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






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






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






4. Perform background tasks without providing a user interface






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






10. If you want your APK to be visible on TVs which are non-touchscreen devices you should add this to your manifest.






11. Represents the visual representation of an Android application






12. 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






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






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






15. Android request its permission using its ________






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






22. An open source stand alone database






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






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






25. Callback method: The activity has become visible.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. In order to get a list of accounts on the device - your app needs this permission.






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






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






39. Use this to draw text.






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






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






42. Necessary tools to develop Android applications






43. It is a subclass of PreferenceActivity.






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






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






47. Where Android is currently primarily developed






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






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






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