Hi again. Do you mean I can override finish() ?
What do I do there ? - if I just do not call super.finish(), the BACK pressing does nothing. But - wouldnt that cause problems elsewhere (other instances where the OS or another app may want/need to close down my app) ?! Shimon On Mar 5, 3:57 pm, Jean-Baptiste Queru <j...@android.com> wrote: > The default behavior of the back key is to exit your activity by > calling finish() (which should pop to the next activity in the > activity stack of the task your activity was in, or to another task if > your activity was at the bottom of its task). You can override that. > > The behavior of the home key is to switch to the home application, but > your activity doesn't exit. > > JBQ > > > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 3:03 AM, TAKEphONE <shimo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > I know this probably was discussed here before, but I can only find > > bits of info. > > > Say a user runs my app from the HOME screen. > > The app has 3 tabs. Say he/she selectes a different tab, > > so he/she is in a different screen (same task). > > > Now - if the user presses BACK - the device returns to the HOME > > screen. > > If the user launches my app again - the default tab is shown. > > > BUT - if the user presses HOME - the device returns to the HOME screen > > (same). > > If the user launches my app again - the OTHER tab is shown. > > > I understand (sort of) the logic - BACK returns to previous app, > > popping my app > > from the history stack, so when launched again - it is started from > > scratch. > > But this is confusing my customers - they say it's a bug ! > > They dont understand the different between two keys doing the same > > thing > > as far as they see (returning to HOME). > > > Moreover - I see a different behavior with the built-in DIALER app - I > > change tabs, > > press HOME, launch the app again - and it starts with the default tab. > > > Can I imitate this ? > > > TIA > > -- > Jean-Baptiste M. "JBQ" Queru > Android Engineer, Google. > > Questions sent directly to me that have no reason for being private > will likely get ignored or forwarded to a public forum with no further > warning. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
