Android @lemmy.world Varyk @sh.itjust.works 3 mo. ago

Is there any way to easily size pictures for android wallpaper yet?

I used to take screenshots of the picture I wanted to use as wallpaper, but then Android stopped that from working, and now I have to manually add a giant border to make the screenshots fit the arbitrary fiant wallpaper size on the Android screen.

any normal screenshot I take is blown way oversized, is there any way to simply make a screenshot my wallpaper yet on Android?

it seems crazy that this is still so complicated years later on Android, am I missing something?

Thanks for any help

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What phone are you using? On Samsung you just open the picture in the native Gallery app, tap the three dots menu in the corner and choose Set Wallpaper.

If you're not using Samsung then I would expect that brands picture browser to have a similar feature.
- google pixel six.
  
  I can get into the wallpaper option, but whatever picture I choose even if it's a screenshot of my exact screen, is blown up to about 3x proportion and i cannot make it smaller from within the wallpaper app, I have to artificially blow up the canvas size in an image editor and then try to use it in the stock wallpaper app
  
  Your original way still works for me on the pixel 8. I have to tap the picture to make the floating menus go away but then I can still screenshot it.

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