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WallpaperService.Engine

public class WallpaperService.Engine
extends Object

java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.service.wallpaper.WallpaperService.Engine


The actual implementation of a wallpaper. A wallpaper service may have multiple instances running (for example as a real wallpaper and as a preview), each of which is represented by its own Engine instance. You must implement WallpaperService#onCreateEngine() to return your concrete Engine implementation.

Summary

Public constructors

Engine()

Default constructor

Public methods

int getDesiredMinimumHeight()

Convenience for WallpaperManager#getDesiredMinimumHeight(), returning the height that the system would like this wallpaper to run in.

int getDesiredMinimumWidth()

Convenience for WallpaperManager#getDesiredMinimumWidth(), returning the width that the system would like this wallpaper to run in.

Context getDisplayContext()

The Context with resources that match the current display the wallpaper is on.

SurfaceHolder getSurfaceHolder()

Provides access to the surface in which this wallpaper is drawn.

boolean isPreview()

Returns true if this engine is running in preview mode -- that is, it is being shown to the user before they select it as the actual wallpaper.

boolean isVisible()

Return whether the wallpaper is currently visible to the user, this is the last value supplied to onVisibilityChanged(boolean).

void notifyColorsChanged()

Notifies the engine that wallpaper colors changed significantly.

void onApplyWindowInsets(WindowInsets insets)

Called with the current insets that are in effect for the wallpaper.

Bundle onCommand(String action, int x, int y, int z, Bundle extras, boolean resultRequested)

Process a command that was sent to the wallpaper with WallpaperManager#sendWallpaperCommand.

WallpaperColors onComputeColors()

Called by the system when it needs to know what colors the wallpaper is using.

void onCreate(SurfaceHolder surfaceHolder)

Called once to initialize the engine.

void onDesiredSizeChanged(int desiredWidth, int desiredHeight)

Called when an application has changed the desired virtual size of the wallpaper.

void onDestroy()

Called right before the engine is going away.

void onOffsetsChanged(float xOffset, float yOffset, float xOffsetStep, float yOffsetStep, int xPixelOffset, int yPixelOffset)

Called to inform you of the wallpaper's offsets changing within its contain, corresponding to the container's call to WallpaperManager#setWallpaperOffsets(IBinder, float, float).

void onSurfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format, int width, int height)

Convenience for SurfaceHolder.Callback#surfaceChanged.

void onSurfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder)

Convenience for SurfaceHolder.Callback#surfaceCreated.

void onSurfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder)

Convenience for SurfaceHolder.Callback#surfaceDestroyed.

void onSurfaceRedrawNeeded(SurfaceHolder holder)

Convenience for SurfaceHolder.Callback2#surfaceRedrawNeeded.

void onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event)

Called as the user performs touch-screen interaction with the window that is currently showing this wallpaper.

void onVisibilityChanged(boolean visible)

Called to inform you of the wallpaper becoming visible or hidden.

void onZoomChanged(float zoom)

Called when the zoom level of the wallpaper changed.

void setOffsetNotificationsEnabled(boolean enabled)

Control whether this wallpaper will receive notifications when the wallpaper has been scrolled.

void setTouchEventsEnabled(boolean enabled)

Control whether this wallpaper will receive raw touch events from the window manager as the user interacts with the window that is currently displaying the wallpaper.

Protected methods

void dump(String prefix, FileDescriptor fd, PrintWriter out, String[] args)

Inherited methods

Public constructors

Engine

public Engine ()

Default constructor

Public methods

getDesiredMinimumHeight

public int getDesiredMinimumHeight ()

Convenience for WallpaperManager#getDesiredMinimumHeight(), returning the height that the system would like this wallpaper to run in.

Returns
int

getDesiredMinimumWidth

public int getDesiredMinimumWidth ()

Convenience for WallpaperManager#getDesiredMinimumWidth(), returning the width that the system would like this wallpaper to run in.

Returns
int

getDisplayContext

public Context getDisplayContext ()

The Context with resources that match the current display the wallpaper is on. For multiple display environment, multiple engines can be created to render on each display, but these displays may have different densities. Use this context to get the corresponding resources for currently display, avoiding the context of the service.

The display context will never be null after Engine#onCreate(SurfaceHolder) has been called.

Returns
Context A Context for current display.

getSurfaceHolder

public SurfaceHolder getSurfaceHolder ()

Provides access to the surface in which this wallpaper is drawn.

Returns
SurfaceHolder

isPreview

public boolean isPreview ()

Returns true if this engine is running in preview mode -- that is, it is being shown to the user before they select it as the actual wallpaper.

Returns
boolean

isVisible

public boolean isVisible ()

Return whether the wallpaper is currently visible to the user, this is the last value supplied to onVisibilityChanged(boolean).

Returns
boolean

notifyColorsChanged

public void notifyColorsChanged ()

Notifies the engine that wallpaper colors changed significantly. This will trigger a onComputeColors() call.

onApplyWindowInsets

public void onApplyWindowInsets (WindowInsets insets)

Called with the current insets that are in effect for the wallpaper. This gives you the part of the overall wallpaper surface that will generally be visible to the user (ignoring position offsets applied to it).

Parameters
insets WindowInsets: Insets to apply.

onCommand

public Bundle onCommand (String action, 
                int x, 
                int y, 
                int z, 
                Bundle extras, 
                boolean resultRequested)

Process a command that was sent to the wallpaper with WallpaperManager#sendWallpaperCommand. The default implementation does nothing, and always returns null as the result.

Parameters
action String: The name of the command to perform. This tells you what to do and how to interpret the rest of the arguments.

x int: Generic integer parameter.

y int: Generic integer parameter.

z int: Generic integer parameter.

extras Bundle: Any additional parameters.

resultRequested boolean: If true, the caller is requesting that a result, appropriate for the command, be returned back.

Returns
Bundle If returning a result, create a Bundle and place the result data in to it. Otherwise return null.

onComputeColors

public WallpaperColors onComputeColors ()

Called by the system when it needs to know what colors the wallpaper is using. You might return null if no color information is available at the moment. In that case you might want to call notifyColorsChanged() when color information becomes available.

The simplest way of creating a WallpaperColors object is by using WallpaperColors.fromBitmap(Bitmap) or WallpaperColors.fromDrawable(Drawable), but you can also specify your main colors by constructing a WallpaperColors object manually.

Returns
WallpaperColors Wallpaper colors.

onCreate

public void onCreate (SurfaceHolder surfaceHolder)

Called once to initialize the engine. After returning, the engine's surface will be created by the framework.

Parameters
surfaceHolder SurfaceHolder

onDesiredSizeChanged

public void onDesiredSizeChanged (int desiredWidth, 
                int desiredHeight)

Called when an application has changed the desired virtual size of the wallpaper.

Parameters
desiredWidth int

desiredHeight int

onDestroy

public void onDestroy ()

Called right before the engine is going away. After this the surface will be destroyed and this Engine object is no longer valid.

onOffsetsChanged

public void onOffsetsChanged (float xOffset, 
                float yOffset, 
                float xOffsetStep, 
                float yOffsetStep, 
                int xPixelOffset, 
                int yPixelOffset)

Called to inform you of the wallpaper's offsets changing within its contain, corresponding to the container's call to WallpaperManager#setWallpaperOffsets(IBinder, float, float).

Parameters
xOffset float

yOffset float

xOffsetStep float

yOffsetStep float

xPixelOffset int

yPixelOffset int

onSurfaceChanged

public void onSurfaceChanged (SurfaceHolder holder, 
                int format, 
                int width, 
                int height)

Convenience for SurfaceHolder.Callback#surfaceChanged.

Parameters
holder SurfaceHolder

format int

width int

height int

onSurfaceCreated

public void onSurfaceCreated (SurfaceHolder holder)

Convenience for SurfaceHolder.Callback#surfaceCreated.

Parameters
holder SurfaceHolder

onSurfaceDestroyed

public void onSurfaceDestroyed (SurfaceHolder holder)

Convenience for SurfaceHolder.Callback#surfaceDestroyed.

Parameters
holder SurfaceHolder

onSurfaceRedrawNeeded

public void onSurfaceRedrawNeeded (SurfaceHolder holder)

Convenience for SurfaceHolder.Callback2#surfaceRedrawNeeded.

Parameters
holder SurfaceHolder

onTouchEvent

public void onTouchEvent (MotionEvent event)

Called as the user performs touch-screen interaction with the window that is currently showing this wallpaper. Note that the events you receive here are driven by the actual application the user is interacting with, so if it is slow you will get fewer move events.

Parameters
event MotionEvent

onVisibilityChanged

public void onVisibilityChanged (boolean visible)

Called to inform you of the wallpaper becoming visible or hidden. It is very important that a wallpaper only use CPU while it is visible..

Parameters
visible boolean

onZoomChanged

public void onZoomChanged (float zoom)

Called when the zoom level of the wallpaper changed. This method will be called with the initial zoom level when the surface is created.

Parameters
zoom float: the zoom level, between 0 indicating fully zoomed in and 1 indicating fully zoomed out. Value is between 0f and 1f inclusive

setOffsetNotificationsEnabled

public void setOffsetNotificationsEnabled (boolean enabled)

Control whether this wallpaper will receive notifications when the wallpaper has been scrolled. By default, wallpapers will receive notifications, although the default static image wallpapers do not. It is a performance optimization to set this to false.

Parameters
enabled boolean: whether the wallpaper wants to receive offset notifications

setTouchEventsEnabled

public void setTouchEventsEnabled (boolean enabled)

Control whether this wallpaper will receive raw touch events from the window manager as the user interacts with the window that is currently displaying the wallpaper. By default they are turned off. If enabled, the events will be received in onTouchEvent(android.view.MotionEvent).

Parameters
enabled boolean

Protected methods

dump

protected void dump (String prefix, 
                FileDescriptor fd, 
                PrintWriter out, 
                String[] args)

Parameters
prefix String

fd FileDescriptor

out PrintWriter

args String