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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. Conversion of XML back to an object






2. This action is used in sending text content from one activity to another.






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






4. An open source group led by Google






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






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






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






8. When an activity is stopped because a new activity starts - it is notified of this change in state through the activity's _______ .






9. Android request its permission using its ________






10. The industry standard way to deal with authentication to third-party services.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






20. 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.






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






22. Theseare a key part of Android applications that directly affect the user experience.






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






24. It is used to toggle the enabled state on any component defined in the manifest - including whichever broadcast receivers you wish to enable or disable






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






26. Represents the visual representation of an Android application






27. It is used as a reverse-geocoding where translating latitude longitude coordinates to a human-readable address happens.






28. Use this to draw text.






29. When a view is created from an XML layout - all of the attributes in the XML tag are read from the resource bundle and passed into the view's constructor as a what?






30. 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.






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






32. Where Android is currently primarily developed






33. Describes the status of a network interface of a given type (currently either Mobile or Wi-Fi).






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






35. Necessary tools to develop Android applications






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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 _____






46. Perform background tasks without providing a user interface






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






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






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






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