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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. Converts XML Document to XML DOM






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






3. 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 _____






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






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






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






7. 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






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






9. An open source stand alone database






10. It is an HTTP client that is used for applications targeted at Gingerbread and higher.






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






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






13. This is used to check that you're actually connected to the Internet and what type of connection is in place.






14. Where Android is currently primarily developed






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






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






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






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






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






20. This is a readable source of bytes.






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






22. 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.






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






24. Callback method: The activity is no longer visible






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






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






27. When a new activity starts - it is pushed onto the ____ and takes user focus.






28. An open source group led by Google






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






37. 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.






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






39. Whenever the device is docked or undocked - this action is broadcast.






40. 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 ___ .






41. 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.






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






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






44. is run when running Android on the pc






45. Perform background tasks without providing a user interface






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






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






48. Conversion of an object to XML






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






50. Creating drawing objects within this method significantly reduces performance and can make your UI appear sluggish.