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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To create an activity - you must create a subclass of






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






3. is run when running Android on the pc






4. 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.






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






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






7. Evaluation of registered components






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






9. In order to get a list of accounts on the device - your app needs this permission.






10. Shows the actual amount of memory the application uses






11. Where Android is currently primarily developed






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






25. 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?






26. Necessary tools to develop Android applications






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






28. An _______ is an application component that provides a screen 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.






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






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






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






32. Callback method: Another activity is taking focus






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






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






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






36. 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 _____






37. Converts XML Document to XML DOM






38. Android request its permission using its ________






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






48. This is the most common input event in the Android system.






49. Callback method: The activity has become visible.






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