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Android Programming

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






2. 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 _____






3. An _______ is an application component that provides a screen 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.






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






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






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






7. This handles cases like flaky mobile networks - airplane mode - and restricted background data.






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. Converts XML Document to XML DOM






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






14. The most common way to define a layout using views is with an XML layout file saved in your ______






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






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






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






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






19. Theseclasses simplify the steps required to enhance your app with powerful platform features or effectively optimize your app performance.






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






21. 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.






22. Use this to draw bitmaps.






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






24. Relative to pixels and resolution screen






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






26. Theseare a key part of Android applications that directly affect the user experience.






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






28. 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






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






30. It is a string that defines the specific type of access your app is asking for.






31. is run when running Android on the pc






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






33. This is used to fetch the account names that the user has stored on their device.






34. Android is __________.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. An open source stand alone database






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






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






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






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






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






48. Shows the actual amount of memory the application uses






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






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