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[Android Apps and Games] _miha_:
version 0.96 major update - create your own show

You can now create your own show by adding sites to "My Sites" and then cycle/shuffle through everything. Also activity times can be defined (but that part is not completely finished so don't invest too much time - I need to make this international with same zero time for everyone internally).

I also changed some internal stuff and hope I didn't break too much :)

I love using it as a picture frame now. I even removed some homescreen widgets to see more of the pictures when running as wallpaper ...

Aside from fixing all the bugs (and improving the widget maybe) there now is only one really big feature wish keeping me awake and excited: flash webcams! More and more cams switch to HD and flash now and only few still have a simple jpg to be found when looking at the network traffic. I already did some reading and experiments and think it is possible to use ffmpeg to grab pictures* (if not on the device - I have seen it IS possible already on a server but that would be too expensive with who knows how many users this will get) ... but this will take a lot more time ... If there is someone reading this with experience with ffmpeg on android (I found android compiling source already but never used the ndk before) and/or rtmp and maybe understanding swf and willing to help me or give me some hints/links: please contact me! I want these HD cams to work!!!

* video streaming would be nice and should be added later but this is not really a videoplayer app so no priority for that!
[Android Apps and Games] g8rpal:
downloaded the latest version from the marketplace. all the new features are really cool. I've been working on my own program to convert a text file of weblinks to random.html webpage. I've even got the time of day logic working. The best one I have working in webpreview mode is random4.html

it even refreshes automatically if the image link is broken! Once I get the program polished a bit more I'll upload here.
[Android Apps and Games] wspeed:
Minor bugs in recent versions

Well, I've used this app for some days. It's a great idea to bring the web content to our android phone's home screen. And I mainly used the online image option.

In recent versions, I've found the app not as stable as previous. For example, there's always a text line of web-address on the center screen which is annoying;sometimes background image of the home screen not change after I chose another image source and loaded the image 100%; nothing happened after I chose a image source from "my sites".

I wish these problems will be resolved in your later publications. Thanks again.
[Android Apps and Games] _miha_:
Try disabling the "progress" option in the system settings. That should remove the text.

Sometimes it takes some time (but only seconds) after 100% until the image is ready. If the image doesn't change there may have been not enough memory to load the new picture or a connection failure. Also when you enter your own site it is possible the program wasn't able to find a nice wallpaper picture. I will try to reproduce this.

I see now I have to invest some more work in the webpreview :) It is only a bad and slow hack at the moment. You may also want to try the other Web LiveWallpaper app that appeared in the market recently because that has set the focus to web view only (but the full version is not free).
[Android Apps and Games] _miha_:
version 0.96.1 with some fixes and a completely redone web view

The refresh has been broken sometimes/often in last version. Should be better now. And I added a running timer to the progress option to check if the wallpaper is still active.

Also removed more OutOfMemory (but this app IS using a lot of memory while website digging) and some other minor stuff.

Show shuffling/order is not completely fixed ... but it is still nicely showing all the different sites.

The web view is now no longer using a snapshot (what I called hack before). It's a real android webkit view now on your homescreen background - taking more memory again ;) Advantage is a much clearer image and ability to scale and shift picture around to see the portion of the website you really want to see! Also small websites (like your own - showing for example a webcam and weather information combines from two sources) can load faster (but still must be optimized).

Disadvantage is slower loading for large websites and sometimes missing features of the android browser compared to desktop browsers.

Still no streaming and flash (maybe flash with the web view/snapshot setting if your device supports flash in the browser - mine doesn't).
[Android Apps and Games] edwinek:
My Sites doesn't work anymore

My Sites doesn't work anymore. When I select one, nothing happens to the active wallpaper. I have to select a variety of other options randomly before it sometimes works. Last time it took me over five minutes to activate one of my sites.

(HTC Desire / Froyo, not rooted)
[Android Apps and Games] _miha_:
Thank you for reporting this - didn't notice and got no other report until now. Will be fixed in next version coming soon.
[Android Apps and Games] _miha_:
version 0.96.2

The My Sites may still have issues. My time for today is running out and the emulator is really buggy and slow today ... :(

Very cool new possibilities with this version!!!

I fixed google image search (I didn't support iframe before)! So now you can let google find nice wallpapers for you! Just specify your search and enjoy googles finds on your homescreen. You should specify large image size and remove terms you don't like to see. For example image search for "moon -sailor" if you want moon wallpapers but not sailormoon ... URL to enter in the app then would be: http://www.google.de/images?as_q=mo...&as_st=y&tbs=isch:1,isz:lt,islt:xga,itp:photo

The web snapshot view setting now enables (very limited and slow) streaming! You may be able to see video websites on your homescreen if the Android browser can do them. See the SF East Beach Webcam really moving now as an example ... Try this for websites not working with the normal settings. Page zoom and position can also be specified but saving them to My Sites may not work ok. Edit your mysites.xml by hand after saving once (sdcard/Android/data/com.dngames.websitelivewallpaper/files/mysites.xml).

Show refresh is also repaired now. Show site order still has issues.

Edit: Please note that the "show progress"-setting now really drains your battery! v96.3 reduces that a bit.
[Android Apps and Games] g8rpal:
Great new version! I now use random5.html (which doesn't add two to the current hour and I fixed some bugs in the javascript.) I tried the other version and it's ok; but, I can't see paying $2.50 for that version when yours has so many great features and you are so responsive. When you come out of beta I'll certainly buy your version. I have noticed I can't tap the home screen to make it change the background at will any more. No big deal; but, I thought I'd mention it...

Thanks a million!
[Android Apps and Games] _miha_:
version 0.96.5 with some small changes/repairs

I fixed some refresh issues and crashes.

Too many ideas for further development again but nothing ready ...

I think this will stay free - I develop it for my own use ... hopefully many downloads, better ratings and some nice mails/posts :) Also the ads brought me more money than paid sales so far (tried to sell a game for some time but unpublished it because it was not worth the hassle).

I have been unable to reproduce the non-working homescreen tap but will look again ...
[Android Apps and Games] sz0wxc:
your latest version v0.96.5.1 cause my Nexus One to force close. Is there anyway to download the old v0.96.3 till you get it fixed?
[Android Apps and Games] _miha_:
Thanks for your report to market! I had very little time now. More tonight. But maybe I got it already ...

Can you please also try the 0.96.5.2 from market or first post? 96.3 is attached here ...
[Android Apps and Games] sz0wxc:
Thank you very much! Your lastest version 96.5.2 fixed the force closed.

Again thank you for your quick reply, fix and previous version.
[Android Apps and Games] _miha_:
version 0.96.6 adds local gallery pictures, different mobile refresh times and more

You can now also add your local pictures to your show - now you can still watch your own pictures while offline.

Advanced users like g8rpal also may want to put their html files on their sdcard and load them from there instead of the internet. Enter an URL like: file:///sdcard/random.html (note the 3! /s) ... (I put your first random.html in the quickselections).

Also different refresh durations for mobile connection can be specified to lower data traffic but still have a new picture from time to time (for example set webcam refresh to 5 seconds normal and 900 seconds mobile which may still be enough to see the weather out there but not every movement :).

No borders view setting allows wallpapers without any borders and you can delete "my sites"-entries in the system-menu now.

Please let me know the things I broke this time again :)
[Android Apps and Games] godeke-m:
interesting
[Android Apps and Games] edwinek:
Always back to 10 seconds

WebLiveWallpaper is getting better and better, thanks for the hard work.

One thing that is still going wrong: the refresh time keeps getting reset to 10 seconds. This seems to happen with every new version, but sometimes als when I switch sites.
[Android Apps and Games] _miha_:
version 0.96.7 with show management and full mjpg streaming support

See the last example webcams for mjpeg streaming views.

You can now save show settings and load again later. Single sites can be added to the show instead of categories.

Also added a simple option to filter out night images from webcams and some other little stuff. And I fixed some bugs (and added new ones :)

I spend already too much time adding video support in preparation for flash videos but that is not working yet (except from mjpeg like many axis webcams deliver).

Bad thing is that my son and wife got sick so there is even less time at the moment ...

Maybe I do not understand what is happening - I am unable to reproduce this. Do others also experience this. Can you tell which sitesswitches make that happen? 10 is the default value so there is some sense that when an error happens the value gets reset to that value.
[Android Apps and Games] edwinek:
It always happens when I switch between sites in the "Mys Sites" list. Independent of which sites I select.
[Android Apps and Games] _miha_:
v0.96.7.1 fixes setting the mjpeg cams and enables higher resolution mjpg ...

... like the second tokyo cam.

:( Does not happen for me. Is it possible for you to open the file /sdcard/Android/data/com.dngames.websitelivewallpaper/files/mysites.xml [on a PC while connected via USB] and look what the refresh times specified there are? Or send me the file?
[Android Apps and Games] _miha_:
v0.96.8 has a new assisted setup to help find webcams and other content

And again some crash reports from market helped me fix bugs. Thank you.

The assisted setup is at the moment not much more than a google (image)search with some suggested keywords but should help newbies already.
[Android Apps and Games] _miha_:
v 0.96.8.2 fixes the setup assistant

And some seldom crashes/issues like when no media is present on phone/sdcard but the own pictures get selected be shown and german translation update.
[Android Apps and Games] edwinek:
Here's the file. Interestingly, the one I mostly use for wallpaper (Antwerpen HZS) has the 10 seconds (although I keep resetting it to a higher value, 900 or 1800) in the <refresh> tag.

Regards,

Edwin
[Android Apps and Games] _miha_:
version 0.96.8.4 with a fix for crash without external media again

Quickselection sets the my sites save name default now which makes modification of existing entries easier ... and a small fix for digging into obscure sized ads (stehsegelrevue chiemsee). Last picture (backup) is now stored internally again as default - setting to store on sdcard under system as there are devices without external memory ...

Thank you for the file! Unfortunately I am still unable to reproduce wrong settings. Tried setting all your cams to different times and set them again and again. One thing you could try is changing directly in the mysites xml with a text editor and save it back to the phone. :(
[Android Apps and Games] g8rpal:
It just keeps getting better!

Wow! I was poking around the settings today and I saw Avoid dark/black webcams. Very, very cool. I'm actually updating to an even newer version now. Can't wait to try this out! I might have to create a new Random.html w/ all the sites in it and get rid of the javascript switch on the hour. Maybe I can finally try it without webpage view and include the sites that don't have just a jpg. Really, really cool! Wish I had something like this for my PC.

Mike

:):):):):):)
[Android Apps and Games] g8rpal:
Just read release notes on Market. Amazed that you can edit the xml and set active/inactive times for sites to avoid black/night views! I've update my mypotdchanger.exe program to export Random5.html from the sites.dat(s) from picoftheday.exe. It should be a cinch to have it export it to weblivewallpaper xml format. Will try and get this done in the next week or so and share w/ all here.

This is so cool!
[Android Apps and Games] _miha_:
Thanks again for the positive feedback. I get more bad ratings than ever on the market at the moment and dont know why. Something must be totally broken (on some phones?) ... but I do not get more crash reports.

G8rpal you can also load .html from sdcard with file://sdcard/yourcamfilepathhere.html if that helps.
[Android Apps and Games] _miha_:
version 0.96.8.8 has working ssl certs and removes all the red screens

The red screen should now only appear once: at the very first time the app is started! That has been a bug!
[Android Apps and Games] g8rpal:
I took a look at the xml files and I can't figure out how to set an individual site's schedule. For instance, if I want a particular site to only be shown from 9am - 7pm, how would I do that in the xml file?

Thank you once again for a great app!
[Android Apps and Games] _miha_:
Hmmh. I think you found a loose end which I didn't finish!

xml is like this:

<site category="webcam">
<name>San Francisco (California, United States)</name>
<URL>http://webmarin.com/images/wc/Camera.jpg</URL>
<refresh>30</refresh>
<times>
<time>
<starttime>9:00</starttime>
<endtime>19:00</endtime>
</time>
</times>
</site>

But for me looking at my own sourcecode it seems at the moment that I do not read it from the file. I will check and fix that for the next update! This will take a little more time than usual because we have guests at home for some days.
[Android Apps and Games] _miha_:
back with version 0.96.8.9

Some of the default sites were not working correct anymore. Now a new image search is built in which is digging these sites fine when they use stylesheets to hide images or do user-agent stuff. Please send me sites you do not get working!

Also I noticed all quickselections had been saved to mysites when selected - bug removed!

This update now stores the times in xml and uses them. One thing missing there is timezone independence. Will add that later.
[Android Apps and Games] grradicals:
Is it possible to load this animated gif?

I reallly want to load this page:

lajollasurf (dot) org (/) images (/) pacanimne (dot) gif -- Sorry they won't let me post a link

But I keep getting this-

Unable to load web picture! connection failure, out of memory? Try the view setting: web snapshot

You should add this onto your list of things to offer as there aren't many good swell apps out there for surfing.
[Android Apps and Games] _miha_:
It is working for me (http:// added) - but not animated. I will see if animated gif is also possible.

If not working try to set all advanced settings off - may be you had "no gif" enabled? I think I will reset the settings or call the "setup assistant" after url entry in the next update.
[Android Apps and Games] Rangelus:
Fantastic app, _miha_. Works perfectly on my HTC Desire. I'm using it to give me a nice APOD wallpaper. I also like how choosing APOD automatically selects "refresh once a day".

I suggest you put a link to this thread in the android market version of this app. Maybe you'll have fewer low ratings and more bug reports that way.

As a feature request, is it possible to be able to choose whether this app shows up in the list of apps or not? Since I only run it as a wallpaper, I don't really need a separate icon in All Apps. I am happy getting to the settings through the live wallpaper screen. Not really important, was just a thought.
[Android Apps and Games] _miha_:
I have added the link but I think most installers do never read the whole text (which is really long so it is not their fault!). I will have to redo and shorten the text when I have time and put all the help/technical stuff in some kind of faq. Also the web market large picture is really ugly ...

I tried to find out but it seems that I would loose the icon for all users then (remove LAUNCHER intent - is it possible to do that after install?). If someone knows a way and tells me I will be happy to put a setting for that in.
[Android Apps and Games] _miha_:
If someone with a Desire Z is reading this and can tell me if the app is really not working as the last 1star says that would be nice! A logfile then would make me even more happy!

I have added the link but I think most installers do never read the whole text (which is really long so it is not their fault!). I will have to redo and shorten the text when I have time and put all the help/technical stuff in some kind of faq. Also the web market large picture is really ugly ...

I tried to find out but it seems that I would loose the icon for all users then (remove LAUNCHER intent - is it possible to do that after install?). If someone knows a way and tells me I will be happy to put a setting for that in.

Next update with a first version of gif animation and webview fixes ready soon ...
[Android Apps and Games] Rangelus:
Ah, I see it there. I must have missed it the first time. But what I was really talking about was, when you scroll to the bottom of the market entry, there is normally an entry for "Visit the developer's web page". If you don't have a personal web page for this project (which you probably do), you could put the url to this thread instead. Just a thought.

Well, not being a programmer you should take this with a grain of salt, but there are apps which come pre-installed on my phone which are only visible and only have launchers if you have a certain cell provider's SIM installed. When I got the phone and put a different provider's SIM in the phone, it removed the launchers. But the apps are still installed. *shrug*

Yay! :)

ETA: I get a force closure when selecting System>Save on SDcard on my stock Froyo Desire.
[Android Apps and Games] gray bishop:
ty ty ty

one of the best apps I've ever downloaded

thanks so much
[Android Apps and Games] _miha_:
version 0.97 adds animations

Thanks to user Rangelus there is a FAQ now!

Thanks to Scott Baxter (Binary Clock) I got the Idea (and motivation to fix some bugs) to better show the possibilities of this app to create your own JavaScript Live Wallpaper (which user g8rpal already used before but I didn't realise the full potential for using it directly to draw things) ...

So now there is a new category animations in the quickselections which contains some javascript and gif animations as examples. The advanced Javascript/CSS3 demos may not work on every device. Also large GIF animations need too much memory at the moment so there will be missing/wrong animation - that will be fixed in the next versions. BUT I LOVE THIS DANCING KITTY (and my daughter does ;)!

Now the bad news:

I did some changes to the threading again. And I fixed crashes reported to market. And changed the scaling code of the non-wallpaper app. This will have caused new bugs :) But I wanted to get the update released before I add to many new things screwing up everything.
[Android Apps and Games] _miha_:
97.1 is still not finished or perfect

I shifted the direction of the app a little (see first post) as more and more photo and webcam live wallpapers are appearing in the market now and getting much more downloads (they are more focused and easier accessible I presume thus getting less 1stars ;).

I hope people that like to experiment a bit or know what they want still prefer to have a lot of options and possibilities ... I don't have enough time to keep a nice directory of 15000 webcams up to date, create nice graphics or endless numbers of transition effects.

More and more refined examples as quickselections will provide enough nice wallpaper for everyone without the desire to really personalize everything - so please continue to ask or tell me if you have a great webcam/website/animation or whatever.

The above doesn't mean webcam and photo support will be dropped! I still use it myself every day for my little show containing webcam and picture gallery ... I still want better flash support (got ffmpeg to compile already but it increases app size too much and is too slow for real video on my slow devices - there is a video live wallpaper in the market already doing exactly this if you want to try).

A little tutorial for a very simple javascript clock wallpaper is at the bottom of the faq. In the quickselections I added other clocks, graphics demos (see the fractal zoomer) and even a calendar just to show what is possible and give ideas. I hope someone builds completely different stuff I didn't think about ...

Website view was a little broken from the last update. Now better!

Animated gif support is improved now. Large ones are now working but that streaming stuff is not final as it does not repeat completely.
[Android Apps and Games] Rangelus:
Thanks for your hard work. Animations look great!

Personally, I prefer endless customization to pre-set choices, which I'd why I essence unhappy with all the other choices on the market.
[Android Apps and Games] _miha_:
version 0.97.2 fixes the broken widget ...

... and repairs some other stuff (crash fix for wrong times, large gif play but still not finished, motion jpeg preview picture). Also the requested "hide launcher icon" setting is now available under system settings (far down at the bottom :)

The widget now opens the settings instead of the app (did you prefer to open the app to quickly view a larger picture on demand?) to avoid many clicks ...

Widget picture is updated more often (changing settings, every 15 minutes). With one of the next versions I want to make the widget a little more configurable and add a nicer frame, sizes and the option to refresh itself without the wallpaper or app active (that will make it really useful then).
[Android Apps and Games] _miha_:
0.97.2.2 removes the LIVE widget

That it was working (with some delay) has been a 'bug'! But the LIVE and self refreshing widget will come back in a better way later.

Also fixes a crash with the widget happening if no picture could be loaded.

Today I reached 10000 active installs (not much for others, but a personal achievement for me and my android hobby), thank you!!!

Wish I would get more feedback, feature requests and good ratings :) One bug or feature request email a week is a little low for so many installs. And the app is not that perfect yet ;) I get less bug reports/emails than bad ratings!
[Android Apps and Games] Rangelus:
Thanks for including the hide launcher icon option, _miha_! You work quickly, I'm very impressed.

One thing I've noticed recently, whenever I try to get the latest picture from APOD, it keeps giving me the "bad connection/out of memory?" error. It didn't used to do this, but it could also be a setting. For now I've had to manually set the latest picture as my wallpaper, and I don't have time to poke around in the settings much. How much memory does the app use when downloading?