When I return back to my Activity onCreate is raised instead of onActivityResult?

Question

I have an Activity that opens a new Activity for result like this:

Intent i = new Intent(ActDocument.this, ActCustomers.class);
startActivityForResult(i, ActDocument.DIALOG_CUSTOMER);

when I press back in the child Activity and return back to the parent Activity onActivityResult is called in all of devices correctly but I have fount a device that onCreate is called instead of onActivityResult.

This device is Samsung Galaxy Tab-P5100 Android 4.0.3. It is strange that I have tested my application on other devices of Samsung Galaxy Tab-P5100 Android 4.0.3 and it was OK but I have problem only in this device.

Why? How can I solve that?

Update

I noticed onDestroy() of parent Activity is called after opening child Activity on this device.

score 8 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 07 '13 at 12:32

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most of the time Back button will finish the activity unless you specific override the

OnBackPressed()

I think your problem is lack of resources, or maybe you have some developer options like kill activty flag or limit background process check this.

Update

Go to setting-> developer options unchecked don't keep activities and background process limit set to standard limit.

edited Jan 07 '13 at 12:32

Bob

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answered Jan 07 '13 at 12:20

Tomer Mor

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How can I check? Why it is OK in all devices except on device? – Bob Jan 07 '13 at 12:25
I noticed `onDestroy()` of parent Activity is called after opening child Activity on this device. – Bob Jan 07 '13 at 12:27
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go to setting-> developer options unchecked don't keep activities and background process limit set to standart limit – Tomer Mor Jan 07 '13 at 12:27
Yeah ..Thanks a lot!! This solved my issue too !!! But how can we detect if user has checked this option in his/her device.?? – Yyy Sep 16 '16 at 07:06

Bart Friederichs · Answer 2 · 2013-01-07T12:18:53.677

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Perhaps the back button doesn't finish the Acivity. So, override onBackPressed.

edited Jan 07 '13 at 12:18

answered Jan 07 '13 at 12:11

Bart Friederichs

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I tested. Nothing changed :( – Bob Jan 07 '13 at 12:12
@breceivemail sorry. I misread your code. I updated my answer. – Bart Friederichs Jan 07 '13 at 12:13
I am doing this. I override onBackPressed. I think it is not related to my question – Bob Jan 07 '13 at 12:14
Hm. Only one device. Perhaps there are some memory issues. Is the device running a lot of other apps? – Bart Friederichs Jan 07 '13 at 12:15
The only thing I can think of, is that Android kills the `ActDocument` activity for whatever reason while in `ActCustomers` activity. Other than that, no idea why it doesn't work. – Bart Friederichs Jan 07 '13 at 12:20
I noticed `onDestroy()` of parent Activity is called after opening child Activity on this device. – Bob Jan 07 '13 at 12:27
let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/22313/discussion-between-bart-friederichs-and-breceivemail) – Bart Friederichs Jan 07 '13 at 12:28

When I return back to my Activity onCreate is raised instead of onActivityResult?

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