As TreKing said - it is perfectly fine and normal for an activity to finish() itself in circumstances where that is required.
On Jul 22, 7:56 pm, TreKing <treking...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 1:35 PM, RichardC > <richard.crit...@googlemail.com>wrote: > > > There is usually no need to call finish(). > > > If you have avoided doing anything "clever", when the user presses > > the [back] button your top activity will finish and the one underneath will > > resume. > > Well, if your second activity is there to provide the first with a result, > there is certainly the need to call finish(). This is pretty common > functionality and not what I would call being "clever". > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago > transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en