Android: Go back to previous activity

Question

I want to do something simple on android app. How is it possible to go back to a previous activity.

What code do I need to go back to previous activity

Answer 1

Are you wanting to take control of the back button behavior? You can override the back button (to go to a specific activity) via one of two methods.

For Android 1.6 and below:

@Override
public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event)  {
    if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK && event.getRepeatCount() == 0) {
        // do something on back.
        return true;
    }

    return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event);
}

Or if you are only supporting Android 2.0 or greater:

@Override
public void onBackPressed() {
    // do something on back.
    return;
}

For more details: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/12/back-and-other-hard-keys-three-stories.html

Answer 2

Add this in your onCLick() method, it will go back to your previous activity

finish();

or You can use this. It worked perfectly for me

 @Override
  public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
  int id = item.getItemId();

      if ( id == android.R.id.home ) {
         finish();
         return true;
       }

  return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
  }

Answer 3

If you have setup correctly the AndroidManifest.xml file with activity parent, you can use :

NavUtils.navigateUpFromSameTask(this);

Where this is your child activity.

Answer 4

You can explicitly call onBackPressed is the easiest way
Refer Go back to previous activity for details

Answer 5

Just this

super.onBackPressed();