Using live wallpaper with AppCompat theme

Question

Is it possible to specify app/launcher background as live wallpaper when using AppCompat theme? Samples uses Theme.Wallpaper, is there anything equivalent in AppCompat? Specifying in theme xml is preferable.

Answer 1

Define your own theme if you haven't already and set android:windowBackground to transparent and android:windowShowWallpaper to true.

Example:

<style name="AppTheme.Wallpaper" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat">
    <item name="android:windowBackground">@android:color/transparent</item>
    <item name="android:windowShowWallpaper">true</item>
</style>