exit android application programmatically

Question

I have two activities, the first is a splash activity. I would like to know how to exit the application from the second activity to the homepage. I've used this method it works BUT it takes to the launcher.

public void AppExit() 
{

    this.finish();
    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
    intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_HOME);
    intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
    startActivity(intent);


}

It should take you to the home page, that is what you are telling it to do. What exactly do you mean `display the menu where the application icon is`? — zgc7009, May 16 '14 at 20:12
i'm sorry, actually it takes to the launcher and i want it to exit to the homepage — choco, May 16 '14 at 20:19
possible duplicate of [Close application and launch home screen on Android](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2042222/close-application-and-launch-home-screen-on-android) — ugo, May 16 '14 at 20:30

score 32 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

Whenever you wish to exit all open activities, you should press a button which loads the first Activity that runs when your application starts then clear all the other activities, then have the last remaining activity finish. to do so apply the following code in ur project

Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), FirstActivity.class);
intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
intent.putExtra("EXIT", true);
startActivity(intent);

The above code finishes all the activities except for FirstActivity. Then we need to finish the FirstActivity's Enter the below code in Firstactivity's oncreate

if (getIntent().getExtras() != null && getIntent().getExtras().getBoolean("EXIT", false)) {
    finish();
}

and you are done....

From Finish all activities at a time

thank you, this is exactly what i wanted. Thanks for the explanations too ^_^ — choco, May 16 '14 at 21:15

elifekiz · Answer 2 · 2016-06-21T12:18:47.923

when you want to close your application, you can call

finishAffinity();

or if you want close it in background also you should write,

android:excludeFromRecents="true"

in AndroidManifest :

       <activity
        android:name="com.smart.remote.main.SplashActivity"
        android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden"
        android:screenOrientation="portrait" 
        android:excludeFromRecents="true">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>

finishAffinity() is available only for API > 14 (4.0) – quent Mar 05 '17 at 20:45 — quent, Mar 05 '17 at 20:45

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 25 '16 at 01:32

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This is the cleanest way I have come across:

moveTaskToBack(true);
finish();

answered Jan 25 '16 at 01:32

BinaryShrub

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered May 16 '14 at 20:26

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To finish an activity or exit the app, try this..

public void exitApp(View v)
{

finish();

}

& use this if for whatever you select to exit the app.

android:onClick="exitApp"

answered May 16 '14 at 20:26

Emm Jay

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