While I was working on my first Android app, I found 9-patch (aka 9.png) to be confusing and poorly documented. After a little while, I finally picked up on how it works and decided to throw together something to help others figure it out. Basically, 9-patch uses png transparency to do an advanced form of …
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With the release of Cloudskipper coming up next week, I thought this might be a good time to show off some UI pron. Great UI/UX takes time and many iterations, so for UI/UX geeks like me it’s fun to see how it can evolve. Even starting with decent graphics, there’s a lot of tugging and …
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As most of us know, Adobe is working feverishly on AIR to make it easier for developers to create multiscreen applications that run on various devices and platforms. Unfortunately, the term multiscreen is confusing people. The common misconception is that multiscreen development means “write once, run everywhere”, aka the original AIR marketing slogan. That slogan …
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After five years, I’m finally retiring my old Flash-based portfolio. This portfolio has kept me well employed almost non-stop since it’s inception back in 2005. The only major update was in 2006 when I converted it from static content to dynamic. It’s built with Actionscript 2, XML, and SwfAddress for browser-based navigation (which was cuting …
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