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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Amode where the action bar is set up with tabs for navigation.






2. 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






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






4. Android request its permission using its ________






5. It is a subclass of PreferenceActivity.






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






7. Necessary tools to develop Android applications






8. Use this to draw text.






9. Evaluation of registered components






10. The ____ lifetime of an activity happens between the call to onStart() and the call to onStop().






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






19. This is a base class supplied by Android framework - which you can extend to create your own custom authenticator.






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






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






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






23. Represents the visual representation of an Android application






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






25. 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 _____






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






27. Callback method: Another activity is taking focus






28. An Activity is an application ______ that provides a _______ with which users can interact in order to do something - such as dial the phone - take a photo - send an email - or view a map






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






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






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






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






33. Callback method: The activity is being created.






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






35. These helpers are specialized classes for backing up certain kinds of data.






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






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






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






39. Relative to pixels and resolution screen






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






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






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






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






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






45. Converts XML Document to XML DOM






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






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






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






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






50. An open source stand alone database