Your first comment was correct -- finishActivity lets B finish C if B was the one that used startActivityForResult() to start C. The requestCode has no meaning outside the context of B.
On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 3:04 PM, PJ <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmm, I went back and read the Javadoc for finishActivity(), and it's > not clear whether activities should be allowed to use finishActivity() > for activities that it didn't start. I can interpret it both ways. > So, you may be right; maybe it should work. > > But at the very least, maybe you could try the different approach > above. /shrug > > I hope you let us know how it turns out, because I've only used finish > (), and not finishActivity(). > > > > On Nov 5, 4:54 pm, PJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > Check out this discussion, it sounds similar to what you want to > > accomplish: > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/threa... > > > > Specifically, check out FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP at: > http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html#FL... > > > > Hope this helps! > > -- PJ > > > > On Nov 5, 4:48 pm, PJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > finishActivity() is intended to be used to force-finish an activity, > > > *** from the same activity that started it ***. > > > So, if you want to force-finish Activity B, then I think Main Activity > > > is the only one that can do it via finishActivity(), because Main > > > Activity is the one that started it. > > > > > However, I think there's a way for Activity C to terminate and to go > > > back directly to Main Activity and to ask Main Activity to destroy all > > > activities "above" it (B). Let me see if I can find that... > > > > > -- PJ > > > > > On Nov 5, 2:58 pm, Bob Cai <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > In main Activity, I called startActivityForResult(intentB, 100) to > start a > > > > new activity B, then in B, I called startActivity(intentC) to start > another > > > > activity C. Lastly I wanted to call finishActivity(100) in C to close > > > > activity B, but seemed it was not successfully destoried(I can use > BACK key > > > > to see it's still there.). > > > > > > Anyone can give advice of this? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Bob- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
