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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Once a connection has been established - the app uses this method to retrieve the data as an InputStream.






2. Sharing of data in Android is done via________






3. 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.






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






5. Shows the actual amount of memory the application uses






6. An open source stand alone database






7. This class computes scroll positions for you - but it does not automatically apply those positions to your view.






8. Callback method: The activity has become visible.






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






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






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






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






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






14. For example - if your activity has a thread running in the background to download data from the network - it might create that thread in _____ and then stop the thread in _____






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






16. A styleable entity that contains these two custom attributes: showText and labelPosition.






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






18. Callback method: The activity is being created.






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






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






21. Where Android is currently primarily developed






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






33. Represents the visual representation of an Android application






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






35. 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 ___ .






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






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






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






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






40. Theseclasses simplify the steps required to enhance your app with powerful platform features or effectively optimize your app performance.






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






48. Theseare a key part of Android applications that directly affect the user experience.






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






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