In this slides I explain why and how to use AndEngine, a 2D Android game framework, for creating live wallpapers

1. ANDROID LIVE
WALLPAPERS
USING ANDENGINE
BY FERNANDO GARCÍA BERNAL / @FEGABE
BAUG MeetUp #5, 15th Jan 2014

2. CONTENTS
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Who am I
AndEngine basics
Creating a Live Wallpaper
Reasons for creating wallpapers
Wait! I'm not a designer

3. WHO AM I?
Freelance Mobile Developer
that is also trying to create its own apps like...

4. MY LIVE WALLPAPERS
look for 'Sandra Arteaga'

5. ANDENGINE, WHY?
The "native" way to implement wallpapers is so complex just
to create attractive wallpapers with animations.
You have to deal with SurfaceHolder, Canvas...
SOLUTION?
AndEngine is a framework for creating 2D games, and is
perfect for creating wallpapers

6. ANDENGINE
Free Android 2D OpenGL Game Engine
http://www.andengine.org
FEATURES
Scaling across various devices…
Box2D Physics Extension
TiledMaps
ParticleSystems...
Look for examples at Google Play: "AndEngine examples"

7. ANDENGINE COMPONENTS
+ ENTITY MODIFIERS
= ALL YOU NEED
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* Diagram taken from http://www.slideshare.net/ANDLABSMUNICH/andengine

8. DEMO TIME 1
BASIC ANDENGINE SCENE

9. DEMO TIME 2
MODIFY SCENE

10. DEMO TIME 3
LET'S MOVE

11. DEMO TIME 4
CONVERT INTO A WALLPAPER
download the code here bit.ly/wallpapers-code

12. WHAT'S NEXT?
RESOURCES
http://www.andengine.org/forums/
http://stackoverflow.com/ (obvious...)
LIVE WALLPAPER EXTENSION
IMPROVED
https://github.com/gigiigig/AndengineLiveWallpaperExtensionImproved

13. REASONS
Easier than apps
Really fun to code
High competence
Artist required

14. MONETIZATION
ads
customizable wallpaper, then price
personal branding for artists

15. LOOKING FOR ARTISTS?
e.g: mrfarts: deviantart, google play

16. THANKS!
if you have questions,
if you liked the talk,
.................................................................. ask!
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if you didn't like the talk,
tell me!
................................ PLEASE! tell me why!
if you're planning to create a wallpaper, ............. great! contact me!
if you're looking for an android/iOS freelance, .. also looking for you!
CONTACT? FERNANDO /
FEGABE@GMAIL.COM / @FEGABE
download me! bit.ly/wallpapers-slides & bit.ly/wallpapers-code