Creating own LiveWallpaperPreview?

I would like to create my own LiveWallpaperPreview, i.e. to show the user a fullscreen preview of what the selected Live Wallpaper looks like (without the "Set Wallpaper" and "Settings" button that the stock-OS preview has).

Rebuilding the LivePicker-Class from 2.1 (android.git.kernel.org) works great, so I am able to let the user select a wallpaper to be previewed, but the actual LiveWallpaperPreview-Class tries to import the following private Interfaces/Classes:

import android.service.wallpaper.IWallpaperConnection;

import android.service.wallpaper.IWallpaperService;

import android.service.wallpaper.IWallpaperEngine;

import android.service.wallpaper.WallpaperSettingsActivity;

开发者_开发问答Is there any way to display a LiveWallpaper in my app without resorting to using the private APIs (which I obviously don't want to do)?

Thanks!

Nick

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You cannot do this. The live wallpaper picker is part of the Android operating system and cannot be replaced.

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Looking into the same problem, but also hit a dead end.

My idea was that I didn't need access to IWallpaperConnection etc., but that I could use reflection on the bound service.

However, I get WARN/ActivityManager(96): Permission Denial: Accessing service ComponentInfo{com.android.wallpaper/com.android.wallpaper.grass.GrassWallpaper} from pid=4196, uid=10070 requires android.permission.BIND_WALLPAPER

The permission android.permission.BIND_WALLPAPER is required for viewing the wallpaper and it is a system permission not available to normal apps.

EDIT: Created an app called Current Wallpaper that is available on the market https://market.android.com/details?id=com.elsewhat.android.currentwallpaper

It basically displays the current wallpaper in a standalone app and allows you to change the wallpaper through an intent to the standard wallpaper picker.

The app uses the theme android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Wallpaper.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen"