Mobile Programming — Winter 2018

Do as directed: 1. The types of color formats that starts with # are ______________. 2. Abutton that can be used for on/off is known as ____________. 3. List important packages in Android SDK. 4. DatePicker.init() method is used to ____________. 5. The number of parameter(s) used in Toast() method is/are _______. 6. The spinner control is used for _________. 7. Permission required to access internet is __________.

What is Android Platform? Discuss various layers of Android Platform architecture in detail with diagram.

What is WebView? Write the code to load content from specific Website and HTML file into WebView control.

How to add logging support to an android application? Discuss various methods of android.util.Log class.

Discuss Android activity life cycle with suitable diagram.

What is the use of Dialogs? Explain key methods required for managing the Dialog life cycle.

(i) Differentiate: 1. Activity and Service 2. Frame-by-frame Animation and Tweened Animation (ii) Define the permissions your application needs to register for the following task: 1. Writing files to SD card 2. Read Contacts 3. Send SMS

What is Content Provider? List out the uses of different built-in content providers and also explain any one of them in detail.

Discuss the structure and importance of AndroidManifest.xml file.

Explain various methods of HttpURLConnection class with example.

What is Context Menu? How it is different from Option Menu? Explain how to create context menu with suitable example.

Explain with code to create, write and read data from the file.

Explain Spinner and AutoCompleteTextView widgets taking suitable example.1

What are resources? Explain creating String and Color Resources and accessing them programmatically using suitable example.

What is SQLite Database? Explain the use of ContentValues for inserting, updating and deleting the SQLite database records.

Explain Shared Preferences. Discuss the process of creating, saving and then retrieving User Shared Preferences.

Discuss the steps for guaranteeing successful publication and deployment of android application.