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






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






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






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






5. It is used as a reverse-geocoding where translating latitude longitude coordinates to a human-readable address happens.






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






12. To respond to media button clicks - you need to register this in your manifest that listens for this action broadcast.






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






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






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






16. This class defines methods for drawing text - lines - bitmaps - and many other graphics primitives.






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






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






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






20. Necessary tools to develop Android applications






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






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






23. 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






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






25. Conversion of an object to XML






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






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






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






29. Describes the status of a network interface of a given type (currently either Mobile or Wi-Fi).






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






31. 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?






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






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






34. Evaluation of registered components






35. An open source stand alone database






36. 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 _____






37. 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.






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






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






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






42. Callback method: Another activity is taking focus






43. This is a readable source of bytes.






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






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






46. Relative to pixels and resolution screen






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






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






49. Represents the visual representation of an Android application






50. Use this to draw text.