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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Android provides this handy method to direct volume key presses to the audio stream the user specify.






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






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






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






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






6. The minimal energy state during which no network connection is active or required.






7. The back stack abides to the basic "last in - first out" stack mechanism - so - when the user is done with the current activity and presses the Back button - it is popped from the stack (and ____) and the ____ activity resumes






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






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






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






11. Used when a connection is active - allowing the device to transfer data at its highest possible rate.






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






13. Callback method: The activity is no longer visible.






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






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






16. You can set the layout as the UI for your activity with passing the resource ID for the layout.






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






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






20. Perform background tasks without providing a user interface






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






22. Direct component call in Android






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






24. On a rooted device - the credentials would be readable by anyone with this access to the device.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Shows the actual amount of memory the application uses






39. This is an interface which is used to pass image data from the camera hardware to the application.






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






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






42. Sharing of data in Android is done via________






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






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






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






46. Conversion of XML back to an object






47. Where Android is currently primarily developed






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






49. Callback method: The activity is being created.






50. The easiest way to create an authenticator class is to extend this and implement its abstract methods.