Activity started with startActivityForResult() not returning to calling Activity

Question

I have 3 Activities - A, B, and C.

In a nutshell, Activity A starts Activity B, then A also starts Activity C and

Answer 1

I don't think you should use getApplicationContext() in the intent.

From the developer website.

getApplicationContext()
Return the context of the single, global Application object of the current process.

When you you startActivityForResult() it tries to return to the activity specified in the intent, which you are providing as the global application context.

If you have an ActivityB then you should call it like

Intent intent = new Intent(ActivityB.this, ActivityC.class);
startActivityForResult(intent, 0);

Then it will try to return to ActivityB when ActivityC is done.

Answer 2

I was never able to get this to work, so I ended up using a Handler instead to return the data to the necessary Activity.

UPDATE: After running into this again, I found out that the real reason this wasn't working is because I had android:noHistory="true" for the calling/receiving Activity A in the manifest. Removing android:noHistory="true" fixed it, but if you need it to be true, then Handlers are a good workaround.

Answer 3

You might give this a try:

if (getParent() == null) {
setResult(RESULT_OK, dataTobePassback);
} else {
getParent().setResult(RESULT_OK, dataTobePassback);
}

dataTobePassback is an Intent that carries the stuff you may need to pass back to the calling activity