Android How to Program, 3/e

Self-Review Exercises

1. 8.1 Fill in the blanks in each of the following statements:

   1.              are typically used to launch activities—they indicate an action to be performed and the data on which that action is to be performed.

   2. A(n)              (package android.support.v7.widget) is a flexible, customizable view that enables you to control how an app displays a scrolling list of data.

   3. Lengthy data access should never be done in the UI thread; otherwise, the app will display a(n)              dialog—typically after five seconds of inactivity.

   4. An Intent is a description of an action to be performed with associated             .

   5.             Intents specify an exact Activity class to run in the same app.

   6. Class RecyclerView formalizes the view-holder ...