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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Creating drawing objects within this method significantly reduces performance and can make your UI appear sluggish.






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






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






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






5. Evaluation of registered components






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






7. is run when running Android on the pc






8. Shows the actual amount of memory the application uses






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






10. 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.






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






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






13. Converts XML Document to XML DOM






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






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






16. Used when a connection is active - allowing the device to transfer data at its highest possible rate.






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






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






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






20. Each activity can then start another activity in order to perform different actions. Each time a new activity starts - the previous activity is stopped - but the system preserves the activity in a ___ .






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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






28. Callback method: The activity has become visible.






29. 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.






30. Callback method: Another activity is taking focus






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






32. The Android framework has a large set of these classes for interacting with the user and displaying various types of data.






33. Where Android is currently primarily developed






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






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






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






37. 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






38. 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






39. It is a subclass of PreferenceActivity.






40. 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.






41. 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 _____






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






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






44. It is a free service for sending messages to Android devices.






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






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






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






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






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






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