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Interview Questions 31 -- 40

What is the importance of having an emulator within the Android environment? The emulator provides an interface that acts as if it were an actual mobile device. They can write and test codes, and even debug. Emulators are a safe place for testing codes especially if it is in the early design phase. Differentiate Activities from Services. Activities can be closed, or terminated anytime the user wishes. On the other hand, services are designed to run behind the scenes, and can act independently. Most services run continuously, regardless of whether there are certain or no activities being executed. What are containers? Containers, as the name itself implies, holds objects and widgets together, depending on which specific items are needed and in what particular arrangement that is wanted. Containers may hold labels, fields, buttons, or even child containers, as examples. What is Orientation? Orientation, which can be set using setOrientation(), dictates if the LinearLayout is...

Interview Questions 11 -- 20

See more basics on Android along with interview questions Talk on Android OS ?                  Android is a Linux-based operating system designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. Initially developed by Android, Inc., which Google backed financially and later bought in 2005.Android is the world's most popular mobile platform. Android is a Linux-based mobile phone operating system developed by Google. Android is unique because Google is actively developing the platform but giving it away for free to hardware manufacturers and phone carriers who want to use Android on their devices. What is Android SDK ?                 A software development kit that enables developers to create applications for the Android platform. The Android SDK includes sample projects with source code, development tools, an emulator, and required libraries to build An...

Interview Questions 1 -- 10

See more basics on Android along with interview questions What is definition of Android ?                Android is a software stack for mobile devices that middleware, operating systems,    and application-specific key. The application must be implemented in its own process    and the Dalvik virtual machine interface. DVM is used effectively run multiple virtual    machines. Java byte code is executed which is converted file format called Dex. How the data will be stored in Android or types of data stored in Android ?    Internal Storage   Connecting to a network    General preferences    SQLite database   External Storage What are the components of Android Application ?                Android is written in java programming language.Android application are composed of       some of the main com...