Gameview turns Tap Fish game into chart-topping Android live wallpaper

Lets users check their virtual fish tanks without starting up the game itself.

US mobile games publisher Gameview is topping the Android charts, but not in the category you might expect.

The company has added a new feature to its Tap Fish game that supports Android's live wallpaper feature. Users can check their virtual fish tanks from their phone's homescreen, without having to load the actual game. The introduction of the new feature rocketed Tap Fish to top spot in the Live Wallpaper category in Android Market's games section.

Gameview - now owned by Japanese mobile social games giant DeNA - is one of the more positive developers when it comes to Google-powered smartphones. "Android as a platform is chock full of really innovative features for developers to integrate into their apps, and live wallpaper is a perfect example," says co-founder Riz Virk.

"Many developers complain that Android only monetizes at a small fraction of their games on iOS, but that’s not what we see. Our Android games monetize almost on par with our iOS games, and as we focus on building out cool new features like live wallpaper, we expect usage, engagement and revenues on the Android platform to continue to climb."

Tap Fish has so far notched up more than five million installs on Android, with two million monthly active users.