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Asked: June 3, 20262026-06-03T16:24:42+00:00 2026-06-03T16:24:42+00:00

Hi everyone I’ve check the post on the set wallpaper from URL but I

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Hi everyone I’ve check the post on the set wallpaper from URL but I am really new to programing and I still do not undertand it, could someone provide me with an example, basically I have an image on a server and I want to push a button and set it as the phone wallpaper thank you again for the help

public class TestingThree extends Activity {

ImageView image;

private class BackgroundTask extends AsyncTask
<String, Void, Bitmap> {
    protected Bitmap doInBackground(String...url) {
        //--- download an image ---
        Bitmap bitmap = DownloadImage(url[0]);
        return bitmap;

    }
    protected void onPostExecute(Bitmap bitmap) {
        ImageView image = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imageView1);
        image.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
    }
}

private InputStream OpenHttpConnection(String urlString)
throws IOException

{InputStream in = null;
int response= -1;

URL url = new URL(urlString);
URLConnection conn = url.openConnection();


if (!(conn instanceof HttpURLConnection ))
    throw new IOException("Not an HTTP connection");
try{
    HttpURLConnection httpConn = (HttpURLConnection) conn;
    httpConn.setAllowUserInteraction(false);
    httpConn.setInstanceFollowRedirects(true);
    httpConn.setRequestMethod("GET");
    httpConn.connect();
    response = httpConn.getResponseCode();
    if (response == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK){
        in = httpConn.getInputStream();
    }

    }
catch (Exception ex)
{
    throw new IOException("Error connecting");
}
return in;
}


private Bitmap DownloadImage(String URL)
{
    Bitmap bitmap = null;
    InputStream in = null;
    try {
        in = OpenHttpConnection(URL);
        bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(in);
        in.close();

    }
    catch (IOException e1){
        Toast.makeText(this,e1.getLocalizedMessage(),
        Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

        e1.printStackTrace();

    }
    return bitmap;
}


/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
    setContentView(R.layout.wallpaper);

    new BackgroundTask().execute("http://myglobaljournal.com/images/imagetest.jpg");

    Button setWallpaper = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button3);
    setWallpaper.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
        public void onClick(View view) {
            WallpaperManager wManager;
            Bitmap bitmap;

            try {
                bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(null);
                wManager = WallpaperManager.getInstance(getApplicationContext());
                wManager.setBitmap(bitmap);

            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }

    });
}

}

am trying to implement it to the button at the bottom where i pull the image from the link and set it directly as a wallpaper
thank you again

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    2026-06-03T16:24:44+00:00Added an answer on June 3, 2026 at 4:24 pm

    try this:

       ImageView image;
        private class BackgroundTask extends AsyncTask
        <String, Void, Bitmap> {
            protected Bitmap doInBackground(String...url) {
                //--- download an image ---
                Bitmap bitmap = DownloadImage(url[0]);
                return bitmap;
            }
            protected void onPostExecute(Bitmap bitmap) {
                ImageView image = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imageView1);
                bitmaptwo=bitmap;
                image.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
            }
        }
        private InputStream OpenHttpConnection(String urlString)
        throws IOException
        {InputStream in = null;
        int response= -1;
        URL url = new URL(urlString);
        URLConnection conn = url.openConnection();
        if (!(conn instanceof HttpURLConnection ))
            throw new IOException("Not an HTTP connection");
        try{
            HttpURLConnection httpConn = (HttpURLConnection) conn;
            httpConn.setAllowUserInteraction(false);
            httpConn.setInstanceFollowRedirects(true);
            httpConn.setRequestMethod("GET");
            httpConn.connect();
            response = httpConn.getResponseCode();
            if (response == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK){
                in = httpConn.getInputStream();
            }
            }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            throw new IOException("Error connecting");
        }
        return in;
        }
        private Bitmap DownloadImage(String URL)
        {
            Bitmap bitmap = null;
            InputStream in = null;
            try {
                in = OpenHttpConnection(URL);
                bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(in);
                in.close();
            }
            catch (IOException e1){
                Toast.makeText(this,e1.getLocalizedMessage(),
                Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    
                e1.printStackTrace();
            }
            return bitmap;
        }
        public Bitmap bitmaptwo;
        /** Called when the activity is first created. */
        @Override
        public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
            super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
            requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
            setContentView(R.layout.wallpaper);
            new BackgroundTask().execute("http://myglobaljournal.com/images/imagetest.jpg");
            Button setWallpaper = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button3);
            setWallpaper.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
                public void onClick(View view) {
                    WallpaperManager wManager;
    
                    try {
                       // bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(null);
                        wManager = WallpaperManager.getInstance(getApplicationContext());
                        wManager.setBitmap(bitmaptwo);
    
                    } catch (IOException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }
                }
    
            });
    
    
        }
    

    Required Permission:

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SET_WALLPAPER"/>
    
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