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






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






3. Conversion of an object to XML






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






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






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






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






8. It is a subclass of PreferenceActivity.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. If permissions are missing - the application will get this at runtime.






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






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






19. An open source stand alone database






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






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






22. Callback method: The activity has become visible.






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






24. Use this to draw bitmaps.






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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?






31. Allow to combine loosely coupled components to perform certain tasks






32. This is a readable source of bytes.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






42. Once a connection has been established - the app uses this method to retrieve the data as an InputStream.






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






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






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






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






47. Shows the actual amount of memory the application uses






48. This is the main class through which your application can access location services on Android.






49. Where Android is currently primarily developed






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