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






2. Conversion of XML back to an object






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






4. Each activity can then start another activity in order to perform different actions. Each time a new activity starts - the previous activity is stopped - but the system preserves the activity in a ___ .






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






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






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






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






9. 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?






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






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






12. Direct component call in Android






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. An open source stand alone database






18. Callback method: The activity is being created.






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






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






21. Conversion of an object to XML






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Shows the actual amount of memory the application uses






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






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






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






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






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






35. The visible lifetime of an activity happens between the call to ____ and the call to ______






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






37. 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






38. It is a lightweight mechanism used to transmit data from a server to a particular app instance.






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






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






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






42. Converts XML Document to XML DOM






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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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