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	<title>Wires Are Obsolete &#187; Android</title>
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	<description>Achieving the goal of cutting the cord through mobile applications and accessories</description>
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		<title>Simplifying Interaction with Contacts</title>
		<link>http://wiresareobsolete.com/wordpress/2011/10/simplifying-interaction-with-contacts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Android]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contacts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Intent]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wiresareobsolete.com/?p=272</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the introduction of the new ContactsContract to replace the previous Contacts API in Android 2.0, came a drastic increase in both functional capability and API complexity for applications wishing to interact with the Contacts Provider.  This level of access allows applications to make very detailed and specific additions and updates to the Contacts/People database [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Developer&#8217;s Adventures in Rooting</title>
		<link>http://wiresareobsolete.com/wordpress/2011/10/adventures-in-rooting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Android]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rooting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wiresareobsolete.com/?p=244</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I started developing applications for Android in early 2009, I never expected that I would ever own a rooted device.  I felt that, as a developer, I needed to be testing my applications in an environment that best emulated my users, and rooting would compromise that environment.  However, recently I have been forced to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Synchronizing ScrollView</title>
		<link>http://wiresareobsolete.com/wordpress/2011/09/synchronizing-scrollview/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 13:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Android]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ScrollView]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[synchronized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wiresareobsolete.com/wordpress/?p=233</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, a post was made by Kirill Grouchnikov on his blog providing details on how the Android Market app uses a synchronized scrolling technique to take a certain view from inside the ScrollView content and let it float to the top of the screen when it would have otherwise been scrolled off-screen.  This post is meant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Multiple Clickable Zones in ListView Items</title>
		<link>http://wiresareobsolete.com/wordpress/2011/08/clickable-zones-in-listview-items/</link>
		<comments>http://wiresareobsolete.com/wordpress/2011/08/clickable-zones-in-listview-items/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Android]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Button]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clickable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ImageButton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[list item]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ListView]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[multiple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[row]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wiresareobsolete.com/wordpress/?p=186</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Developers often have a need to create rows in a ListView that have multiple interactive locations that the user can touch, instead of just one single clickable row.  This is a pattern that even Google has employed in apps like the DeskClock. DeskClock&#8217;s Alarm tab display each list item with a small toggle button inside, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quick Rounded Corners</title>
		<link>http://wiresareobsolete.com/wordpress/2011/08/quick-rounded-corners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 01:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Android]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ImageView]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rounded corners]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wiresareobsolete.com/wordpress/?p=183</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Application developers often want to display images with rounded corners.  A common technique for accomplishing this in Android is to construct a new mutable Bitmap object, draw a rounded rectangle, and then draw in the image contents using transfer modes.  An example of a method that would accomplish this is below: public Bitmap createRoundedCornerBitmap(float radius, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manufacturing Unique R.id Values</title>
		<link>http://wiresareobsolete.com/wordpress/2011/04/manufacturing-ids/</link>
		<comments>http://wiresareobsolete.com/wordpress/2011/04/manufacturing-ids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:40:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Android]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[R.id]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resources]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wiresareobsolete.com/wordpress/?p=158</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have been developing in Android for any length of time, you&#8217;ll most likely be aware that one of the most useful portions the resource framework is the fact that Views and other resources can be given an android:id tag in their XML declaration, and Android will make sure to compile all the ids [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Missing Manual: Android Bluetooth RFCOMM</title>
		<link>http://wiresareobsolete.com/wordpress/2010/11/android-bluetooth-rfcomm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Android]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bluetooth]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wiresareobsolete.com/wordpress/?p=134</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bluetooth communication has been a part of the Android SDK since the 2.0 release late last year. The APIs available in the android.bluetooth package are primarily focused around three application functions: Discovering other devices Connecting to devices Transferring data using the RFCOMM layer With this capability, developers can write applications that transfer data between devices using [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adapting to Empty Views</title>
		<link>http://wiresareobsolete.com/wordpress/2010/08/adapting-to-empty-views/</link>
		<comments>http://wiresareobsolete.com/wordpress/2010/08/adapting-to-empty-views/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Android]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AdapterView]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[empty view]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[layout]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wiresareobsolete.com/wordpress/?p=103</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Android has a pretty flexible framework for displaying data from a database, array, or other list structure using classes called Adapters.  There are plenty of great tutorials in the Android docs and throughout the web on how to use adapters to create custom behavior for display this data, so I&#8217;m going to focus on it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>9-Patches Explained</title>
		<link>http://wiresareobsolete.com/wordpress/2010/06/9-patches/</link>
		<comments>http://wiresareobsolete.com/wordpress/2010/06/9-patches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Android]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[9-Patch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drawable]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wiresareobsolete.com/wordpress/?p=94</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of Android&#8217;s most well-known points to consider in application development is the requirement to support a variety of different screen sizes and orientations in an application. The SDK is full of documentation and tools on how to help the developer best accomplish this goal; one of these tools is the 9-Patch creator. The 9-Patch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Android Layout Relationships</title>
		<link>http://wiresareobsolete.com/wordpress/2010/04/android-layout-relationships/</link>
		<comments>http://wiresareobsolete.com/wordpress/2010/04/android-layout-relationships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Android]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[layout]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wiresareobsolete.com/wordpress/?p=88</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Developing UI layouts for Android is an experience unlike any other.  I have developed for both desktop and mobile on a variety of platforms, and the XML structure that Android uses is quite unique.  This can bring with it some issues and challenges as it runs contrary to the way many people think about designing [...]]]></description>
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