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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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 _____






2. This includes tools to help you identify problems in your layout performance.






3. Callback method: The activity has become visible.






4. Callback method: Another activity is taking focus






5. Callback method: The activity is being created.






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






7. Shows the actual amount of memory the application uses






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






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






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






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






12. The most common way to define a layout using views is with an XML layout file saved in your ______






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






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






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






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






17. The receiver is triggered whenever the device battery becomes low or exits the low condition by listening for this two.






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






19. 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.






20. Theseclasses simplify the steps required to enhance your app with powerful platform features or effectively optimize your app performance.






21. Android request its permission using its ________






22. 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.






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






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






25. Your activity should perform setup of "global" state (such as defining layout) in ____ and release all remaining resources in _____






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






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






28. is run when running Android on the pc






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. An open source group led by Google






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






39. It doesn't currently support the <merge/> tag in the layouts to be inflated.






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






41. It provides a single value - called an auth token that represents both the user's identity and the application's authorization to act on the user's behalf.






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






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






44. Relative to pixels and resolution screen






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






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






47. Use this to draw bitmaps.






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






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






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