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Add option to set lock screen and home screen wallpaper separately

Feature Request

When creating a theme, I cannot select whether to apply the wallpaper to the lock screen or home screen, it is always applied to both.

I'd also like the option to do this when selecting a photo from my photos app.

Category
Customization
Posted by Tamino Fackler ·
Status: Completed23 comments

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  • Max Rumpf changed status to Completed
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    Oct 8

    Pinned

    This has been implemented in our 1.16.32 beta update. Try it out here: https://help.niagaralauncher.app/article/107-beta-tester

    • zaf Islam

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      Oct 8

      Am absolutely delighted the the team have supported your idea 💡 and it's live on 1. 16.32.

      Hopefully we can expect a few more feature drops from team Niagara before Xmas 🎁.

      Big thanks to all who supported This . 👍☺️

    • Jojoba_24

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      Oct 9

      Hey, I just updated to version 1.16.32 and I can't find the option to do this(?)

  • Stav Dor

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    Apr 21

    This feature is super essential for me.

  • toochewie

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    Apr 21

    I was gonna make this same feature request haha, just never did it since I wasn't sure if it would be viewed

  • Subham Das

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    Jun 23

    With the recent update, I can't change the Lock Screen Wallpaper without deliberately switching off Niagara.

    It's an essential feature which I believe the developers missed

  • Saksham Verma

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    Apr 29

    +1…a essential feature

  • Lucas Allaria

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    Jun 6

    100% this is needed. Let's get it going Niagara!!

  • Donte Robertson

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    Sep 25

    I have a beautiful memory that I set as my background to help with stressful situations. This this app, I lost that and it's the saddest part of this app. I hope the development team can allow wallpaper customization.

  • Suhaib Malik

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    Oct 8

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    Merged request

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    6 votes

    Option to Set Wallpaper Separately for Home Screen and Lock Screen

    When I try to change the wallpaper (including using "Set as" from the Gallery), the image correctly opens in Niagara Launcher's wallpaper picker. However, there is no option to choose whether to apply the wallpaper to the Home screen, Lock screen, or Both.

    Currently, the wallpaper is automatically applied to both the Home screen and the Lock screen, with no way to select only one.

    Steps to Reproduce:

    Open an image in the Gallery.

    Tap Set as → Wallpaper.

    The image opens in Niagara Launcher's wallpaper screen.

    Apply the wallpaper.

    Expected Behaviour:

    Before applying the wallpaper, there should be options to set it as:

    Home screen only

    Lock screen only

    Both Home and Lock screens

    Actual Behaviour:

    The wallpaper is applied to both the Home screen and the Lock screen automatically, without giving the user a choice.

    • Divam Patel

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      Aug 10

      I am facing the same issue. When I subscribed to Niagara this option was available but they might have removed this in recent update.

    • Nathan Mitcham

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      Aug 17

      I'm currently using the default wallpaper feature on my phone so I can do this. I wish I could do it through Niagara so I could save my theme

    • NL Help Bot

      Team•

      Aug 19

      Thanks for writing this up so clearly! The same request is already being tracked here: Add option to set lock screen and home screen wallpaper separately.

      Upvoting that post is the best way to push it, since we work through requests roughly by upvotes, and you will get updates there when its status changes.

  • Jonelle Atienza

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    Oct 8

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    Merged request

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    1 vote

    Wallpaper Set Bug (home/lock screen)

    Before: When I set a wallpaper, it asks whether it will apply to Home or Lock Screen.

    Now: it only applies to Home Screen with no Lock Screen option.

    • NL Help Bot

      Team•

      Sep 25

      Thanks for the second report. The missing Home or Lock Screen choice is tracked here: Add option to set lock screen and home screen wallpaper separately (In Review), and another OPPO user filed the same thing about Niagara's wallpaper picker not offering the choice.

      Until that changes, the way around it is to set the lock screen wallpaper from your phone's own wallpaper settings instead of through Niagara.

      One question, since you describe this as something that changed: was the dialog asking Home or Lock Screen the one from your phone's wallpaper settings, or did it show up inside Niagara? The reports we have say Niagara's own picker never offered that choice, so knowing which one you saw tells us whether something moved on our side.

      • Jonelle Atienza

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        Sep 27

        Hi apologies i did not realize there's a report about this already.

        What I've always done is go to gallery, pick a photo, then click “Set as wallpaper" then the wallpaper picker will ask if home screen or lockscreen. Now it's gone.

        I don't think that's a Niagara picker though because I used my gallery. I never changed my wallpaper through the Niagara wallpaper picker option.

        Could you confirm if Niagara never had that picker? If that's the case then it's my phone's OS that removed that?

  • David Eimer

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    Oct 8

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    Merged request

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    9 votes

    Wallpaper picker skips home screen / lock screen selection

    After updating to Niagara Launcher 1.16.7, setting a wallpaper through Niagara appears to skip Android’s usual selection dialog for choosing Home screen, Lock screen, or both. The wallpaper is applied directly to both screens.

    1. Open an image from the phone’s wallpaper or gallery settings.

    2. Select Niagara Launcher / Niagara wallpaper option.

    3. Apply the wallpaper.

    4. The wallpaper is set directly without showing the Home screen / Lock screen selection.