My solution: I changed startActivity to startActivityForResult on all actions and performed actions based on the setResult.
On Jul 2, 3:10 pm, Justin Anderson <janderson....@gmail.com> wrote: > I would probably recommend not trying to change views within an activity. > > While in theory it could be done it is not really the recommended way and > there have been multiple posts with people trying to do this and running > into multiple problems. Most of them eventually end up switching to using > different activities and wasted a lot of development time trying to just > switch views within one activity. > > It also tends to violate the really good programming practice of having > things do one thing, and one thing only... > > That being said, there may be some cases where just switching views within > an activity would be acceptable and normal thing to do. I haven't really > come across the need in my own programming efforts to do that. An activity > should serve one purpose and one purpose only. I guess an acceptable reason > to do that might be if you had multiple layouts for an activity that just > presented the same information to the user in a different way then that > would be ok. > > It's all a matter of preference but the Android way is to use activities. > They have all sorts of options for controlling how they behave as well that > you can set in the manifest file. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > There are only 10 types of people in the world... > Those who know binary and those who don't. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Kostya Vasilyev <kmans...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Tollas, > > > First of all, there is Activity.finish(), which closes the activity. > > > But if the way you want your app to interact with the user doesn't fit the > > way Activities are managed by Android, perhaps you can consider switching > > views inside an Activity? > > > You can call setContent at any time to switch the layout, and obtain any > > necessary UI objects for the new view hierarchy (such as buttons, etc) - the > > stuff you normally do in onCreate(). Another option is to use a ViewFlipper, > > this way the entire layout with all of its variations can be loaded at once. > > > Then you could handle the back key to return to previous layout or view (if > > using a ViewFlipper). > > > This might be easier to implement than trying to bend Activities life > > cycle. > > > -- Kostya > > > 02.07.2010 23:19, Tollas пишет: > > > All activities are developed by me. > >> The NEW SEARCH button will be in all 3 activities. > >> B is launched from A. C is launched from B by the user (based on > >> button clicks). > > >> On Jul 2, 2:13 pm, Justin Anderson<janderson....@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>> Are all three activities developed by you or are B& C third-party > >>> activities? In which Activity should this button reside? Are B& C > >>> launched from A or are they launched separately on their own by the user? > > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> There are only 10 types of people in the world... > >>> Those who know binary and those who don't. > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >>> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Tollas<tolla...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>>> I have 3 activities, activityA, activityB& activityC. > >>>> I want to add a menu button NEW SEARCH that will destroy/finish all 3 > >>>> and start a new activityA. > >>>> I do not want to finish the activities as they process as I want the > >>>> user to be able to navigate between the 3 unless the NEW SEARCH menu > >>>> option is chosen. > > >>>> I guess basically I want to know how to finish activityB& C from > >>>> activityA. > > >>>> Thanks! > > >>>> -- > >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>>> Groups "Android Beginners" group. > > >>>> NEW! 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