It seems every attempt I've made at creating a 9-Patch file has created a situation where the 'Content' in the Draw 9-Patch is always 'Bad'. Here is my latest (and very simple) PNG that is shown as all bad pixels:
Could I please be enlightened as to why this is 'bad'? And how am I suppose to know what is good or bad if Android does not explicitly state any criteria in the SDK docs?
This PNG is fine. What you're supposed to do with the draw 9-patch tool is to select the areas which are stretchable. Don't select the two pixel area where your two colors meet. Here's the 9-patch I created from your PNG: