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public static Bitmap decodeSampledBitmap(String filePath, int reqWidth, int reqHeight) {
    final BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
    options.inJustDecodeBounds = true;
    BitmapFactory.decodeFile(filePath,options);
    options.inSampleSize = calculateInSampleSize(options, reqWidth, reqHeight);
    options.inJustDecodeBounds = false;
    return BitmapFactory.decodeFile(filePath,options);
}

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<application
        android:name="com.pwittchen.example.generics.GenericApplication">

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public class Contact {
    public int id;
    public String name;
    public String phone;
    public String email;
    public String uriString;
}

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public class GenericApplication extends Application {
    private static Application instance;

    @Override
    public void onCreate() {
        super.onCreate();
        instance = this;
    }

    public static Context getContext() {

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String selection = STARRED_CONTACT + "='1'";

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<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" />

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@Override
protected void onResume() {
    List<Contact> contacts = getContactsFromYourSource();
    ContactsAdapter contactsAdapter = new ContactsAdapter(contacts);
    contactListView.setAdapter(contactsAdapter);
    highlightListItem(2); // this simple function call does the trick
}

private void highlightListItem(int position) {
    ContactsAdapter contactsAdapter = (ContactsAdapter) contactListView.getAdapter();

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private void clickOnListItem(int position) {
    contactList.performItemClick(contactListView, position, contactListView.getItemIdAtPosition(position));
}

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public class ContactsAdapter extends BaseAdapter {

    private final ArrayList list;
    private int selectedItem = -1; // no item selected by default

    // put neccessary code here - it's not important in this description

    public ContactsAdapter(List<Contact> contacts) {
        list = new ArrayList();
        list.addAll(contacts);

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public String multipartRequest(String urlTo, String post, String filepath, String filefield) throws ParseException, IOException {
	HttpURLConnection connection = null;
	DataOutputStream outputStream = null;
	InputStream inputStream = null;
	
	String twoHyphens = "--";
	String boundary =  "*****"+Long.toString(System.currentTimeMillis())+"*****";
	String lineEnd = "\r\n";
	
	String result = "";