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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
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1. When an activity is stopped because a new activity starts - it is notified of this change in state through the activity's _______ .






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






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






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






5. It is a subclass of PreferenceActivity.






6. Use this to draw text.






7. For instance - when stopped - your activity should release any large ____ - such as network or database connections.






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






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






10. Direct component call in Android






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






21. 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.






22. This class provides one of the simplest ways to fire off a new task from the UI thread.






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






24. Use this to draw bitmaps.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. The easiest way to create an authenticator class is to extend this and implement its abstract methods.






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






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






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






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






40. An open source group led by Google






41. Callback method: The activity has become visible.






42. 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






43. 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 _____






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






45. The Android SDK tools include a tool that allows you to analyze your layout while your application is running.






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






47. A styleable entity that contains these two custom attributes: showText and labelPosition.






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






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






50. An open source stand alone database