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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 includes tools to help you identify problems in your layout performance.






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






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






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






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






6. This is the most common input event in the Android system.






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






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






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






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






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






12. This broadcasts all battery and charging details in a sticky Intent that includes the charging status.






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






14. The back stack abides to the basic "last in - first out" stack mechanism - so - when the user is done with the current activity and presses the Back button - it is popped from the stack (and ____) and the ____ activity resumes






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






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






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






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






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






20. Evaluation of registered components






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






22. Callback method: The activity has become visible.






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






24. Use this to draw text.






25. ______ are views derived from ViewGroup that provide a unique layout model for its child views






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Your activity should perform setup of "global" state (such as defining layout) in ____ and release all remaining resources in _____






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






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






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






36. Conversion of XML back to an object






37. 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 ___ .






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






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






40. Shows the actual amount of memory the application uses






41. Converts XML Document to XML DOM






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






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






44. This is a readable source of bytes.






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






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






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






48. 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?






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






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