I do have one of those circumstances. I'll investigate further and see if I can discovery why calling finish is not doing what I expect (i.e., I'm doing it wrong).
Chris Stewart [email protected] On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Joseph Earl <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 1:35 PM, RichardC < > [email protected]>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 [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en

