Android: Clear the back stack

Question

In Android I have some activities, let's say A, B, C.

In A I use this code to open B:

Intent intent = new Intent(this, B.class);
startActivity(intent);

In B I use this code to open C:

Intent intent = new Intent(this, C.class);
startActivity(intent);

When the user taps a button in C I want to go back to A and clear the back stack (close both B and C). So when the user use the back button B and C will not show up, I've been trying the following:

Intent intent = new Intent(this, A.class);
intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP); 
startActivity(intent);

But B and C are still showing up if I use the back button when I'm back in activity A. How can I avoid this?

Answer 1

intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK);
startActivity(intent);

Answer 2

This bothers me for a long time .Finally I worked it out by doing this:

In fragment,use:

Intent intent = new Intent(view.getContext(), A.class);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK); 
startActivity(intent);

In Activity,use(add one more intent flag Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK compared to fragment):

Intent intent = new Intent(this, MainActivity.class);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
startActivity(intent);

Answer 3

For future research, try this code.

Intent intent = new Intent(context, LoginActivity.class);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
startActivity(intent);
finish();

Answer 4

i called activity_name.this.finish() after starting new intent and it worked for me.

I tried "FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP" and "FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK"

But it won't work for me... I am not suggesting this solution for use but if setting flag won't work for you than you can try this..But still i recommend don't use it

Answer 5

In addition to FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP, you may try adding Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP as well:

intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP); intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);

Answer 6

I tried all solutions and none worked individually for me. My Solution is :

Declare Activity A as SingleTop by using [android:launchMode="singleTop"] in Android manifest.

Now add the following flags while launching A from anywhere. It will clear the stack.

Intent in = new Intent(mContext, A.class);
in.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK );
startActivity(in);
finish();