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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Theseclasses simplify the steps required to enhance your app with powerful platform features or effectively optimize your app performance.






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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






9. 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.






10. Evaluation of registered components






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






12. Callback method: Another activity is taking focus






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






14. Conversion of XML back to an object






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






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






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






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






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






20. Represents the visual representation of an Android application






21. To create an activity - you must create a subclass of






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






23. 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






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






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






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






27. 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.






28. This is used for the need of finer control over your view's layout parameters.






29. 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?






30. Shows the actual amount of memory the application uses






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






32. Converts XML Document to XML DOM






33. The ____ lifetime of an activity happens between the call to onCreate() and the call to onDestroy().






34. The industry standard way to deal with authentication to third-party services.






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






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






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






38. It is a free service for sending messages to Android devices.






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






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






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






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






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






45. An open source stand alone database






46. It provides a simple way to perform your work outside the main thread.






47. 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.






48. Necessary tools to develop Android applications






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






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