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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Answers queries about the state of network connectivity. It also notifies applications when network connectivity changes.






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






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






4. Conversion of XML back to an object






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






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






7. Perform background tasks without providing a user interface






8. Use this to draw bitmaps.






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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






16. Converts XML Document to XML DOM






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






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






20. In order for the AccountManager to work with your custom account code - you need this class that implements the interfaces that AccountManager expects.






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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.






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






28. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Represents the visual representation of an Android application






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






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






44. 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 _____






45. Evaluation of registered components






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






47. 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






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






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






50. Relative to pixels and resolution screen