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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. If permissions are missing - the application will get this at runtime.






2. Creating drawing objects within this method significantly reduces performance and can make your UI appear sluggish.






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






11. Use this to draw bitmaps.






12. Sharing of data in Android is done via________






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






14. For instance - when stopped - your activity should release any large ____ - such as network or database connections.






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






23. A styleable entity that contains these two custom attributes: showText and labelPosition.






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






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






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






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






28. Relative to pixels and resolution screen






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






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






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






32. Callback method: Another activity is taking focus






33. It includes a Detailed Network Usage tab that makes it possible to track when your application is making network requests.






34. 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?






35. Use this to draw text.






36. In order for the AccountManager to work with your custom account code - you need this class that implements the interfaces that AccountManager expects.






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






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






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






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






41. Perform background tasks without providing a user interface






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






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






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






45. This is a lightweight view with no dimension and doesn't draw anything or participate in the layout.






46. Android is __________.






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






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






49. The easiest way to create an authenticator class is to extend this and implement its abstract methods.






50. Android request its permission using its ________