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AIR for Android: Phoenix Traffic Released in Android Market
Phoenix Traffic for Android I finally released my first application into the Android Market. This application takes data for Phoenix traffic cameras and displays live camera images. That part was...
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AS3 P2P Helper Class
This is just a simple class I created to allow to clients (AIR Desktop, AIR Mobile) to send and receive commands from each other using Flash Player 10 P2P (Peer to Peer). This class is used to drive a...
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Remove Underline from Clickable text in TextView on Android
Been working with the Android SDK (v 2.2) lately and needed to a clickable text area in an TextView but one without any underlined links (so it doesn’t appear like a hyperlink). I also wanted to...
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Custom Android TitleBar with Drop Shadow
Recently I ran into a little challenge with some designs for an Android application. The designs called for a drop shadow to appear on the application TitleBar and the footer bar. The drop shadow...
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Android: Null data returned from Camera Intent
Anyone who has tried calling the image or video capture intent using the default Camera activity probably has been met with much frustration. There are many approaches and workarounds for various...
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Android: Changing the Default Indeterminate Progress Size in ActionBarSherlock
Just a quick post on how to change the default size of the Indeterminate Progress animation when using ActionBarSherlock (ABS). This uses the dark halo them for Android 4.0.1 but tested and working...
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Handle Android hardware back button using PhoneGap and Sencha Touch 2
Lately I have been experimenting with PhoneGap and Sencha Touch 2 recently and discovered an issue with accessing the hardware back button for Android applications. What you want is the back button to...
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Loading local JSON issue with Sencha, PhoneGap and Android 4.0.3
This is just a little tip when trying to load local .json files using the Ext.data.Store ajax proxy type. The following code will work in Android 4.0.3+ but you need to be sure to add an extra couple...
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Android: TextView with Ellipsis Listener
I created an extension of the Android TextView component to adds the ability to receive updates when the text has an ellipses added. Short and sweet, here is the code and the link for the gist: Gist:...
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Android Service startForeground and stopForeground tip
I had a use case for an application that required a long running Service (I know they are always frowned upon). The service seemed to be getting killed during the night and stuck in the “restarting”...
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