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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






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






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






5. Callback method: Another activity is taking focus






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. is run when running Android on the pc






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






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






20. Where Android is currently primarily developed






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






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






23. Use this to draw bitmaps.






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






25. Android request its permission using its ________






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






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






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






29. This behaves similarly to a SQLite table - but reads and writes to an object in memory via callbacks - instead of to a database file.






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






31. It made implementing an effective and user friendly share action in your ActionBar even easier.






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






33. 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






34. Are used in activities to create the user interface and to interact with the user.






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






36. Creating drawing objects within this method significantly reduces performance and can make your UI appear sluggish.






37. Direct component call in Android






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






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






40. This is a readable source of bytes.






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






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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?