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UiO / IFI / PUT

Spring 2024
Questions on Android

1. In Android, there is the notion of API Level. Say if you agree with the following definition:
“API Level is an integer value that uniquely identifies the framework API revision offered
by a version of the Android platform”. Indicate in what way this affects the portability of
the applications developed. Justify your answer.

2. In Android, applications are built around several components. Mention two of such most
important components (in addition to the component “service”) and provide their
meaning.

3. Consider the Android system. Why is this system needed and existing desktop OSs such
as Unix or Windows or MacOS are not adequate? Relate your answer to the programmatic
interface provided to app developers.

4. In Android, consider the component service. Does this component have an interface to
the user? Justify your answer.

5. Consider the manifest.xml file attached to each Android application. Does this file specify
the hardware and software services required and the external libraries that need to be
linked with an application? Relate your answer with the scenario in which some software
service is not referred to in that file.

6. Consider the mechanism of broadcast in Android which is represented as an Intent object.


Does it specify a particular Activity object that will be triggered? What does the Intent
object contains?

7. Can an activity in Android start another activity that exists in another application on the
device? Answer “yes” or “no” and justify with an example in any of the cases.

8. Consider Android and the following sentence: “The activities are arranged in a stack (the
back stack), in the order in which each activity is opened with a logic of first-in first-out”.
Do you agree? Answer “yes” or “no” and justify.

9. Considering that in Android a task is a cohesive unit, w.r.t. foreground and background
Activities, what happens when a user begins a new task or goes to the Home screen, via
the Home button?

10. Does Android suggest application resources such as images and strings to be externalized
from the code? If so, what is the reason?

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11. In Android, what are the three states in which an Activity can exist? Briefly state to what
each one corresponds.

12. Consider the figure describing and Activity lifecycle.


Between which calls (to which functions) is and Activity visible?
Between which calls (to which functions) is an Activity in the foreground?

13. The Android system supports the mechanism designated AsyncTask (asynchronous task).
What is the purpose of this mechanism? In your answer, provide an example of its usage.

14. Consider the Android system. Is the Android UI toolkit thread-safe? Clarify your answer
by indicating if you can manipulate the UI from a worker thread.

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