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+Drawing a Yellow Rectangle on Android
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+This is a gradle-based project for Android Studio, tested in Version 3.0.1. It builds an App "YellowRectangle" providing an activity "DrawYellowRectangle".
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+The app, when launched, clears the display and draws a yellow rectangle on a black backdrop.
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+The app will exit on the first touch event.