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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. It is called to invoke the search dialog on older devices.






2. Android request its permission using its ________






3. This search feature was introduced in Android 3.0 and can maintain backward compatibility with older versions of Android by using the default search dialog provided by the system.






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






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






6. Use this to draw bitmaps.






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






8. This class exposes a number of methods for applications to receive location updates.






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






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






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






12. A service in which programmers can offer their Android application to Android users.






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






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






15. Relative to pixels and resolution screen






16. 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 ___ .






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






18. It is a subclass of PreferenceActivity.






19. Evaluation of registered components






20. Sharing of data in Android is done via________






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






22. To respond to media button clicks - you need to register this in your manifest that listens for this action broadcast.






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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






32. Callback method: Another activity is taking focus






33. It is used as a reverse-geocoding where translating latitude longitude coordinates to a human-readable address happens.






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






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






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






37. An open source stand alone database






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






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






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






41. Android is __________.






42. When a view is created from an XML layout - all of the attributes in the XML tag are read from the resource bundle and passed into the view's constructor as a what?






43. You can set the layout as the UI for your activity with passing the resource ID for the layout.






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






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