have it now.
[Android Apps and Games] creeve4:
Which ROM?
[Android Apps and Games] Dirk:
Dirty Unicorns. It's in the latest build. There are screenshots on their Twitter and Google+ pages.
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Yes, I think this make it occur more frequently.

Will need to check it out.

My guess: I think the live wallpaper thinks you got to landscape, so it ditches the image it used for portrait, but then it gets notified it's back to portrait, so it needs to load the image of portrait orientation.

If this is true, and I choose to solve it by saving both in memory, it means it will use about x2 times more memory even though only one is being used.

Will need to see what I can do.
[Android Apps and Games] D@rekills4:
Thank you for this app! It also removed the stupid white tint by the Pixel 2 launcher when using light coloured wallpapers.
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Which white tint?

Can you please show me?
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Seems Android P DP3 still has the issue of custom colors as on P DP2.

Made a new bug report for this, because Google marked previous one as fixed:

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/80029770

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/109826207
[Android Apps and Games] D@rekills4:
In the attached screenshot, you can see a white tint at the bottom in one screenshot.

On the other one, I used your app, so there's no white tint.
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Oh I see. Thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] D@rekills4:
You should add it to the app's description of is not already present.

There's a high number of people looking to remove that white tint.
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Well I never saw it, because I use Nova Launcher.

Sadly I can't add anything, because I have Android P DP3, and just like on DP2, it has a bug that doesn't let my app (and Muzei, for example) affect anything on the OS.

I will try to collect all the things I've noticed that change their colors, and make nicer description and video, but all this only after Android P is fixed.
[Android Apps and Games] D@rekills4:
Got the 1.22 update, everything working fine.
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Thank you for letting me know about this.

Sadly I got some bugs on my other apps on the recent updates though. Will need to fix them when I get back home.
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Good new guys!

On Android P, we might not even need this app for dark colors on the OS:

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/75233230#comment6

"We have added support for a Dark theme to be applied to quick settings and launcher under Settings -> Display -> Device Theme. It will be available in a future Android build.

"

https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/...-light-theme-toggle-upcoming-android-release/

https://www.phonearena.com/news/Pixel-Launcher-dark-theme-switch-in-Android-P_id105719
[Android Apps and Games] D@rekills4:
Got the version 1.23 update. No issues so far. (Nexus 6P, LineageOS 15.1).
[Android Apps and Games] Dirk:
Here is my updated experience with Oreo and it's heinous Wallpaper based Tinting. It's still an issue and this app is still the only solution. Just as well it works perfectly for me.

Some custom ROMs have Disable Tint options now. In my experience this only works in Recents, but causes UI jank in other places. Some Tint is required elsewhere.

LOS 15.1 have done some work to address the Tint with this Commit:

https://review.lineageos.org/#/c/LineageOS/android_frameworks_base/+/217499/

As you can see from the Screenshots it doesn't help in all the places. It should be noted that i can use Black for all three options under Custom Colors in this App without it affecting either the Quick Settings or App Drawer. The ROM settings for Light Theme override the App so i still get light QS, and my Custom Launcher (Apex) is not affected by the App in any way either.

Before and After LWP+:
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Good to know!

I wonder what Google is cooking for Android P.

I can't test it there. It doesn't seem to do anything.
[Android Apps and Games] Dirk:
I dread to think. I'm intending to skip it entirely based on what i've seen so far, which is why i'm ensuring my current setup is as good as i can make it. I intend to use it for a while!

Luckily, with this app and on this ROM i'm getting everything i want as far as fixing Google's dubious design decisions. Thanks for that. :good:
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Maybe you should at least try (when it gets final) ?

I saw some rumors about themes on it...
[Android Apps and Games] Dirk:
Rooted Substratum works now apparently, but i won't use either Root or Substratum.

I'm not enamoured with the direction Google are going in. Material Design 2 is awful, and they're not even making an effort anymore in their own apps, with their own original MD guidelines. Honestly, Marshmallow was the last Android version with a cohesive and encompassing design strategy.

Look at the mess we're in with Iconography. I've been using the same icon pack for years now and nothing i've seen recently could budge me from that!

I've turned off auto updates for most Google apps now and backed up the apk's for future use. They're good as they are while they still have some colour to them. Once everything goes 'retina burning' white, i'm done. My eyes hurt enough already!
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Haha.

I actually liked the days of before material. The dark themes we had back then seem futuristic to me.
[Android Apps and Games] Dirk:
Remember the Live Wallpaper on the Nexus One? Pixels with glowing trails zipping around the Homescreen? I thought it would never get better! :laugh:

I had a Miui ROM on mine once. Who would have thought Orange Accents could look good?
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
You mean this:

https://youtu.be/PHL9vo2UGEg?t=183

?

I actually prefered the spinning galaxy and the water pool more, but I used this one too.
[Android Apps and Games] Dirk:
Yep, the Nexus one. There was an App from the store that took the idea and improved on it too, with a bevvy of extra customisations.

Watching that video now it all looks so primitive! :laugh:

And to think i got into Smartphones with Windows Mobile. Imagine returning to that? I believe the HTC Sense skin used more resources than the rest of the OS.

https://youtu.be/LT4IVvPmGPQ
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Nice
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
I've now flashed Android P DP4 , and it has this cool feature in it:

Now you don't have to use my app anymore!

You can set whatever wallpaper you wish.

That being said, maybe I should add more features because of this, such as times to request which colors...
[Android Apps and Games] Dirk:
Same options that most if not all Oreo Custom ROMs have. Are you running this on your own device? What's the state of Wallpaper based Tinting now, and is your app working?
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Yes, I have it on my Pixel 2.

It works fine, and it seems to affect a bit more stuff than the notification drawer. Not the settings screen though, sadly.

My app works fine now.

However, currently, for those who just want a dark theme for any wallpaper they choose, there is no point in using my app.

I will probably add timed custom colors or something.

Currently I'm working on modularizing the engine of what to show, so that I could put other content (GIF, video,...) that the user can choose.

So far I was slowed down for this, because it didn't work on DP2 and DP3, and I didn't want to ruin it. I only fixed bug that I was sure I can fix, and I've worked on my other apps.
[Android Apps and Games] Dirk:
So Wallpaper based colour tinting is still there? (Power Menu, Notification Shade, Recents, Lockscreen)?

If so this is still an essential App to have installed. :good:
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Yes, but again, if all you want is to always have black/white color for those, no matter the wallpaper or live wallpaper, you don't need my app to do this anymore
[Android Apps and Games] Dirk:
I think i need to see a video of this. You're saying setting the Theme to 'Light' makes the Tint 'Light'? Isn't a Light Tint like having a milky effect? And if you want a normal Dark Tint you have to apply the Dark Theme?

To get a Dark Tint with the Light Theme it seems like your App is still the only way. :confused:

I don't know why i'm sweating it. I find everything about Android P utterly repulsive. There's not a hope in hell i would ever use it! :D
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Light will make things white (and wallpapers won't affect it), just as if you'd choose white colors in my app.

Dark will make things black (and wallpapers won't affect it), just as if you'd choose black colors in my app.
[Android Apps and Games] Dirk:
For the Tints that makes no sense to me whatsoever. It should be the other way round if anything. The Light Theme should have a Dark Tint and the Dark Theme a Light Tint, for contrast. I would be shocked if the new Theme system affected the Tints in any way though.

If i attach my Wallpaper, could you replicate the screenshot below and post up the results? (Light Theme, Notification Shade open over Browser window)
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
ok attached 2 images (after I've set the wallpaper you've attached). One with dark theme chosen, and another with light theme chosen.