Klwp problems following system update

General
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I have two Samsung phones. The Note 9 has no problems with KLWP

Samsung Note 9 (SM-N960F)
Android 10
KLWP 3.57b121813
Nova Prime 8.0.18
No problems

My Samsung S24 has developed problems following a system update to Android 16

Samsung S24FE (SM-S721B)
Android 16
KLWP 3.81b531008
Nova Prime 8.1.6

Problems are:

  1. Random images have stopped working using:
    $tu(rndimg,.5,gv(Path))$

  2. Editing or viewing deeper levels of code. Returning back one level only is not possible. Pressing the go back button returns directly to root level regardless of depth.

  3. Since this update klwp is slow and lagging

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I think this is an Android 16 system‑level restriction, not a KLWP or formula issue.

Live wallpapers are being aggressively paused when the screen turns off, which breaks time updates, timers (tu()), and random image refreshes.

And honestly, it feels like Android will keep adding more restrictions over time, but I might be wrong.

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Additional problem has appeared following update of Android 16.

My presets are losing random images.

I open a klwp preset and some, but not all images are missing. I replace them and export. Later I reopen and the images are missing again. My Note 9 has a bitmap folder with many files which appear to be images with no jpg or png extension. My S24 has a similar folder which is empty.

Is this folder necessary? What is its purpose?

I have uninstalled klwp and reinstalled the latest from the play store. The problem still exists. The bitmap folder is empty.

At this point in time my solution is to create presets with minimal images.

Any help appreciated.

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The bitmap folder must be present inside the exported .klwp file. After exporting a preset, check the ZIP structure and make sure the bitmap folder exists.

The images inside it normally have no file extensions — that’s how KLWP stores them by default.

If the bitmap folder is empty, KLWP is only keeping your images in temporary cache. That’s why they appear at first, but disappear the next time you open the preset. Every image you use must be manually loaded into the preset so KLWP can include it in the export.

As a workaround, you can also upload all required images into globals and reference them from the preset — this forces KLWP to pack them properly.

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Thanks MaxP. I’ve unzipped some saved presets and the bitmap folder exists. The bitmap folder inside my Kustom folder on my older Note9 has numerous files, but in my S24 this folder is empty. It almost appears redundant with klwp v3.81. I’ll try your suggestion and place the troublesome images as a global.

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Hi there,

AFAIK, an Image global variable sometimes doesn’t work because the image file itself got removed from inside the preset file.

I used to experience such issue in my presets. Some of my weather icons got removed from the preset file so it doesn’t show when called through the global variable. I had to reselect the missing value of the global variables and then save the preset again.

CMIIW but I think this is a bug in KLWP and it has not been fixed.

@frank :

Would you please investigate on this issue?

I hope this would help.

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