The behavior you are describing is not how things work. What do you mean you don't see another task? How are you telling? "adb shell dumpsys activity" will show you the current activity state with the exact task organization (in the first part of the output).
On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 9:17 PM, devi prasad <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi > I am trying to understand the interactions among apps, processes, > activities, > and tasks. After reading 'Application Fundamentals' many times, I wrote a > tiny > piece of code with three different activities. Here's my manifest file: > > <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="ABC"> > <activity android:name=".AppRootActivity" > android:label="App1"> > <intent-filter> > <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> > <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/> > </intent-filter> > </activity> > > <activity android:name=".ChildActivityOfRoot" > android:label="ChildActivity:ChildOfAppRootActivity"> > </activity> > > <activity android:name=".SingleTaskActivity" > android:label="ChildActivity:SingleTaskActivity" > android:launchMode="singleTask"> > </activity> > </application> > > The AppRootActivity starts ChildActivityOfRoot which in turn starts > SingleTaskActivity. > > Since 'SingleTaskActivity' is marked with 'singleTask' launchMode I > expected > two different tasks with the following activity sets: > Task1 --> AppRootActivity - ChildActivityOfRoot > Task2 --> SingleTaskActivity > > However, I was surprised to see all three activities running in the same > task. > This doesn't change even if I use Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK flag in the > intent used to activate 'SingleTaskActivity'. I use the getTaskId() to > determine > the task the activity is running. > > IMO this behavior is not at all apparent from the documentation. Can > someone > shed more light? > > Thanks > > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
