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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Necessary tools to develop Android applications






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






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






4. This is used to register and de-register your media button event receiver.






5. Each time a new activity starts - the previous activity is stopped - but the system preserves the activity in a _____ (the ______).






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






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






8. Converts XML Document to XML DOM






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






10. Represents the visual representation of an Android application






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






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






13. This widget as an item in the action bar is the preferred way to provide search in your app.






14. This handles cases like flaky mobile networks - airplane mode - and restricted background data.






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






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






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






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






19. Direct component call in Android






20. Shows the actual amount of memory the application uses






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






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






23. It's generally a good idea for one of your APKs to support this texture format as it is supported by all Android-powered devices that support the OpenGL ES 2.0 spec.






24. Each activity can then start another activity in order to perform different actions. Each time a new activity starts - the previous activity is stopped - but the system preserves the activity in a ___ .






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






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






27. The dock-state details are included as an extra in a sticky broadcast of this action.






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






29. An open source group led by Google






30. For example - a ____ might be a button that initiates an action when the user touches it.






31. An intermediate state that uses around 50% of the battery power at the full state.






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






33. It is a subclass of PreferenceActivity.






34. It is a lightweight mechanism used to transmit data from a server to a particular app instance.






35. To define custom attributes - add this resources to your project.






36. This is a base class supplied by Android framework - which you can extend to create your own custom authenticator.






37. In order for the AccountManager to work with your custom account code - you need this class that implements the interfaces that AccountManager expects.






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






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






40. Use this to draw text.






41. The visible lifetime of an activity happens between the call to ____ and the call to ______






42. If permissions are missing - the application will get this at runtime.






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






44. Callback method: The activity is no longer visible






45. The helper method is used to create the final width and height values.






46. This is used to convert raw touch events into gestures.






47. Use this to draw bitmaps.






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






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






50. is run when running Android on the pc