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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. It is a subclass of PreferenceActivity.






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






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






4. If permissions are missing - the application will get this at runtime.






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






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






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






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






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






10. Callback method: The activity is no longer visible.






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






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






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






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






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






16. Android request its permission using its ________






17. Android provides this handy method to direct volume key presses to the audio stream the user specify.






18. You can set the layout as the UI for your activity with passing the resource ID for the layout.






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






20. 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 ___ .






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






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






23. Where Android is currently primarily developed






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






29. Conversion of an object to XML






30. 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






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






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






33. Converts XML Document to XML DOM






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






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






36. Callback method: The activity is no longer visible






37. If you want your APK to be visible on TVs which are non-touchscreen devices you should add this to your manifest.






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






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






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






41. 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.






42. Use this to draw bitmaps.






43. Android is __________.






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






45. 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 _____






46. Sharing of data in Android is done via________






47. 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






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






49. Direct component call in Android






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