After doing some further testing, it turns out this wasn't the
problem. It seems the problem was happening because the instance of
the app launched on the emulator when hitting run is different from
the one run when selecting the program on the phone. So it was opening
two separate instances instead of simply reopening the existing one.

On Aug 6, 10:45 am, Rick <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a question about the activity cycle when you use the Home
> button to exit an application.
>
> I have noticed that when you use the Home button to exit an
> application, you can hold the Home button to move back to that
> application, but selecting that application from the list of programs
> or the 'desktop' will open a new instance of it.
>
> So I'm wondering is there a way to make it so that if the program is
> running already, then it will move back to that application like it
> does from the task menu brought up from holding home button? Or is
> this something that needs to be handled via the activity methods (such
> as onCreate, onResume, etc) or in some other clever way?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Rick
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