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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In order for the AccountManager to work with your custom account code - you need this class that implements the interfaces that AccountManager expects.






2. In most cases this will offer greater bandwidth at a significantly lower battery cost.






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






4. Callback method: The activity has become visible.






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






6. This is a readable source of bytes.






7. Where Android is currently primarily developed






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






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






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






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






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






13. Use this to draw bitmaps.






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






15. Direct component call in Android






16. Converts XML Document to XML DOM






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. The visible lifetime of an activity happens between the call to ____ and the call to ______






25. This method returns the inflated View once complete so you don't need to call findViewById() if you need to interact with the layout.






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






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






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






29. For example - a ____ might be a button that initiates an action when the user touches it.






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






31. Represents the visual representation of an Android application






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






33. An open source stand alone database






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






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






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






37. Sharing of data in Android is done via________






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. If you want your APK to be visible on TVs which are non-touchscreen devices you should add this to your manifest.






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






46. This can be used to draw previews of what the camera sensor is picking up.






47. 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 _____






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






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






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