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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Where Android is currently primarily developed






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






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






4. Direct component call in Android






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






6. This is the simplest way to monitor device state changes.






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. Android is __________.






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






10. Conversion of an object to XML






11. Use this to draw text.






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






13. It inform the system what intents an application component is willing to accept.






14. These helpers are specialized classes for backing up certain kinds of data.






15. 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?






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






17. Evaluation of registered components






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






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






20. This is a readable source of bytes.






21. An open source stand alone database






22. Relative to pixels and resolution screen






23. Sharing of data in Android is done via________






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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?






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






35. This provides methods to define line's color - whether to fill a rectangle with a color or leave it empty - and defines the color - style - font - and so forth of each shape you draw.






36. 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.






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






38. is run when running Android on the pc






39. This class defines abstract methods that you must override so that your database table can be created and upgraded when necessary.






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






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






42. An open source group led by Google






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






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






45. 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.






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






47. Callback method: The activity has become visible.






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






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






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