Alternative to Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK

Question

I have two apps App-B launches App-A. If the user starts App B from inside App A I call finish on App-A so I have no problem.

If the user goes straight to App B from th

Answer 1

The new IntentCompat should've helped on that, but apparently the flag is ignored for API lower than 11.

To use IntentCompat do following:

intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK |
IntentCompat.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK);