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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. For instance - when stopped - your activity should release any large ____ - such as network or database connections.






2. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






8. It is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form.






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






10. Direct component call in Android






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. An open source stand alone database






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. To create an activity - you must create a subclass of






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






35. Converts XML Document to XML DOM






36. Conversion of an object to XML






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






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






39. Necessary tools to develop Android applications






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






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






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






43. 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 ___ .






44. In most cases this will offer greater bandwidth at a significantly lower battery cost.






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






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






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






48. Use this to draw text.






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






50. 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.