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






2. An intermediate state that uses around 50% of the battery power at the full state.






3. Evaluation of registered components






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






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






6. An open source stand alone database






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






8. Android is __________.






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






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






11. To define custom attributes - add this resources to your project.






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






13. Use this to draw bitmaps.






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






15. This is an interface which is used to pass image data from the camera hardware to the application.






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






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






18. Direct component call in Android






19. Perform background tasks without providing a user interface






20. Conversion of an object to XML






21. To create an activity - you must create a subclass of






22. Callback method: Another activity is taking focus






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. It is a subclass of PreferenceActivity.






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






38. Shows the actual amount of memory the application uses






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






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






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






42. 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






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






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






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






46. It made implementing an effective and user friendly share action in your ActionBar even easier.






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






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






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






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