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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. It made implementing an effective and user friendly share action in your ActionBar even easier.






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






9. Shows the actual amount of memory the application uses






10. Use this to draw text.






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Binary data is shared using the ACTION_SEND action combined with setting the appropriate MIME type and placing the URI to the data in an extra named called?






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






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






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






25. 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?






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






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






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






29. An open source stand alone database






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






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






32. Android is __________.






33. If permissions are missing - the application will get this at runtime.






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






35. Callback method: Another activity is taking focus






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






37. This class exposes a number of methods for applications to receive location updates.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. It is a subclass of PreferenceActivity.






46. Perform background tasks without providing a user interface






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






48. Represents the visual representation of an Android application






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






50. Callback method: The activity is being created.