Interview Questions
- Have you worked with Broadcast Receiver? Can you explain what they are and how they work?
- You’ve come across a pull request in which a Broadcast Receiver starts a new thread in its onReceive() method. What are your concerns?
- How do you normally register your Broadcast Receiver? Any reasons behind picking it over other methods?
- Can you describe the lifecycle of a Broadcast Receiver and how it interacts with the lifecycle of its parent application?
- How can you restrict other apps from sending broadcasts to your BroadcastReceiver?
- You have spotted a pull request where a database related code is called inside onReceive() method. What are your concerns?
- Your team’s Business Analyst comes and asks you if your application can be launched automatically when a specific broadcast is received? What will be your answer?
- What happens to a broadcast message if it is sent to an app that is in a cached state?