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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Android system uses a special virtual machine to run java based applicatons






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






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






4. 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 _____






5. Callback method: The activity is no longer visible






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






7. It is used to load images in a background thread - then apply them to the UI once finished.






8. is run when running Android on the pc






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






10. Perform background tasks without providing a user interface






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






12. Callback method: The activity has become visible.






13. Callback method: The activity is being created.






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






19. Where Android is currently primarily developed






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






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






22. Allow to combine loosely coupled components to perform certain tasks






23. This is used to check that you're actually connected to the Internet and what type of connection is in place.






24. Callback method: Another activity is taking focus






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






26. Each time a new activity starts - the previous activity is stopped - but the system preserves the activity in a _____ (the ______).






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






28. 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.






29. Direct component call in Android






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






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






32. Use this to draw bitmaps.






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. The ____ lifetime of an activity happens between the call to onCreate() and the call to onDestroy().






40. It is a subclass of PreferenceActivity.






41. 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.






42. Are used in activities to create the user interface and to interact with the user.






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Evaluation of registered components






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