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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Once installed on a device - each Android application lives in its own ______






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






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






4. Necessary tools to develop Android applications






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






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






7. The helper method is used to create the final width and height values.






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






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






10. Sharing of data in Android is done via________






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






18. Android is __________.






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






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






29. 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.






30. This search feature was introduced in Android 3.0 and can maintain backward compatibility with older versions of Android by using the default search dialog provided by the system.






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






32. Use this to draw bitmaps.






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






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






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






36. Use this to draw text.






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






38. An open source stand alone database






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






40. 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.






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






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






43. 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?






44. It is a subclass of PreferenceActivity.






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






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






47. Android system uses a special virtual machine to run java based applicatons






48. 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






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






50. PieChart exposes a custom event to notify listeners that the user has rotated the pie chart to focus on a new pie slice.