Android Application Programming 2011Nov

MCA.V111.1035

MCA DEGREE

V SEMESTER

EXAMINATION

CAS 2504 ANDROID APPLICATION

NOVEMBER

2011

PROGRAMMING
Maximum Marks: 50

Time: 3 Hours

PART A
(Answer ALL questions)

(15.x 2

I.

(a)
(b)
(c)

Discuss any four native android applications.
What are the types of android applications?
What is the Android Debug Bridge?

II.

(a)
(b)
(c)

Discuss the components that make an Android application.
What is meant by manifest editor?
What is the function of Broadcast receivers?

Ill.

(a)
(b)
(c)

Discuss any two technique for saving simple application data for Android applications.
What are the important features ofSQLite RDBMS?
Explain the use of content providers.

IV.

(a)
(b)
(c)

Explain how the physical location of a device is found.
What is meant by proximity alerts?
What is meant by map views?

V.

(a)
(b)
(c)

Explain how wifi connectivity is monitored.
Explain the types of sensors supported by Android.
Explain how an SMS message is send in Android.
PARTB

VI.

VIT.

=

(5 x 4

A

Explain any ten Android SDK features.

B

Discuss the various Android development tools.

A

Explain the steps in designing an Activity Menu.

=

OR

How are the menu items updated?

OR

VIII.

B

Explain how layouts are implemented.

A

Explain how a new database is treated in SQLite. Also show how new Rows are added,
updation of Rows and deletion.

B

Explain how a content resolver to used to modify and query content providers.

How are they optimized?

A

Explain what is meant by Reverse Geo coding and forward Geocoding.

B

What is an alarm?

OR

IX.

X.

A

OR
How are they created?

Also explain the setting of repeated alarms.

Explain the use of compass and accelerometers.

How is the change in acceleration

detected?

OR
B

Explain how data is transmitted using Bluetooth sockets.

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