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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This method returns the inflated View once complete so you don't need to call findViewById() if you need to interact with the layout.






2. It is used to toggle the enabled state on any component defined in the manifest - including whichever broadcast receivers you wish to enable or disable






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






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






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






6. Theseare a key part of Android applications that directly affect the user experience.






7. Android is __________.






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






9. 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 _____






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






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






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






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






14. Use this to draw bitmaps.






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






16. 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.






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






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






19. Conversion of XML back to an object






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






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






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






23. An open source stand alone database






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






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






26. 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.






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






28. 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?






29. An open source group led by Google






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






31. Callback method: Another activity is taking focus






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






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






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






35. Direct component call in Android






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






37. It is called to invoke the search dialog on older devices.






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






39. In order for the AccountManager to work with your custom account code - you need this class that implements the interfaces that AccountManager expects.






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






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






42. Conversion of an object to XML






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






49. 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?






50. Converts XML Document to XML DOM