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Unapprehensiveness Confoundedly Googolplexes

The main language supported for Android application development is Java. An activity's onStop() method is called when it is no longer visible to the user. To remove shortcuts or icons from the home screen, press and hold the item and drag it to the remove button. The four essential states of an activity are active, paused, stopped, and destroyed.

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Unapprehensiveness Confoundedly Googolplexes

The main language supported for Android application development is Java. An activity's onStop() method is called when it is no longer visible to the user. To remove shortcuts or icons from the home screen, press and hold the item and drag it to the remove button. The four essential states of an activity are active, paused, stopped, and destroyed.

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Question: What language is supported by Android for application development?

Answer: The main language supported is Java programming language. Java is the most
popular language for app development, which makes it ideal even for new Android
developers to quickly learn to create and deploy applications in the Android environment.

Question: When is the onStop() method invoked?

Answer: A call to onStop method happens when an activity is no longer visible to the user,
either because another activity has taken over or if in front of that activity.

Question: How do you remove icons and widgets from the main screen of the Android
device?

Answer: To remove an icon or shortcut, press and hold that icon. You then drag it
downwards to the lower part of the screen where a remove button appears.

Question: What are the four essential states of an activity?

Answer: Active – if the activity is at the foreground, Paused – if the activity is at the
background and still visible, Stopped – if the activity is not visible and therefore is hidden or
obscured by another activity, Destroyed – when the activity process is killed or completed
terminated

Question: What do you think are some disadvantages of Android?

Answer: Given that Android is an open-source platform, and the fact that different Android
operating systems have been released on different mobile devices, there’s no clear cut
policy to how applications can adapt with various OS versions and upgrades. One app that
runs on this particular version of Android OS may or may not run on another version.
Another disadvantage is that since mobile devices such as phones and tabs come in different
sizes and forms, it poses a challenge for developers to create apps that can adjust correctly
to the right screen size and other varying features and specs.
Question: What is the importance of Default Resources?

Answer: When default resources, which contain default strings and files, are not present, an
error will occur and the app will not run. Resources are placed in specially named
subdirectories under the project res/ directory.

Question: What are the core components under the Android application architecture?

Answer: There are 5 key components under the Android application architecture: – services
– intent – resource externalization – notifications – content providers

Question: What is the importance of having an emulator within the Android environment?

Answer: The emulator lets developers “play” around 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.

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