I have got a small problem in an Android app I am working on :
There are 3 activities namely A , B , C and the invocation is in the following order :
A -> B -> C. While in C, when I press BACK button, it should go back to A[Instead of the B by default]. And pressing BACK in A will exit the program.
I tried to call an intent from C to A. But in this case the call invocation gets into a loop :
A -> B -> C -> A since the new activity is pushed on top of the stack. As a result, when BACK is pressed at A, instead of exiting [A is the start], it goes to C and then B and then back to A in a needless circle.
It would be great if someone could give a better way to address this loopy scenario!
Very simple!!
When you are starting the activity C, from B, use B.finish(). Something like this.
Intent i = new Intent(B.this, C.class);
B.this.finish();
startActivity(i);
This will remove B from the stack!
Probably late, but for people who might find this in a search:
You can add
android:noHistory="true"
to your activity B in your AndroidManifest.
This will also avoid that the onActivityResult() method is called in activity B when C returns a result though. I'ts basically like B disappears as soon as you start C.
Set a flag for B activity like this
private boolean mDestroyActivity = false;
set that flag true when you call startActivity C.
for activity B onStop method add checking like this:
if (mDestroyActivity) finish();
Then when you press back button in C you will jump back to A.
please set this FLAG before launching a new Activity
intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY);
You can start Activity C with startActivityForResult()
and inside onActivityResult()
finish Activity B.
To start Activity C,
Intent intent = new Intent(ActivityB.this, ActivityC.class);
startActivityForResult(intent, 123);
And override in Activity B
@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
if(requestCode == 123){
if(resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK){
finish();
}
}
}
And inside Activity C use setResult(Activity.RESULT_OK)
before finish();
UPDATE:
Another way is to use FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK
and FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP
to start Activity A from Activity C.
Intent intent = new Intent(ActivitC.this, ActivityA.class);
intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
startActivity(intent);
One more way can be just finish()
Activity B when you are starting Activity C. So, when you press back on Activity C it will directly move to Activity A as Activity B has already finished.
In Manifest file mention in activity tag below value
android:noHistory="true"
then it will skip the activity
I think you should not break the normal flow. C should first return to B then A.
Any way i am having solution of your problem.
Register a broadcast receiver in A activity then from C send a broadcast to A. In A activity you can receive that broadcast and then clear the stack. This will automatically finish all child activities.
Override onbackpress and don't call super in onbackpress instead send a broadcast to activity A.