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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Conversion of an object to XML






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






13. Android is __________.






14. Represents the visual representation of an Android application






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






16. An open source group led by Google






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






18. is run when running Android on the pc






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






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






21. Relative to pixels and resolution screen






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






23. Necessary tools to develop Android applications






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






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






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






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






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






29. Use this to draw text.






30. Evaluation of registered components






31. It is an HTTP client that is used for applications targeted at Gingerbread and higher.






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






33. Android request its permission using its ________






34. Callback method: The activity is being created.






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






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






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






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






40. A service in which programmers can offer their Android application to Android users.






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






42. An open source stand alone database






43. 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 _____






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






45. 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.






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






47. Converts XML Document to XML DOM






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






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






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