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






2. Conversion of XML back to an object






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. It is a subclass of PreferenceActivity.






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






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






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






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






14. This method returns the inflated View once complete so you don't need to call findViewById() if you need to interact with the layout.






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






16. Callback method: Another activity is taking focus






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






18. An open source group led by Google






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






20. It provides a single value - called an auth token that represents both the user's identity and the application's authorization to act on the user's behalf.






21. Represents the visual representation of an Android application






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






23. Sharing of data in Android is done via________






24. 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






25. It is used to load images in a background thread - then apply them to the UI once finished.






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






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






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






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






30. is run when running Android on the pc






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






32. Necessary tools to develop Android applications






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






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






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






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






37. Perform background tasks without providing a user interface






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






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






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






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






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






43. Use this to draw bitmaps.






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






45. When a view is created from an XML layout - all of the attributes in the XML tag are read from the resource bundle and passed into the view's constructor as a what?






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






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






48. 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 _____






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






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