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Tag: App Development

  • Working with Android Shape Drawables

    Recently I’ve been working with Shape Drawables in Android and have found them to be quite handy to utilize for certain areas of your Android UI. Shape drawables are basic shapes that you can define using XML. They’re useful for many reasons: They ‘just work’ with multiple device densities. No need for bitmap resources, which […]

  • Enough with the Gingerbread, Already!

    The WordPress for Android dev team has decided to stop paying the gingerbread tax. I’m personally thrilled at the decision as we will be able to take advantage of modern Android APIs that will really help the app shine. Be sure to check out Nick Bradbury’s thoughts on the matter as well.