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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Describes the status of a network interface of a given type (currently either Mobile or Wi-Fi).






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






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






4. Callback method: The activity is no longer visible






5. is run when running Android on the pc






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






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






8. Represents the visual representation of an Android application






9. Sharing of data in Android is done via________






10. Conversion of an object to XML






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






19. It is a subclass of PreferenceActivity.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. It typically consumes more energy than 3G - which is in turn more expensive than 2G.






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






29. It is a free service for sending messages to Android devices.






30. Direct component call in Android






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






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






33. Callback method: The activity is being created.






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






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






36. Shows the actual amount of memory the application uses






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






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






39. 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






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






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






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






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






44. This class defines abstract methods that you must override so that your database table can be created and upgraded when necessary.






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






46. 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 ___ .






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






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






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






50. 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.