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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The receiver is triggered whenever the device battery becomes low or exits the low condition by listening for this two.






2. The Android SDK tools include a tool that allows you to analyze your layout while your application is running.






3. Sharing of data in Android is done via________






4. The back stack abides to the basic "last in - first out" stack mechanism - so - when the user is done with the current activity and presses the Back button - it is popped from the stack (and ____) and the ____ activity resumes






5. A mode where navigation is set up with a spinner widget.






6. A styleable entity that contains these two custom attributes: showText and labelPosition.






7. This is used to fetch the account names that the user has stored on their device.






8. This is set up to animate for the duration of the fling.






9. The minimal energy state during which no network connection is active or required.






10. Callback method: The activity is about to be destroyed.






11. In most cases this will offer greater bandwidth at a significantly lower battery cost.






12. Represents the visual representation of an Android application






13. An _______ is an application component that provides a screen with which users can interact in order to do something - such as dial the phone - take a photo - send an email - or view a map.






14. It provides a simple way to perform your work outside the main thread.






15. The Android framework has a large set of these classes for interacting with the user and displaying various types of data.






16. Use this to draw bitmaps.






17. This class defines methods for drawing text - lines - bitmaps - and many other graphics primitives.






18. Perform background tasks without providing a user interface






19. Shows the actual amount of memory the application uses






20. The ____ lifetime of an activity happens between the call to onCreate() and the call to onDestroy().






21. Most network-connected Android apps use this to send and receive data.






22. To create an activity - you must create a subclass of






23. It is an HTTP client that is used for applications targeted at Gingerbread and higher.






24. is run when running Android on the pc






25. This includes tools to help you identify problems in your layout performance.






26. It is used to toggle the enabled state on any component defined in the manifest - including whichever broadcast receivers you wish to enable or disable






27. This is the main class through which your application can access location services on Android.






28. Direct component call in Android






29. This action is used in sending text content from one activity to another.






30. It is a string that defines the specific type of access your app is asking for.






31. This can be used to draw previews of what the camera sensor is picking up.






32. It is used to load images in a background thread - then apply them to the UI once finished.






33. Callback method: The activity is no longer visible






34. It made implementing an effective and user friendly share action in your ActionBar even easier.






35. Conversion of an object to XML






36. The ____ lifetime of an activity happens between the call to onStart() and the call to onStop().






37. This class is the basis for handling flywheel-style fling gestures.






38. It inform the system what intents an application component is willing to accept.






39. Android provides this handy method to direct volume key presses to the audio stream the user specify.






40. These helpers are specialized classes for backing up certain kinds of data.






41. It provides a single value - called an auth token that represents both the user's identity and the application's authorization to act on the user's behalf.






42. Once a connection has been established - the app uses this method to retrieve the data as an InputStream.






43. This object contains an account name - which for Google accounts is an email address.






44. On a rooted device - the credentials would be readable by anyone with this access to the device.






45. Android is __________.






46. If you want your APK to be visible on TVs which are non-touchscreen devices you should add this to your manifest.






47. When an activity is stopped because a new activity starts - it is notified of this change in state through the activity's _______ .






48. Android system uses a special virtual machine to run java based applicatons






49. This class provides one of the simplest ways to fire off a new task from the UI thread.






50. Callback method: The activity is no longer visible.