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    BIT 2320 - Mobile Application Development Year III Semester

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    The document is an exam for a Mobile Application Development course. It contains 5 questions testing knowledge of key aspects of Android application development: 1) The first question covers concepts like intents, challenges in mobile development, Android application architecture, and reasons for Android's dominance. 2) The second asks about implementing application components and the purpose of common files/folders. 3) The third focuses on activity lifecycles and demonstrating them in code. 4) The fourth addresses services, their callback methods, and lifecycle differences based on start/bind methods. 5) The last asks about manifest declarations, building a UI layout, intent components, and using fragments.

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    The document is an exam for a Mobile Application Development course. It contains 5 questions testing knowledge of key aspects of Android application development: 1) The first question covers concepts like intents, challenges in mobile development, Android application architecture, and reasons for Android's dominance. 2) The second asks about implementing application components and the purpose of common files/folders. 3) The third focuses on activity lifecycles and demonstrating them in code. 4) The fourth addresses services, their callback methods, and lifecycle differences based on start/bind methods. 5) The last asks about manifest declarations, building a UI layout, intent components, and using fragments.

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    The document is an exam for a Mobile Application Development course. It contains 5 questions testing knowledge of key aspects of Android application development: 1) The first question covers concepts like intents, challenges in mobile development, Android application architecture, and reasons for Android's dominance. 2) The second asks about implementing application components and the purpose of common files/folders. 3) The third focuses on activity lifecycles and demonstrating them in code. 4) The fourth addresses services, their callback methods, and lifecycle differences based on start/bind methods. 5) The last asks about manifest declarations, building a UI layout, intent components, and using fragments.

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    BIT 2320 - Mobile Application Development Year III Semester

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    MARTIN WAWERU PA106/G/10588/20
    The document is an exam for a Mobile Application Development course. It contains 5 questions testing knowledge of key aspects of Android application development: 1) The first question covers concepts like intents, challenges in mobile development, Android application architecture, and reasons for Android's dominance. 2) The second asks about implementing application components and the purpose of common files/folders. 3) The third focuses on activity lifecycles and demonstrating them in code. 4) The fourth addresses services, their callback methods, and lifecycle differences based on start/bind methods. 5) The last asks about manifest declarations, building a UI layout, intent components, and using fragments.

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    UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION 2018/2019

    YEAR III SEMESTER I EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF


    SCIENCE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

    BIT 2320 - Mobile Application Development Year III Semester I

    Date: Wednesday, 5th December, 2018 Time: 1.30 pm – 3.30 pm


    Instructions: Answer question one and Any other two questions

    Question One: (30 Marks)


    a) Define the term Object intent as used in the BroadcastReceiver class of an
    android Mobile Application (2 marks)

    b) Explain any four challenges in Mobile Application Development. (2 marks)

    c) Outline any two choices available for deploying an android application (2 marks)
    d) Android operating system is a stack of software components which
    is roughly divided into five sections and four main layers. Using a
    well labelled diagram, explain each of the four layers that make up
    the android operating system. (8marks)
    e) The service base class of an android application defines various call back
    methods. Use a skeleton program to demonstrate each of the life cycle
    methods of a service base class. (10marks)
    g) Android is an open source and Linux-based Operating System for mobile
    devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. Explain any six reasons
    why it controls at least 82% of the entire mobile application development
    sphere. 6 marks)

    Question Two: (20 marks)


    a) Using an example in each case, indicate the general syntax for

    implementing each of the following components of an android

    application. (8marks)

    Page 1 of 3
    i) Activity

    ii) Service

    iii) Broadcast Receiver

    iv) Content Provider

    b) Explain the functions of the following files and or folders as used


    in an android application. (4marks)
    i) res/drawable-hdpi

    ii) res/layout

    iii) res/values

    iv) AndroidManifest.xml.

    v) Build.gradle

    c) An Activity interacts with the user, via a visual UI on a screen. Outline


    the two approaches used in constructing a UI. (2marks
    d) Whatever component you develop as a part of your android application,
    you must declare all its components in a manifest.xml which resides at
    the root of the application project directory. Using a simple program,
    demonstrate how a default manifest file will look like. (4marks)
    e) The "activity_main.xml" layout file of an android app describes a view-tree,
    composing of Views and View Groups objects. Using an example in each
    case, explain any two attributes of an object. (2marks)

    Question Three: (20 marks)

    a) The android system initiates its programs with an activity starting with
    a call on onCreate().

    i) Use a well labelled diagram to demonstrate the life cycle of an


    android activity and outline the function of any three call back
    methods defined in the activity class. (10marks)

    b) Write a program with a single MainActivity class to demonstrate how


    each of the above activity life cycle methods are used in an android
    application. (10marks)

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    Question Four: (20 marks)

    a) Write a program to demonstrate how an android service class


    implements any of its four call back methods. (8marks)

    b) A service is a component that runs in the background to perform


    long-running operations without needing to interact with the user.

    i) Briefly describe the two states that a serviced can take. (4marks)

    ii) Using well labelled diagrams show the difference in service lifecycles
    when created with startService() call back method and when created
    with bindService() call back method. (8marks)

    Question Five: (20 marks)

    a) Outline the four tags used in the manifest file to specify different Android
    application components. (4marks)
    b) Write an activities_main.xml file that can be used to generate the interface
    shown below on a mobile devise. (6marks)

    c) An Android Intent is an abstract description of an operation to be performed.


    Briefly describe the function of the following components of intent. (6marks)
    i) Intent object
    ii) Action
    iii) Data
    d) Write a program with a class MY_Fragment.java to demonstrate how
    fragments are used in a mobile application (4marks)

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