Get current wallpaper

Question

I'm pretty new to Android programming so bear with me.

I was wondering if there was a method of retrieving the current wallpaper on an android device and saving it to a variable in your app's code.

Thanks

None of the answers here helped, but the following answer worked for me: https://stackoverflow.com/a/53912364/647292. It uses the WallpaperManager.getWallpaperFile method. — Kioshiki, Sep 08 '19 at 16:51

score 41 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 22 '23 at 12:56

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final WallpaperManager wallpaperManager = WallpaperManager.getInstance(this);
final Drawable wallpaperDrawable = wallpaperManager.getDrawable();

This solution is not valid for Android 13 https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/237124750?pli=1

edited Mar 22 '23 at 12:56

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answered Mar 30 '12 at 08:23

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What if a Live wallpaper is set ? – S.D. Oct 12 '12 at 13:27
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@S.D. In this case, I have no idea what will be returned, but you can call "getWallpaperInfo" in order to check if it's a live wallpaper : http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/WallpaperManager.html#getWallpaperInfo() – android developer Jan 11 '15 at 09:43
@S.D. In this case, from what I see, the last set wallpaper will be returned. – Paul Apr 11 '15 at 12:14
Do you know whether this requires any permissions? – 今天春天 Nov 13 '15 at 19:06
As of android version 8.1, WallpaperManager.getDrawable() will require READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission, unfortunately this is not talked about in the official docs. – Run Dec 27 '18 at 02:02
@QLocker exactly , but you will get SecurityException when you execute above snippet code and that SecurityException tell you to grant READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission – Pritesh Vishwakarma Apr 12 '19 at 10:53

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 30 '12 at 08:24

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This is the good way to do that:

WallpaperManager wallpaperManager = WallpaperManager.getInstance(this);
Drawable wallpaperDrawable = wallpaperManager.getDrawable();

answered Mar 30 '12 at 08:24

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 22 '18 at 07:52

This goes a step further and saves the file. You'll need exception handling of course and you'll need external write permission.

import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.app.WallpaperManager;

WallpaperManager wmInstance = WallpaperManager.getInstance(context);

wmInstance
    .getDrawable()
    .getBitmap()
    .compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 100,
        new FileOutputStream("/storage/emulated/0/output.png"))

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