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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The helper method is used to create the final width and height values.






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






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






4. Represents the visual representation of an Android application






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






6. 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.






7. is run when running Android on the pc






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Callback method: The activity is being created.






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






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






18. Callback method: The activity is no longer visible






19. 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 ___ .






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Most network-connected Android apps use this to send and receive data.






27. Are used in activities to create the user interface and to interact with the user.






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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 _____






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






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






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






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






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






39. Once installed on a device - each Android application lives in its own ______






40. The receiver is triggered whenever the device battery becomes low or exits the low condition by listening for this two.






41. It is a string that defines the specific type of access your app is asking for.






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






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






44. Necessary tools to develop Android applications






45. An open source group led by Google






46. Android is __________.






47. This is used to fetch the account names that the user has stored on their device.






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






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






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