Deck 4: Multiple Activities, Passing Data Between Activities, Transitions, Persistent Data

Question 1

We place transition XML files in the ____________ directory of the res directory.

Answer 1

anim

Question 2

A Table Layout arranges its components in ____________ and ____________.

Answer 2

rows and columns

Question 3

Using a RelativeLayout, to specify that a View matches the left edge of another View, we use which of the following attributes?

A) android:layout_alignLeft
B) android:layout_leftOf
C) android:layout_rightOf
D) android:layout_align

Answer 3

android:layout_alignLeft

Question 4

Using a RelativeLayout, to specify that a View goes to the right of another View, we use which of the following attributes?

A) android:layout_toRight
B) android:layout_rightOf
C) android:layout_toRightOf
D) android:layout_right

Question 5

If we have more than one activity, it is possible to navigate back and forth between the corresponding views.

Question 6

Clicking on a button can make the app move to another activity.

Question 7

The onResume method of the Activity class is called right after the ____________ method.

Question 8

The ____________ method of the Activity class is called when an activity becomes invisible to the user.

Question 9

The ____________ interface includes the functionality to write to and read from the user preferences.

Question 10

What XML element do we use when defining a transition that involves a fade-in effect?

A) fade
B) transparent
C) alpha
D) change

Question 11

In order to set up a transition when going from one activity to another, we call the ____________ method from the Activity class.

Question 12

Following is the API of the getint method of SharedPreferences.Editor:
Int getInt( String a, int b)
What does b represent?

A) A key for which getInt returns the associated value
B) A value for which getInt returns the associated key
C) A default value that may (or may not) be returned by getInt
D) A default key value

Question 13

What XML element represents a row in a TableLayout?

A) Row
B) TableRow
C) Table
D) Rows

Question 14

Using a RelativeLayout, which attribute do we use to specify that a View goes below another View?

A) android:below
B) android:belowView
C) android:layout_belowView
D) android:layout_below

Question 15

Using a RelativeLayout, which attribute do we use to specify that a View's bottom matches the bottom of its parent View?

A) android:layout_align
B) android:layout_alignBottom
C) android:layout_alignParentBottom
D) android:layout_alignY

Question 16

What is this in the following code?
Intent myIntent = new Intent( this, DataActivity.class );

A) A DataActivity reference
B) A reference to the current Activity
C) An Intent
D) A class

Question 17

What is DataActivity in the following code?
Intent myIntent = new Intent( this, DataActivity.class );

A) A subclass of Intent
B) A reference to the current Activity
C) An Intent
D) An Activity class

Question 18

When using a scale element for a scaling transition, what attribute do we use to define the x coordinate of a fixed point when scaling takes place?

A) android:pivot
B) android:X
C) android:scaleX
D) android:pivotX

Question 19

We can use a View element to encode a line.

Question 20

It is possible to pass data from one activity to another.

Question 21

The __________________ method of the Activity class is called when an activity is about to restart.

Question 22

The __________________ method of the Activity class is called when another activity starts and the current activity goes in the background.