Android Question Deleting the view stack when home button is pressed

[rleiman]

Hi,

I would like to delete the view stack when the phone's home button is pressed.

In my app the user taps the "Settings" button from the main screen to display the settings screen. Instead of tapping the "Main Menu" button to take them back to the main screen, they press the phone's home button. When they start the app again, the main screen is displayed. If they try to exit the app by tapping the "Exit" button from the main screen, the settings screen is displayed instead of exiting the app. If they try to tap the "Main Menu" button now, the app exits.

I think if there is a way to delete the view stack this will not happen.

Thanks.

 

[Erel]

You can finish the settings activity in Activity_Pause.

 

[rleiman]

Hi Erel,

Thanks for the location to issue the command to delete the view stack but I also need the actual command. I looked for it in both the beginners guide and the user guide but could not find it.

Thanks.

 

[DonManfred]

There is no "command" for this

 

[rleiman]

Hi Don,

I see many other apps where I can press the phone's home button but it doesn't mess up the order of screens in the apps. Can you show me how they do it?

Thanks.

 

[DonManfred]

You can "leave" each activity with activity.finish (except main as your app may be closed) then it will not be inside the stack

 

[rleiman]

Hi Don,

I will try that. I will put it in the area Erel suggested which is Activity_Pause because I'm already using it from an "Exit" button.

 

[rleiman]

Hi Don,

It worked. Here's the code from my settings activity module:

Sub Activity_Pause (UserClosed As Boolean)

    If UserClosed = False Then
        Activity.Finish   
    End If
End Sub

Thanks Erel and Don.