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






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






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






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






5. Conversion of an object to XML






6. 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.






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






12. An open source stand alone database






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






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






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






16. 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.






17. 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.






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






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






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






21. Each time a new activity starts - the previous activity is stopped - but the system preserves the activity in a _____ (the ______).






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






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






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






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






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






27. Evaluation of registered components






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






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






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






31. 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?






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






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






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






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






36. Represents the visual representation of an Android application






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






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






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






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






41. Relative to pixels and resolution screen






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






43. Converts XML Document to XML DOM






44. Conversion of XML back to an object






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






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






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






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






49. This behaves similarly to a SQLite table - but reads and writes to an object in memory via callbacks - instead of to a database file.






50. Use this to draw bitmaps.