Paused Activity

[Cothek]

I am running a service to call a transparent activity (called ReminderPopup) as a popup reminder which is working well. However if the original activity (called App) is paused when the transparent activity (ReminderPopup) is called then both show up with the transparent activity on top. How do I prevent the paused activity from showing up?

 

[thedesolatesoul]

I think it has something to do with ActivityFlags, they are shown as a stack. I am not 100% sure though.
Do you use StartActivity to start the transparent activity?

 

[Cothek]

Yes, I am using StartActivity to start the transparent activity.

 

[Cothek]

someone has to know how to fix this.

 

[mc73]

I can't possibly know why this is happening, especially when not shown any code, but I can suggest (again, without seeing anything) that you check for a flag inside your activity's resume sub and finish it (the unwanted one obviously) when it shows up while you only need the transparent one. BUT, this is a fix I wouldn't do, since I suspect there perhaps exists a call at this activity. If this is the case, you should remove it.

 

[Erel]

You can call Activity.Finish in Activity_Pause of the main activity. It will cause the main activity to be removed from the activity stack.

 

[Cothek]

I thought about that Erel but that is not ideal. I have nothing under my activity_resume sub and it still brings up the paused app...how to messaging programs achieve a popup like this without pulling up the paused activity? Are they using a separate apk?

 

[Erel]

It is possible to create an intent with different tasks to change the behavior of the activity stack. However in most cases it is simpler to just finish the previous activity.

 

[jeronimovilar2]

How can i to do for NOT pause or stop my timer program when touch on the home button?

 

[Erel]

You should use a Service for that.