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Test your basic knowledge |

Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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






2. 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.






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






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






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






6. This defines how the SearchView behaves and is defined in a res/xml/searchable.xml file.






7. Once a connection has been established - the app uses this method to retrieve the data as an InputStream.






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






9. Android is __________.






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






11. Use this to draw text.






12. 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?






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






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






15. An open source group led by Google






16. It is an HTTP client that is used for applications targeted at Gingerbread and higher.






17. This is a readable source of bytes.






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






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






20. 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.






21. 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 ___ .






22. It is used to toggle the enabled state on any component defined in the manifest - including whichever broadcast receivers you wish to enable or disable






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






24. Use this to draw bitmaps.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Conversion of an object to XML






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






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






36. Android request its permission using its ________






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






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






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






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






41. It is called to invoke the search dialog on older devices.






42. 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.






43. An _______ is an application component that provides a screen 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.






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






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






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






47. Callback method: The activity has become visible.






48. Callback method: The activity is about to be destroyed.






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






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






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