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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This behaves similarly to a SQLite table - but reads and writes to an object in memory via callbacks - instead of to a database file.






2. Callback method: The activity has become visible.






3. Where Android is currently primarily developed






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Perform background tasks without providing a user interface






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






12. Most network-connected Android apps use this to send and receive data.






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






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






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






16. Android is __________.






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






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






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






20. Conversion of XML back to an object






21. Converts XML Document to XML DOM






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






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






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






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






26. This search feature was introduced in Android 3.0 and can maintain backward compatibility with older versions of Android by using the default search dialog provided by the system.






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






28. This callback method of the audio focus change listener you registered when requesting audio focus receives a parameter that describes the focus change event.






29. You can reacquire the necessary resources and resume actions that were interrupted. These state transitions are all part of the _________






30. Relative to pixels and resolution screen






31. It is a subclass of PreferenceActivity.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






46. Callback method: Another activity is taking focus






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






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






49. 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?






50. Evaluation of registered components