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Android Programming

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






2. Conversion of XML back to an object






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. A styleable entity that contains these two custom attributes: showText and labelPosition.






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






15. An open source stand alone database






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






17. Callback method: The activity is no longer visible






18. 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.






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






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






21. An open source group led by Google






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






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






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






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






26. Callback method: The activity has become visible.






27. The helper method is used to create the final width and height values.






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






39. 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.






40. Shows the actual amount of memory the application uses






41. It is a string that defines the specific type of access your app is asking for.






42. It is a subclass of PreferenceActivity.






43. 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?






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






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






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






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






48. Sharing of data in Android is done via________






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






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