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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Callback method: The activity is no longer visible






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






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






4. Whenever the device is docked or undocked - this action is broadcast.






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






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






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






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






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






10. Conversion of XML back to an object






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






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






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






14. This provides methods to define line's color - whether to fill a rectangle with a color or leave it empty - and defines the color - style - font - and so forth of each shape you draw.






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






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






17. Describes the status of a network interface of a given type (currently either Mobile or Wi-Fi).






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






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






20. This defines how the SearchView behaves and is defined in a res/xml/searchable.xml file.






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






22. Android request its permission using its ________






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






24. 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.






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






26. Callback method: The activity has become visible.






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






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






29. 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






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






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






32. Use this to draw bitmaps.






33. Sharing of data in Android is done via________






34. Creating drawing objects within this method significantly reduces performance and can make your UI appear sluggish.






35. Android provides this handy method to direct volume key presses to the audio stream the user specify.






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






37. Perform background tasks without providing a user interface






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






39. For instance - when stopped - your activity should release any large ____ - such as network or database connections.






40. Callback method: Another activity is taking focus






41. An open source group led by Google






42. Relative to pixels and resolution screen






43. 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.






44. This is set up to animate for the duration of the fling.






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






46. The back stack abides to the basic "last in - first out" stack mechanism - so - when the user is done with the current activity and presses the Back button - it is popped from the stack (and ____) and the ____ activity resumes






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






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






49. This behaves similarly to a SQLite table - but reads and writes to an object in memory via callbacks - instead of to a database file.






50. 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