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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The minimal energy state during which no network connection is active or required.






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






3. It is a subclass of PreferenceActivity.






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






5. It typically consumes more energy than 3G - which is in turn more expensive than 2G.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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 _____






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






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






22. 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?






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






24. 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.






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






26. Relative to pixels and resolution screen






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






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






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






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






31. Represents the visual representation of an Android application






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






33. Use this to draw bitmaps.






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






35. Where Android is currently primarily developed






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






37. 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 ___ .






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






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






40. Evaluation of registered components






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






42. Android request its permission using its ________






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






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






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






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






47. Direct component call in Android






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






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






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