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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Sharing of data in Android is done via________






2. It is the process of lowering your audio stream output volume to make transient audio from another app easier to hear without totally disrupting the audio from your own application.






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






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






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






6. Where Android is currently primarily developed






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






8. Direct component call in Android






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Perform background tasks without providing a user interface






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






19. Callback method: The activity is being created.






20. This class defines abstract methods that you must override so that your database table can be created and upgraded when necessary.






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






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






23. It is called to invoke the search dialog on older devices.






24. Callback method: Another activity is taking focus






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






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






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






28. Shows the actual amount of memory the application uses






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






30. It is used to load images in a background thread - then apply them to the UI once finished.






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






32. It doesn't currently support the <merge/> tag in the layouts to be inflated.






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






34. 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.






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






36. 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?






37. Your activity should perform setup of "global" state (such as defining layout) in ____ and release all remaining resources in _____






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






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






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






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






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






43. This widget as an item in the action bar is the preferred way to provide search in your app.






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






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






46. This class exposes a number of methods for applications to receive location updates.






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






48. 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?






49. Evaluation of registered components






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