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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This is set up to animate for the duration of the fling.






2. An open source group led by Google






3. Callback method: The activity is being created.






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






5. Callback method: Another activity is taking focus






6. Sharing of data in Android is done via________






7. 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.






8. 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.






9. 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.






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






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






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






13. This defines how the SearchView behaves and is defined in a res/xml/searchable.xml file.






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






15. It is used to toggle the enabled state on any component defined in the manifest - including whichever broadcast receivers you wish to enable or disable






16. 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 ___ .






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






18. Evaluation of registered components






19. 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?






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






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






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






23. is run when running Android on the pc






24. Use this to draw bitmaps.






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






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






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






28. For instance - when stopped - your activity should release any large ____ - such as network or database connections.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Android request its permission using its ________






40. Converts XML Document to XML DOM






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






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






43. Represents the visual representation of an Android application






44. When a new activity starts - it is pushed onto the ____ and takes user focus.






45. Perform background tasks without providing a user interface






46. An open source stand alone database






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






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






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






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