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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Direct component call in Android






2. Once installed on a device - each Android application lives in its own ______






3. Amode where the action bar is set up with tabs for navigation.






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






5. This is an interface which is used to pass image data from the camera hardware to the application.






6. It is called to invoke the search dialog on older devices.






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






8. Conversion of XML back to an object






9. The industry standard way to deal with authentication to third-party services.






10. Are used in activities to create the user interface and to interact with the user.






11. 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






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






13. It is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form.






14. Use this to draw bitmaps.






15. This callback method of the audio focus change listener you registered when requesting audio focus receives a parameter that describes the focus change event.






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






17. It is a free service for sending messages to Android devices.






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






19. It doesn't currently support the <merge/> tag in the layouts to be inflated.






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






21. It typically consumes more energy than 3G - which is in turn more expensive than 2G.






22. This broadcasts all battery and charging details in a sticky Intent that includes the charging status.






23. It is an efficient and maintainable way to parse XML on Android.






24. This is a readable source of bytes.






25. Use this to draw text.






26. PieChart exposes a custom event to notify listeners that the user has rotated the pie chart to focus on a new pie slice.






27. This is used for the need of finer control over your view's layout parameters.






28. The easiest way to create an authenticator class is to extend this and implement its abstract methods.






29. Whenever the device is docked or undocked - this action is broadcast.






30. For instance - when stopped - your activity should release any large ____ - such as network or database connections.






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






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






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






34. ______ are views derived from ViewGroup that provide a unique layout model for its child views






35. Allow to combine loosely coupled components to perform certain tasks






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






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






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






39. The receiver is triggered whenever the device battery becomes low or exits the low condition by listening for this two.






40. Necessary tools to develop Android applications






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






42. _____ are views that provide a visual (and interactive) elements for the screen - such as a button - text field - checkbox - or just an image.






43. The entire lifetime of an activity happens between the call to _____ and the call to _____






44. Android is __________.






45. An open source group led by Google






46. This broadcasts an action whenever the device is connected or disconnected from power.






47. This is the simplest way to monitor device state changes.






48. It includes a Detailed Network Usage tab that makes it possible to track when your application is making network requests.






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






50. It is available starting with API Level 14 and higher.