Handling Up Navigation for an Activity which has mutiple starting point - Android

Asked Oct 30 '14 at 08:52

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I have three activities Activity A, B and C. Activity C can be launched from Activity A and also from Activity B.

Now, the up navigation button on Activity C should take me to that activity which started it. Since the parent activity for C is dynamic I cannot specify the parentActivity in the activity tag of C inside the manifest file.

How can I handle up UpNavigation for an Activity whose parent activity changes ?

Edit

The following SO question is somewhat similar to mine but the answer made me understand the concept correctly. Here is that question

edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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pass activity name with intent...and finish the parent activity..on up navigation start that activity again – Meenal Oct 30 '14 at 09:12
Does android not taking care of it? – Praveena Oct 30 '14 at 09:12
@MeenalSharma okay but why do I need to finish the parent activity ? – ik024 Oct 30 '14 at 09:18
as you need to start it again – Meenal Oct 30 '14 at 09:19
@Praveen it does not happens in up navigation only on back button. And also I am using android support library to support up navigation for older devices. – ik024 Oct 30 '14 at 09:19
@MeenalSharma For that I think we can use addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP); – ik024 Oct 30 '14 at 09:20
I think I found a better SO question with more detailed answer which I was looking for I will update the question with the link to that question – ik024 Oct 30 '14 at 09:21
yes we can..just give it a try..btw it will finish activity C..if u dnt need it..u can use this flag.. – Meenal Oct 30 '14 at 09:22
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@MeenalSharma yup, thanks though :) – ik024 Oct 30 '14 at 09:24

Handling Up Navigation for an Activity which has mutiple starting point - Android

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