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Simplify System UI visibility management across Android API levels using a helper utility that abstracts away version-specific differences for controlling status bar and navigation bar visibility

Complete guide to using the Android L Palette support library for extracting dominant colors from images and applying them to UI elements dynamically

Release of Philm movie collection app to open-source under Apache 2.0 license, featuring experimental MVC architecture and integration with Trakt and TMDB APIs

Accurately measure and center text on Canvas using Paint.measureText() and Paint.getTextBounds() methods to determine proper text positioning and dimensions

Master advanced color selection algorithms using HSV color space to identify dominant, colorful accent colors and readable text colors from image palettes

Migration from WordPress to Ghost platform to improve site performance and simplify blog management with faster load times and cleaner design

Implement dynamic color extraction from images using Median Cut Quantization to create vibrant, contextual app theming similar to iTunes album art matching

Overview of maintenance plans for Android open-source libraries including ActionBar-PullToRefresh, PhotoView, Android-BitmapCache, and Android-PullToRefresh, with timelines for v1.0 releases and Maven Central publication

Master the process of publishing Android Archive (AAR) libraries to Maven Central Repository using Gradle

Explore ActionBar-PullToRefresh, a customizable open-source library that implements Gmail-style pull-to-refresh UI patterns with automatic Action Bar styling for Android apps