Can't exit an Android application

Question

When I exit my android application it resumes to the previous screen. How can I exit the Android application properly?

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    switch(item.getItemId()) {
         case EXIT:
             try {
                 this.finish();
             } catch(Exception e) {
             }
             break;
      }
      return false;
 }

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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The answer is that you shouldn't exit your Android application.

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edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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answered Apr 20 '10 at 11:02

David Webb

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 07 '11 at 12:07

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 this.finish();

will only finishes your current activity , that's the reason your resuming to previous screen.

In android you can't kill the application.

Still you want to kill your application , then kill your process ID.

answered Sep 07 '11 at 12:07

brig

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 02 '12 at 09:09

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//Put this in to exit an application. Not a window
System.Exit(0);

edited May 02 '12 at 09:09

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answered May 02 '12 at 07:13

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wrong answer, this closes only the window nor the application. – Alaa Eldin Jul 05 '12 at 13:47
Well i was trying to answer the question asked...and to my knowledge, this is a possible solution – Ndupza Jul 10 '12 at 14:06

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 17 '22 at 00:51

If I don't exit my Android app such as myTuner, the radio station keeps playing...stopping it from playing is kind of ridiculous when exiting to give back the phone its memory makes every bit more sense. Whoever thought of allowing Android apps to just accumulate un-exited and slow down your phone made a huge mistake in my opinion.

It's how people want to user their phone that matters more than how someone else thinks they have to use it. I prefer freedom of choice for something that makes more sense. Make apps you can exit out of like other OSes allow for.

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Can't exit an Android application

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