What are the different methods of concurrency on Android? Can you explain the difference between ExecutorService vs CachedThreadPool vs FixedThreadPool vs AsyncTasks vs HandlerThreads?

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How does Garbage collection works?

What is a dangling pointer?

Elaborate Memory Leak?

Explain fragment Lifecycle when it comes to ViewPager and sliding between different fragments.

Difference between FragmentStateAdapter and FragmentStatePagerAdapter.