Including Icons/Background Images with APK

Question

I'm wanting to include some wallpapers and custom icons with my next application update. What's the best way to go about that in Android? I've been doing some searching but I haven't seen anything satisfactory.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Just change the icon and the background and update the app. Or do you mean something else?

Answer 2

I know if your app moves/copies the files to the user's SD card then the media scanner should pick it up and include in the Gallery app. Which can then be used as a wallpaper. But as for using them directly from your app, I'm not sure.

Might be good to not include them in the app directly, but allow the user to choose to download them from within your app (if you have a server or external site you can host them on). That would keep the size of your app small, and allow you to download them directly to the user's SD card.