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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Sharing of data in Android is done via________






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






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






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






5. Describes the status of a network interface of a given type (currently either Mobile or Wi-Fi).






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






7. 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.






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






9. Callback method: The activity is being created.






10. 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.






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






12. It is a subclass of PreferenceActivity.






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






14. 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






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






16. Evaluation of registered components






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






18. Once installed on a device - each Android application lives in its own ______






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






20. 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






21. Callback method: The activity has become visible.






22. Converts XML Document to XML DOM






23. The industry standard way to deal with authentication to third-party services.






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






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






26. Represents the visual representation of an Android application






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






33. Necessary tools to develop Android applications






34. Use this to draw text.






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






36. is run when running Android on the pc






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






38. Android request its permission using its ________






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






50. 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.