Ok, so after reading some of the information and making a few tweaks to the existing setup on the pages, Here is what im trying to accomplish.
So this is a really stripped down version of what the app looks like. This app is for inventorying personal items.. The main pages of the app are merely the submit and view pages.. Now from anywhere within the app, i want to be able to access the other 4 screens shown in the attached pic, when you click on the action overflow icon you are presented with the list of selections: Categories, Users, Settings, About. As illustrated, within the categories page it will contain a listview of all current categories, which from here you would be able to add/edit or delete categories. within the users page it will also contain a listview of all currently setup users, which you could also add/edit or delete(only if they have not been assigned to an item already) About will merely be a small textview containing description of what the app is. My intentions were to setup the "setting" like most apps are setup, in that it opens what looks like a popup, allows you to edit settings and once done returns you to page you were on when you chose the option. So the other pages, maybe the about treat in a similar fashion where it just pops up the description over top of whatever page you are on. The other 2 (category and users) those i guess treat as full pages, but still what id like to accomplish is the ability to open either of those options and once done, be taken back to original page, not have to hit back 4 times to get back to the original page where i started. Looking at the "Up vs. Back" portion within the dev section that was provided, it seems "back" is the way, but having the ability to jump right back would be great. On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 12:20 PM, Justin Anderson <magouyaw...@gmail.com> wrote: > *"What am i doing wrong that i have to hit back so many times to get back > to where i was originally?"* > > Talk about a loaded question... You are apparently using activities for > each of your screens. That is fine, but when you call startActivity() from > within another activity that is the default behavior you get with the back > button. This is a very basic Android concept. > > I highly suggest before you do ANY more development you take some time to > read through the Design section (specifically the pattern sub-section) of > the Android Developer website and figure out how you want your app to work. > > http://developer.android.com/design/patterns/index.html > > Once you've figured out HOW you want your app to work, and the different > patterns available, you can then start developing your app and ask more > specific questions. > > On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 12:10 PM Dan Cha <cuban...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> So within my app currently, we have 3 main pages. >> >> The main home page >> A create/submit page >> and a view page >> >> Because those pages work off webservice to populate 2 drop downs, i >> wanted to create "settings/options" where the user can manage the data >> within the drop down. >> >> So current i have the menu setup in the top left corner of the pages, >> when you click that, you get the dropdown menu with a few options.. >> >> But something i noticed, is if i chose any item from that menu, and then >> chose another menu item and then again another item, only way to get back >> to the original window i was on is to hit back x number of times(x being >> how ever many menu items i chose to select. >> >> Here is my code to open the new selected menu item: >> >> @Override >> public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) { >> Intent intent = new Intent(); >> switch (item.getItemId()) >> { >> case R.id.action_settings: >> intent.setComponent(new ComponentName(ViewInventoryActivity.this, >> SettingsActivity.class)); >> startActivity(intent); >> return true; >> >> case R.id.action_about: >> intent.setComponent(new >> ComponentName(ViewInventoryActivity.this, AboutActivity.class)); >> startActivity(intent); >> return true; >> } >> return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item); >> } >> >> What am i doing wrong that i have to hit back so many times to get back >> to where i was originally? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Android Developers" group. >> To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Android Developers" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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