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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This object contains an account name - which for Google accounts is an email address.






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






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






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






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






6. Sharing of data in Android is done via________






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






8. Callback method: The activity is no longer visible






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






10. An open source group led by Google






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. This is a readable source of bytes.






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






19. Evaluation of registered components






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






21. Shows the actual amount of memory the application uses






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






23. Converts XML Document to XML DOM






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






25. The helper method is used to create the final width and height values.






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






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






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






29. is run when running Android on the pc






30. This action is used in sending text content from one activity to another.






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






32. Android request its permission using its ________






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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






43. This can be used to draw previews of what the camera sensor is picking up.






44. Conversion of an object to XML






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






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






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






48. These helpers are specialized classes for backing up certain kinds of data.






49. When an activity is stopped because a new activity starts - it is notified of this change in state through the activity's _______ .






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