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Android Programming

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






2. Sharing of data in Android is done via________






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






4. 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






5. Relative to pixels and resolution screen






6. It is the process of lowering your audio stream output volume to make transient audio from another app easier to hear without totally disrupting the audio from your own application.






7. 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.






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






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






10. is run when running Android on the pc






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






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






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






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






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






17. This object contains an account name - which for Google accounts is an email address.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Theseclasses simplify the steps required to enhance your app with powerful platform features or effectively optimize your app performance.






30. Shows the actual amount of memory the application uses






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






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






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






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






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






36. Converts XML Document to XML DOM






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






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






39. Conversion of an object to XML






40. Callback method: Another activity is taking focus






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






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






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






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






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






46. Where Android is currently primarily developed






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






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






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






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