Finish Activity From Another Activity

I have 3 activities A, B and C. A leads to B which leads to C. I would like to be able to move back and forth between A and B but I want to finish both A and B once C gets started.

Solution 1:

In your onCreate() method assign a static instance to a variable to create a Singleton:

publicstaticActivityA instance = null;
publicvoidonCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    instance = this;
}

@Overridepublicvoidfinish() {
    super.finish();
    instance = null;
}

then in C:

publicvoidonCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    if(ActivityA.instance != null) {
        try {  
            ActivityA.instance.finish(); 
        } catch (Exception e) {}
    }
}

(Repeat above code for B as well as A)

I would say this is NOT elegant and is bound to introduce strange lifecycle bugs.

It would be better if you could tweak your requirement - if you can't you could perhaps use a single Activity and change A, B and C into Fragments?

I would have suggested a Broadcast but as I understand it you can't have instance level broadcast receivers on "non resumed" Activities.

Using a Service to bind to the Activities seems like overkill - but you might want to consider that if the above doesn't work.

Good luck!

Solution 2:

((Activity)context_of_another_activity).finish();

Solution 3:

I realize this is a very late response, but I feel the BroadcastReceiver is the best approach to this question.

In Activity A add this

//class objectBroadcastReceiver receiver;

    //add this to onCreate()
    receiver =newBroadcastReceiver() {
        @OverridepublicvoidonReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
            finish();
        }
    };
    IntentFilter filter =newIntentFilter();
    filter.addAction("FINISH_A");
    registerReceiver(receiver, filter);

   //add this to Activity A as wellprotectedvoidonDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy();
        unregisterReceiver(receiver);
    }

Then, in Activity C onCreate() (or when ever you want to finish Activity A)

Intent local =new Intent();
    local.setAction("FINISH_A");
    sendBroadcast(local);

Solution 4:

When you start C from B, do it in this way:

Intent intent = newIntent(this, A.class);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP); 
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
startActivity(intent);

Now, C starts, but A and B are gone.

However, I think it is better if you can rethink your design such that C does not depend on A being finished or not.