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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. On a rooted device - the credentials would be readable by anyone with this access to the device.






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






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






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






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






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






7. Each activity can then start another activity in order to perform different actions. Each time a new activity starts - the previous activity is stopped - but the system preserves the activity in a ___ .






8. Represents the visual representation of an Android application






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






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






11. It is a subclass of PreferenceActivity.






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






13. 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.






14. Callback method: The activity is being created.






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Use this to draw bitmaps.






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






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






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






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






37. Evaluation of registered components






38. Android request its permission using its ________






39. is run when running Android on the pc






40. Conversion of XML back to an object






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






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






43. An open source stand alone database






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






50. Sharing of data in Android is done via________