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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






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






4. Perform background tasks without providing a user interface






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






6. Evaluation of registered components






7. Sharing of data in Android is done via________






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






9. An open source group led by Google






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






11. 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?






12. Use this to draw bitmaps.






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






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






15. 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?






16. 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.






17. Represents the visual representation of an Android application






18. Where Android is currently primarily developed






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






32. Once installed on a device - each Android application lives in its own ______






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






34. This class provides one of the simplest ways to fire off a new task from the UI thread.






35. Necessary tools to develop Android applications






36. Use this to draw text.






37. Callback method: Another activity is taking focus






38. Android is __________.






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






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






41. It is a subclass of PreferenceActivity.






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






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






44. Relative to pixels and resolution screen






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






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






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






48. 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.






49. 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.






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