How do I restart an Android Activity

Question

How do I restart an Android Activity? I tried the following, but the Activity simply quits.

public static void restartActivity(Activity act){

        Intent intent=new Intent();
        intent.setClass(act, act.getClass());
        act.startActivity(intent);
        act.finish();

}

Answer 1

you can simply use

onRestart()

method as follows

 @Override
    protected void onRestart() {
        super.onRestart();
        setContentView(R.layout.add_entry);
    }

and call onRestart() where you want to restart the current Activity

Answer 2

I used this code so I still could support older Android versions and use recreate() on newer Android versions.

Code:

public static void restartActivity(Activity activity){
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 11) {
        activity.recreate();
    } else {
        activity.finish();
        activity.startActivity(activity.getIntent());
    }
}

Sample:

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Build;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    private Activity mActivity;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        mActivity = MainActivity.this;

        Button button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.restart_button);
        button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                restartActivity(mActivity);
            }
        });
    }

    public static void restartActivity(Activity activity) {
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 11) {
            activity.recreate();
        } else {
            activity.finish();
            activity.startActivity(activity.getIntent());
        }
    }
}

Answer 3

public void onRestart() {
    super.onRestart();
    Intent intent=new Intent();
    intent.setClass(act, act.getClass());
    finish();
    act.startActivity(intent);
}

try to use this ..

Answer 4

Just to combine Ralf and Ben's answers (including changes made in comments):

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 11) {
    recreate();
} else {
    Intent intent = getIntent();
    intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION);
    finish();
    overridePendingTransition(0, 0);

    startActivity(intent);
    overridePendingTransition(0, 0);
}

Answer 5

Actually the following code is valid for API levels 5 and up, so if your target API is lower than this, you'll end up with something very similar to EboMike's code.

intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION);
overridePendingTransition(0, 0);

Answer 6

There is one hacky way that should work on any activity, including the main one.

setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_NOSENSOR);
setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_SENSOR);

When orientation changes, Android generally will recreate your activity (unless you override it). This method is useful for 180 degree rotations, when Android doesn't recreate your activity.