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JANUARY – APRIL 2019 TRIMESTER
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER AND LIBRARY SCIENCE
REGULAR PROGRAMME
CMT 314:MOBILE PROGRAMMING
Date: APRIL 2019 Duration: 2 Hours
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer Question ONE and any other TWO Questions
Q1. a) Define the following terms;
i) Explicit intent (2 Marks)
ii) Kotlin (2 Marks)
b) i) State FOUR key components of android architecture (2 Marks)
ii) Identify TWO main features available android (2 Marks)
iii) Evaluate FOUR merits of android runtime environment. (2 Marks)
c) Explain how rendering error can be solved in android studio. (2 Marks)
d) Explain the scope of the android code as used below (2 Marks)
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
e) Explain any THREE types of notifications available in android (3 Marks)
f) Give TWO roles of a content provider in android. (2 Marks)
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h) Discuss TWO different storages available in android giving each an
example. (2 Marks)
g) Show how you would navigate from one activity to another using an Intent
(4
Marks)
h) State any TWO methods associated with the WebView class. (2 Marks)
i) Highlight TWO factors that should may be considered when developing an
application. (3Marks)
Q2. 1. Differentiate between a ListView class to the GridView class (4 Marks)
2. Give FOUR reasons as to why you would use multithreads in App design
(4 Marks)
3. Highlight FOUR major concerns you have when developing for mobile
phones as opposed to when developing for computers. (4 Marks)
4. Why do you think platforms like IoS may not dominate the android
platform. (3 Marks)
5. Describe a simple nine-patch images tool in android development
(5 Marks)
Q3. 1. Differentiate option menus from context menus. (4 Marks)
2. Differentiate a content provider from a broadcast receiver. Describe a
scenario where you would use each (4 Marks)
3. Explain how an activity that is destroyed differs from one that is stopped
(3 Marks)
4. Mention any THREE disadvantages of using threads in App development
(3 Marks)
5. Explain TWO ways android tracks all applications process. (4 Marks)
6. State FOUR impotent folders in android tool environment (2 Marks)
Q4. 1. With the help of a diagram, describe the activity life cycle of an android
application (4 Marks)
2. State FOUR widgets you would use to display a large set of data in your
android application. (4 Marks)
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3. Describe the difference between SharedPreferences and SQLite interms of the
nature of data that you would store in each (4 Marks)
4. While using Relative Layout parent container, specifiy any THREE properties
you would set in the XML file (3 Marks)
5. Discuss the key function of the following in main acivity main (5 Marks)
Intent intent =newIntent(this,MyTestActivity.class); startActivity(intent);
Q5. 1. Write an android Toast application code that would be useful to execution
a simple Toast notification to user (5 Marks)
2. Explain THREE reasons why you can’t run byte code in android
(6 Marks)
3. Evaluate any FOUR commons exceptions in android. (4 Marks)
4. Identify TWO function of using XML files in android studio. (3 Marks)
5. Explain how you can add an image icon in android layout (2 Marks)
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