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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. It is an efficient and maintainable way to parse XML on Android.






2. 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 ___ .






3. Relative to pixels and resolution screen






4. is run when running Android on the pc






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






6. Use this to draw bitmaps.






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






8. This object contains an account name - which for Google accounts is an email address.






9. Direct component call in Android






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






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






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






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






14. Callback method: The activity is being created.






15. Android is __________.






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






22. Binary data is shared using the ACTION_SEND action combined with setting the appropriate MIME type and placing the URI to the data in an extra named called?






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






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






25. In most cases this will offer greater bandwidth at a significantly lower battery cost.






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






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






28. Sharing of data in Android is done via________






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






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






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






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






33. ______ are views derived from ViewGroup that provide a unique layout model for its child views






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






35. Shows the actual amount of memory the application uses






36. Represents the visual representation of an Android application






37. Theseclasses simplify the steps required to enhance your app with powerful platform features or effectively optimize your app performance.






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






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






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






41. A styleable entity that contains these two custom attributes: showText and labelPosition.






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






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






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






45. An _______ is an application component that provides a screen 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.






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






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






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






49. It is a subclass of PreferenceActivity.






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