Re: [android-developers] Resources.getColor() return type is too small

On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Olivier Guilyardi <list@samalyse.com> wrote:
> How comes Resources.getColor() returns an int? This can't hold the maximum value
> of 0xFFFFFFFF because Java int is signed.

An int can hold 0xFFFFFFFF, because an int is 32 bits, and 0xFFFFFFFF
is a 32-bit value. From a mathematics perspective, 0xFFFFFFFF is a
negative number in Java.

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