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






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






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






4. An open source group led by Google






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






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






7. Allow to combine loosely coupled components to perform certain tasks






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






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






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






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






12. Use this to draw bitmaps.






13. 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?






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






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






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






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






18. Where Android is currently primarily developed






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






20. This class computes scroll positions for you - but it does not automatically apply those positions to your view.






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






22. 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?






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






24. It is available starting with API Level 14 and higher.






25. It is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form.






26. Use this to draw text.






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






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






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






30. It is an efficient and maintainable way to parse XML on Android.






31. This is a readable source of bytes.






32. Callback method: Another activity is taking focus






33. The Android SDK tools include a tool that allows you to analyze your layout while your application is running.






34. Represents the visual representation of an Android application






35. It's generally a good idea for one of your APKs to support this texture format as it is supported by all Android-powered devices that support the OpenGL ES 2.0 spec.






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






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






38. Direct component call in Android






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






40. This behaves similarly to a SQLite table - but reads and writes to an object in memory via callbacks - instead of to a database file.






41. 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.






42. Android request its permission using its ________






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Evaluation of registered components






50. Necessary tools to develop Android applications