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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This method returns the inflated View once complete so you don't need to call findViewById() if you need to interact with the layout.






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






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






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






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






6. Conversion of an object to XML






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






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






9. 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?






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






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






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






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






14. An open source group led by Google






15. Answers queries about the state of network connectivity. It also notifies applications when network connectivity changes.






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






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






18. Direct component call in Android






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Evaluation of registered components






26. Your activity should perform setup of "global" state (such as defining layout) in ____ and release all remaining resources in _____






27. In order to get a list of accounts on the device - your app needs this permission.






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






29. This is the most common input event in the Android system.






30. Android request its permission using its ________






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






32. An Activity is an application ______ that provides a _______ 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






33. This is used to check that you're actually connected to the Internet and what type of connection is in place.






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






35. Conversion of XML back to an object






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






37. It is the process of lowering your audio stream output volume to make transient audio from another app easier to hear without totally disrupting the audio from your own application.






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






39. Use this to draw text.






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






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






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






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






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






45. Represents the visual representation of an Android application






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






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






48. Shows the actual amount of memory the application uses






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






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