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When working on my dc Redial Android App, I had to learn how to work with the Android Call Log Content Provider. The information I used was spread over several different sources, so I figured I would post an article detailing how to work with the Android Call Log Content Provider.
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The Android Spinner is possibly the most versatile view element in the Android namespace. OK, so it might not be as versatile as some of the layout items, like TableLayouts and RelativeLayouts, and it might not be as functional as some of the widgets, like maps and browsers, but it's still one of my favorites. And the Android Spinner is definitely one of the shiniest implementation of what HTML programmers know as a <select> element. In a previous article, we've already covered how to populate an Android Spinner, so in this article we'll cover some of the other aspects of working with Android Spinners.
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Any good web designed knows how important the <select> element can be. In a touch screen environment, like Android, where users often don't have a full keyboard, like many Android phones, the ability to simply select an item from a pre-determined list is absolutely vital. It's easier for the user to select what they want - rather than have to type it, it protects your databases from junk data and typos by limiting choices to pre-defined, pre-screened responses. The Android OS has a very robust, user friendly and - relatively - programmer friendly way to handle this: the Android Spinner.
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Joomla! Modules are probably one of the most important types of extensions for a Joomla! CMS installation. Sure, plugins are nice, but modules actually display something on your website, and they're flexible enough to go just about anywhere. There are lots of modules available all over the web to do all sorts of things, and many of those are free. But what if you want a module to do something on your site and you can't find an existing Joomla! extension that will do it the way you want, or what if you're like me, and you just like doing things yourself, figuring stuff out and just generally getting your hands dirty. Well, don't worry, creating your own Joomla! Module is pretty easy, and this tutorial will guide you through the basics.
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HTML is pretty simple to learn, mainly because it's not a big complicated programming language. Instead, it's what's called a "Markup Language". That's actually what HTML stands for - HyperText Markup Language. A markup language doesn't actually do anything the way a programming (or scriping) language does. Instead all it does is allow you to "markup" some text to tell another program how to interpret (or in this case display) that text. HTML is all based on tags that surround some text to tell a browser what to do with that text. Those tags will all have a similar format that looks like this: some text. Most tags will have an opening () and closing () tag (in fact, in strict XHTML, EVERY tag must have a matching closing tag), and many tags will also contain some "child" tags, which are like sub-tags. Now we just need to talk about what tags are a part of HTML...
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