How to change the lockscreen wallpaper in android?

android wallpaper lockscreen

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Solution 1

This is now possible with the updated Android API in API Level 24.

You have to provide the target WallpaperManager.FLAG_LOCK flag via the setResource method.

int setResource (int resid, int which)

See the updated documentation for the WallpaperManager

Solution 2

Edit: See Mikepenz's answer for API 24+.

~~According to CommonsWare (who generally knows what he's talking about), there's no such thing as a lockscreen wallpaper, and there's no way of changing the lock screen background through the API.~~

See https://stackoverflow.com/a/2654241/153225.

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Updated on July 21, 2022

Comments

Navjot almost 2 years

I want to change the lockscreen wallpaper of android. I was able to change home screen wallpaper through WallpaperManager.setResource

But not able to set LockScreen Wallpaper
Nick almost 11 years

Also this does not specifically set the lockscreen background only the phones background.
Sandro Machado over 7 years

So it is not possible to use live wallpapers, right? I read the documentation and I only found options to bitmap.
Bipin Bharti over 7 years

please give proper answer