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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. is run when running Android on the pc






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. This is used to convert raw touch events into gestures.






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






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






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






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






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






14. Android provides this handy method to direct volume key presses to the audio stream the user specify.






15. An intermediate state that uses around 50% of the battery power at the full state.






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






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






18. 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.






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






24. It is a subclass of PreferenceActivity.






25. 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 _____






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






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






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






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






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






31. This is a readable source of bytes.






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






33. Use this to draw text.






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






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






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






37. Perform background tasks without providing a user interface






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






39. This is used to register and de-register your media button event receiver.






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






41. Callback method: The activity is being created.






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






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






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






45. 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?






46. It is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form.






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






48. The dock-state details are included as an extra in a sticky broadcast of this action.






49. For instance - when stopped - your activity should release any large ____ - such as network or database connections.






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