Mobile Application Development - Android

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What is the name of the views that allow to organize the position of the graphical components on the active screen?

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What is a view?

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Is it possible to use multiple views on a single screen of the graphical user interface of your application?

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Is it possible to nest a layout within another one?

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Android buttons have a predefined style. The size and color of a button and its text cannot be changed.

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Associating a name (unique id) to a view is mandatory when using what kind of layout?

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Which actions can be triggered by a button click? (check all that apply)

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When an activity A starts an activity B (check all that apply):

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Activities are completely independent from one another, they cannot share data.

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What should you try to keep to a minimum when designing a mobile app?

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Android Studio is:

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The AndroidManifest.xml file is a file that contains:

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What is the purpose of the Android Virtual Device (AVD)?

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Before running an Android application on a Virtual device, you must connect your smartphone to your PC.

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The reason for selecting an older SDK release is that this ensures that the finished application will be able to run on the widest possible range of Android devices.

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Give the name of the 2 most basic activity templates we use in general to build a basic Android application.

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In the source code of an application, what function does it used to get a reference to a component of the user interface ?

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When an application is compiled a class named R is created. What does it contains ?

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The id property of a component can't be modified ?

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Which folder of your Android project holds the XML files that describe the graphical interfaces of the application?

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You have defined a graphical user interface in an XML layout file named myUI. You create a new activity in a file name MyActivity.java. How to you specify that MyActivity displays myUI?

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The visual structure of the user interface can be defined...

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What could be the interest of creating a button (or any other widget) from the Java code of an activity rather than from the associated XML layout file?

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What could be the interest of creating a button (or any other widget) from an XML layout file rather than from the Java code of an activity?

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Name the class which represents pop-up messages.

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In addition to the activity or application context, and the message to display, which parameter does the makeText method from the Toast class take?

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Which method from the Toast class allows you to display a pop-up message you've prepared?

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In an XML layout file you specify that "onClick" a button must call the "doSomething" method. In the activity Java file you create a method "public void doSomething(View v)". What does the 'v' parameter refer to?

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The following code displays a pop-up message reading "hello" for a short duration:
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "hello", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);

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For how long (in second) does a Toast displayed for a duration "Toast.LENGTH_SHORT" stays on the screen?

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Button myButton = (Button)findViewById(R.id.myBbutton);
myButton.(Color.BLUE);
Which method must be called at the location indicated with "-----" to turn the background of the button to blue.?

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Which layout allows you to specify the position of a view using other views as references?

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Which among these is NOT a part of Android's native libraries

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Select a component which is NOT part of Android architecture.

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Required folder when Android project is created.

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Adb stands for

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A fragment is a part or portion of

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Which of these are not one of the three main components of the APK?

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An activity can be thought of as corresponding to what ?

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What runs in the background and doesnot have any UI components ?

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What built-in database is Android shipped with ?

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You can shut down an activity by calling the method?

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What does the .apk extension stand for?

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What is DDMS in android?

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Immediate base class for activity and services

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What is the name of the class used by Intent to store additional information?

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Which of the following is true about object arrayAdapter declared in the code below?
String[] items = {"Item 1","Item 2","Item 3");
ArrayAdapter<String> arrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, items);
listView.setAdapter(arrayAdapter);

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Which of the following add a click listener to items in a listView?

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Consider the following the code:
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.game_menu, menu);
return true;
}
Which of the following is true about the code above?
( More than ONE may be Correct).

ThirdYear Third Year Quiz on Mobile Application Development - Android, created by Faheem Ahmed on 18/08/2016.

Mobile Application Development - Android

What is the name of the views that allow to organize the position of the graphical components on the active screen?

What is a view?

Is it possible to use multiple views on a single screen of the graphical user interface of your application?

Is it possible to nest a layout within another one?

Android buttons have a predefined style. The size and color of a button and its text cannot be changed.

Associating a name (unique id) to a view is mandatory when using what kind of layout?

Which actions can be triggered by a button click? (check all that apply)

When an activity A starts an activity B (check all that apply):

Activities are completely independent from one another, they cannot share data.

What should you try to keep to a minimum when designing a mobile app?

Android Studio is:

The AndroidManifest.xml file is a file that contains:

What is the purpose of the Android Virtual Device (AVD)?

Before running an Android application on a Virtual device, you must connect your smartphone to your PC.

The reason for selecting an older SDK release is that this ensures that the finished application will be able to run on the widest possible range of Android devices.

Give the name of the 2 most basic activity templates we use in general to build a basic Android application.

In the source code of an application, what function does it used to get a reference to a component of the user interface ?

When an application is compiled a class named R is created. What does it contains ?

The id property of a component can't be modified ?

Which folder of your Android project holds the XML files that describe the graphical interfaces of the application?

The following code displays a pop-up message reading "hello" for a short duration:
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "hello", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);

Button myButton = (Button)findViewById(R.id.myBbutton);
myButton.(Color.BLUE);
Which method must be called at the location indicated with "-----" to turn the background of the button to blue.?