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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Conversion of an object to XML






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






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






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






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






6. An open source stand alone database






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






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






9. Where Android is currently primarily developed






10. It is a subclass of PreferenceActivity.






11. Shows the actual amount of memory the application uses






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






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






14. Binary data is shared using the ACTION_SEND action combined with setting the appropriate MIME type and placing the URI to the data in an extra named called?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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 _____






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






39. Use this to draw text.






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






41. This broadcasts all battery and charging details in a sticky Intent that includes the charging status.






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. is run when running Android on the pc






49. Relative to pixels and resolution screen






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