Clearing intent

Question

My Android app is getting called by an intent that is passing information (pendingintent in statusbar).

When I hit the home button and reopen my app by holding the home button it calls the intent again and the same extras are still there.

    @Override
    public void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      super.onSaveInstanceState(savedInstanceState);
    }
    @Override
    public void onRestoreInstanceState(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      super.onRestoreInstanceState(savedInstanceState);
    }

this is the code that doesn't run like its supposed to

    String imgUrl;
    Bundle extras = this.getIntent().getExtras();


    if(extras != null){
        imgUrl = extras.getString("imgUrl");
        if( !imgUrl.equals(textView01.getText().toString()) ){

            imageView.setImageDrawable( getImageFromUrl( imgUrl ) );
            layout1.setVisibility(0);
            textView01.setText(imgUrl);//textview to hold the url

        }

    }

And my intent:

public void showNotification(String ticker, String title, String message, 
    String imgUrl){
    String ns = Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE;
    NotificationManager mNotificationManager = 
        (NotificationManager) getSystemService(ns);
    int icon = R.drawable.icon;        // icon from resources
    long when = System.currentTimeMillis();         // notification time
    CharSequence tickerText = ticker;              // ticker-text

    //make intent
    Intent notificationIntent = new Intent(this, activity.class);
    notificationIntent.putExtra("imgUrl", imgUrl);
    notificationIntent.setFlags(
        PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT | 
        PendingIntent.FLAG_ONE_SHOT);
    PendingIntent contentIntent = 
        PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0, 
        notificationIntent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT | 
        PendingIntent.FLAG_ONE_SHOT);

    //make notification
    Notification notification = new Notification(icon, tickerText, when);
    notification.setLatestEventInfo(this, title, message, contentIntent);
    //flags
    notification.flags = Notification.FLAG_SHOW_LIGHTS | 
        Notification.FLAG_ONGOING_EVENT | 
        Notification.FLAG_ONLY_ALERT_ONCE | 
        Notification.FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL;
    //sounds
    notification.defaults |= Notification.DEFAULT_SOUND;
    //notify
    mNotificationManager.notify(1, notification);
}

Is there any way to clear the intent or check whether it has been used before?

Answer 1

EDIT: I'm editing to post the complete solution I'm using.

This solution will work if the problem is "Not execute some code when the activity starts from History (Recent Apps)".

First of all, declare a boolean in your Activity to indicate if the Intent was already consumed:

    private boolean consumedIntent;

Then, safely store and restore this value using the onSaveInstanceState and onCreate methods to handle configuration changes and cases that the system may kill your Activity when it goes to background.

    private final String SAVED_INSTANCE_STATE_CONSUMED_INTENT = "SAVED_INSTANCE_STATE_CONSUMED_INTENT";

    @Override
    protected void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
        super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
        outState.putBoolean(SAVED_INSTANCE_STATE_CONSUMED_INTENT, consumedIntent);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        //set content view ...

        if( savedInstanceState != null ) {
            consumedIntent = savedInstanceState.getBoolean(SAVED_INSTANCE_STATE_CONSUMED_INTENT);
        }

        //other initializations
    }

Now, check if you can run your code under onResume method.

    @Override
    protected void onResume() {
        super.onResume();

        //check if this intent should run your code
        //for example, check the Intent action
        boolean shouldThisIntentTriggerMyCode = [...];
        Intent intent = getIntent();
        boolean launchedFromHistory = intent != null ? (intent.getFlags() & Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_LAUNCHED_FROM_HISTORY) != 0 : false;
        if( !launchedFromHistory && shouldThisIntentTriggerMyCode && !consumedIntent ) {
            consumedIntent = true;
            //execute the code that should be executed if the activity was not launched from history
        }
    }

Additionally, if your Activity is configured to singleTop, you should reset your flag when a new Intent is delivered.

    @Override
    protected void onNewIntent(Intent intent) {
        super.onNewIntent(intent);
        setIntent(intent);
        consumedIntent = false;
    }