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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Your activity should perform setup of "global" state (such as defining layout) in ____ and release all remaining resources in _____






2. An open source group led by Google






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






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






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






6. This is a readable source of bytes.






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






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






9. Used when a connection is active - allowing the device to transfer data at its highest possible rate.






10. Converts XML Document to XML DOM






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






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






13. Use this to draw text.






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






15. Direct component call in Android






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






17. is run when running Android on the pc






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






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






20. When a new activity starts - it is pushed onto the ____ and takes user focus.






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






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






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






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






25. Sharing of data in Android is done via________






26. You can reacquire the necessary resources and resume actions that were interrupted. These state transitions are all part of the _________






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






28. Callback method: Another activity is taking focus






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






30. It is a subclass of PreferenceActivity.






31. Android request its permission using its ________






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






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






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






35. Android is __________.






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






37. 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.






38. This is a lightweight view with no dimension and doesn't draw anything or participate in the layout.






39. Callback method: The activity has become visible.






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. The most common way to define a layout using views is with an XML layout file saved in your ______






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






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