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






2. Relative to pixels and resolution screen






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






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






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






6. 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.






7. Where Android is currently primarily developed






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






17. Android system uses a special virtual machine to run java based applicatons






18. This class is the basis for handling flywheel-style fling gestures.






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






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






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






22. An open source stand alone database






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






24. Android request its permission using its ________






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






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






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






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






29. Conversion of XML back to an object






30. Use this to draw text.






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






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






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






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






35. 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 ___ .






36. Converts XML Document to XML DOM






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






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






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






40. Perform background tasks without providing a user interface






41. 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.






42. This is a readable source of bytes.






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






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






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






46. Use this to draw bitmaps.






47. Necessary tools to develop Android applications






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






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






50. 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.