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






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






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






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






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






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






7. An open source group led by Google






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






9. To respond to media button clicks - you need to register this in your manifest that listens for this action broadcast.






10. Perform background tasks without providing a user interface






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






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






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






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






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






16. Android request its permission using its ________






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. Android is __________.






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






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






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






28. Converts XML Document to XML DOM






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






30. It is a subclass of PreferenceActivity.






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






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






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






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






35. 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 _____






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






37. This widget as an item in the action bar is the preferred way to provide search in your app.






38. 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.






39. Callback method: The activity is no longer visible






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






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






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






43. Conversion of XML back to an object






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






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






46. This provides methods to define line's color - whether to fill a rectangle with a color or leave it empty - and defines the color - style - font - and so forth of each shape you draw.






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






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






49. Necessary tools to develop Android applications






50. Conversion of an object to XML