Android: Clear the back stack

Question

In Android I have some activities, let\'s say A, B, C.

In A, I use this code to open B:

Intent intent = new Intent(this, B.class);
startActivity(inte         


        

Answer 1

1. Add android:launchMode="singleTop" to the activity element in your manifest for Activity A
2. Then use intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP) and intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK) when starting Activity A

This means that when Activity A is launched, all tasks on top of it are cleared so that A is top. A new back stack is created with A at the root, and using singleTop ensures you only ever launch A once (since A is now on top due to ..._CLEAR_TOP).