Automatically closing of an Android app with help of an Intent?

Question

I have Made a Simple Beginner Application with the help of Drawables and Intent. The Idea is making four activities and using Thread move from one to other Activities and when it reaches to the last activity, i want to close the Application Automatically, popping up a toast as "BYE" or something else. If it is possible by Intent or any other way do guide me.

Code of my Last Activity is below, but it loops to the Last activity to Infinity:

package mj.manan.thisisit;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class ScreenLast extends Activity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_screenlast);

        Thread t1 = new Thread(){
            public void run(){

                try {
                    Thread.sleep(2000);
                    finish();
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    // Auto-generated catch block
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }finally{
                     Intent innt = new Intent(ScreenLast.this,ScreenLast.class);
                     innt.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
                     startActivity(innt);
                     ScreenLast.this.finish();

                }
            }
        };
        t1.start();

 }

}

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 09 '13 at 05:21

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To Quit Application by intent use this code :

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_HOME);
startActivity(intent);

Try it.

answered Oct 09 '13 at 05:21

Amresh

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that doesnt quit an app. – Jono Feb 13 '17 at 15:59
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21130493/how-to-close-android-app-completely/21130567#21130567 – Amresh Feb 14 '17 at 10:25
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doesnt quit app. did you read what you posted? still in background – Jono Feb 14 '17 at 11:07

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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There can be different approaches. I think you can use broadcast sender and receiver also for you case. Similar answer I posted once it may help you.

Finish an activity from another activity

edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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answered Oct 09 '13 at 05:23

Bharat Sharma

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 09 '13 at 05:23

If what I understood is Correct you want to kill end your activity when the Activity stack is not empty or to be more precise there is more than one activity in the stack.

Ill show you how I did it and you can tweak it as you like

when you reach the point you want to close activity do this:

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

then in onCreate you add :

if (getIntent().getBooleanExtra("EXIT", false)) {
            finish();
        }

you can add toast to second part or add timer or whatever youd like. the point is, first we clear all the Activity stack leaving only our current... then we finish it.

explain to me how could it make a loop if you clear all the stack?...so read the code... understand it and use it... i use it all the time... IT WORKS IN MY APPS ... — Jony-Y, Oct 10 '13 at 15:59

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 09 '13 at 05:25

You can use this sample code to quit an application

                        Intent intent1 = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
                        intent1.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
                        intent1.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_HOME);
                        startActivity(intent1);

UchihaSasuke · Answer 5 · 2013-10-11T11:34:17.310

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you are calling your same Activity :- Intent innt = new Intent(ScreenLast.this,ScreenLast.class);

either call other activity instead of this.

Or

You can also use handler for this-

@Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) 
        {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_screenlast);
        Toast.makeText(ScreenLast.this, "Bye", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        move_next();
        }

public void move_next()
{
final Handler handle = new Handler();
        Runnable delay = new Runnable() {
            public void run() 
            {               
                finish();
            }
        };
        handle.postDelayed(delay,2000);
}

edited Oct 11 '13 at 11:34

answered Oct 09 '13 at 05:29

UchihaSasuke

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I just want to exit from the app, not Rpeat it – Manan Gupta Oct 09 '13 at 10:46
if you want to run that activity once then you have to call finish(); and remove all contents form finally. – UchihaSasuke Oct 09 '13 at 12:47
Try code with handler. And in your other 3 activities when you call next activity i.e Intent i = new Intent(this, next.class); startActivity(i); just add finish(); after this code. – UchihaSasuke Oct 11 '13 at 11:37

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