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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Android provides this handy method to direct volume key presses to the audio stream the user specify.






2. is run when running Android on the pc






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






4. This is used to check that you're actually connected to the Internet and what type of connection is in place.






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






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






7. _____ are views that provide a visual (and interactive) elements for the screen - such as a button - text field - checkbox - or just an image.






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






9. Use this to draw bitmaps.






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






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






12. 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.






13. 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






14. Conversion of XML back to an object






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






16. This class is the basis for handling flywheel-style fling gestures.






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






23. It includes a Detailed Network Usage tab that makes it possible to track when your application is making network requests.






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






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






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






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






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






29. Callback method: The activity is being created.






30. 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?






31. 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 _____






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






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






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






35. Represents the visual representation of an Android application






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






37. It is a lightweight mechanism used to transmit data from a server to a particular app instance.






38. Shows the actual amount of memory the application uses






39. Perform background tasks without providing a user interface






40. Converts XML Document to XML DOM






41. 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






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






43. 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.






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






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