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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. It is a free service for sending messages to Android devices.






2. Callback method: The activity is being created.






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






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






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






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






7. Conversion of XML back to an object






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






9. Callback method: Another activity is taking focus






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






27. Android request its permission using its ________






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






29. Callback method: The activity has become visible.






30. is run when running Android on the pc






31. An open source group led by Google






32. Shows the actual amount of memory the application uses






33. It typically consumes more energy than 3G - which is in turn more expensive than 2G.






34. Relative to pixels and resolution screen






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






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






37. The entire lifetime of an activity happens between the call to _____ and the call to _____






38. This is a readable source of bytes.






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Use this to draw bitmaps.






48. 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.






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






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