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Android Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Amode where the action bar is set up with tabs for navigation.






2. 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 _____






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






4. 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?






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






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






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






8. Necessary tools to develop Android applications






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






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






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






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






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






14. Callback method: The activity has become visible.






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






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






17. When an activity is stopped because a new activity starts - it is notified of this change in state through the activity's _______ .






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






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






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






21. Represents the visual representation of an Android application






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






27. An open source stand alone database






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






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






30. 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






31. It is used to load images in a background thread - then apply them to the UI once finished.






32. 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?






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






34. It provides a simple way to perform your work outside the main thread.






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






36. Perform background tasks without providing a user interface






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






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






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






40. Where Android is currently primarily developed






41. An open source group led by Google






42. Callback method: The activity is being created.






43. Use this to draw text.






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






45. Sharing of data in Android is done via________






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






47. Evaluation of registered components






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






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






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