application should minimize on backkey press

Question

In my application I have a requrement like, If I press backkey application should not exit(as i have only one activity in my app) instead it should minimize the app as like its happening with the home key press. Any help is appreciated..

I don't know about the feasibility of this, but I believe this is NOT a good practice. Users expect an app to be closed when they press the Back button. What is the point of leaving your app running in the background ? — Sébastien, Jul 12 '12 at 08:29

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 12 '12 at 08:31

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// Add this line inside back pressed.

@Override
public void onBackPressed()
{
   moveTaskToBack(true);

}

answered Jul 12 '12 at 08:31

Daud Arfin

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

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You can probably just save whatever you need in Activity.onSaveInstanceState() and restore the saved info in Activity.onRestoreInstanceState as in this example Saving Android Activity state using Save Instance State

edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

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answered Jul 12 '12 at 08:32

Alexander Kulyakhtin

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application should minimize on backkey press

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