In our last post we discussed the most common interview questions a beginner can expect while appearing for an Android developer interview. This Android for beginners tutorial covers the responses to those questions. These questions and their answers have been strictly curated under the supervision and guidance of Android Certification experts, who are also working professionals with years of experience in development, training and recruitment. Having read the last post, you now have an idea of the interviewer’s expectations from you, both technically and behaviorally. So, you can prepare accordingly!
Android Interview Questions and Answers
I) What are the components of Android?
| Component | Description |
| Activity |
|
| Intent |
|
| Service |
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| Broadcast Receiver |
|
| Content Provider |
|
You’ll get a walk-through of the entire process using examples, in Edureka’s Android for beginners training.
II) Some C programming Question for you
1) How can you print “hello world” without using semicolon (;)?
Think about it a little before looking at the solution.
Solution
This question can be solved in more than one way:
a)
#include<stdio.h>
void main()
{
if(printf("Hello World")) { }
}b)
{
while(printf("Hello World")){}
}c)
{ do{} while(printf("Hello World")){} }Sometimes, multiple choice programming questions can be asked in Android for beginners interviews. Check this one out for instance:
2) What will be output of following C code?
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int *a1;
char **a2;
float ***a3;
double ****a4;
printf("%d %d %d %d ",sizeof(a1),sizeof(a2),sizeof(a3),sizeof(a4));
return 0;
}
Options a) 1 2 4 8
b) 2 4 4 8
c) 2 4 2 4
d) 2 2 2 2
Answer: d.
Size of pointer is same no matter what type it is (2 byte)
Note – This is assuming that we are on a 32 bit machine. On 64 bit it will be 4 bytes.
III) Java Coding Question
1) Can you write a java code to swap two numbers?
Solution
public class Swap {
public static void main(String[ ] args) {
int x = 5;
int y = 6;
//store 'x' in a temp variable
int temp = x;
x = y;
y = temp;
System.out.println("x=" + x+ "y=" + y);
}
}2) Write Java code to swap two numbers without using a third variable i.e. temp in the above case.
Tough..??
Not really; in fact you know it already :)
Solution
public class Swap {
public static void main(String[ ] args) {
int x = 5;
int y = 6;
//Add both the variables and store them in x i.e x = 11 (x=5 + y=6).
x = x + y;
//Now subtract y from x and store in y i.e y = 5 (x=11 - y=8) . Hence initial value of x is assigned to y.
y = x - y;
//Now subtract y from x and store in x i.e x = 6 (x=11 - y=5) . Hence initial value of y is assigned to x.
x = x - y;
// Both the values are swapped successfully without using the third variable
System.out.println("x=" + x+ "y=" + y);
}
}Candidates with advanced knowledge would be expected to answer questions much difficult than these. This post however deals with Android for beginners basics, so we’ll
handle interview questions for an experienced Android developer in later posts! Stay tuned.
Happy Learning!
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