Self-Review Exercises

1.1. Fill in the blanks in each of the following statements:

a. In November 2007, the __________—a 34-company consortium initially and many more now—was formed to develop Android, driving innovation in mobile technology and improving the user experience while reducing costs.

b. Using Eclipse with the __________ Plugin, you can create, run, test and debug Android apps quickly and conveniently, and you can visually design your user interfaces.

c. Multitouch screens allow you to control your Android device with __________ involving one touch or multiple simultaneous touches.

d. You can create __________, which enable you to rapidly develop apps by combining the complementary web services of several organizations, possibly with information feeds of various types (such as RSS, Atom, XML, JSON and others).