When is finish() executed?

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I was searching, when onDestroy is executed on an android application, so I found that it is executed when the device is low of resources(RAM, CPU) and when finish() is called by the user.

For example, when I press the back button to return from an activity to previous activity, finish() is executed?

Or in what situation is finish() executed?

Thanks.

if you want to close activity that time finish() is executed — Mahesh Giri, Feb 05 '16 at 19:20
Possible duplicate of [what exactly Activity.finish() method is doing?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10847526/what-exactly-activity-finish-method-is-doing) — George Mulligan, Feb 05 '16 at 19:21

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 05 '16 at 19:46

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finish is not a callback method like onDestroy, so it won't be called by the system. the developer can call it if he needs it .

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 05 '16 at 19:41

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If you press back button then it will call OnBackPressed method. you can call finish on activity whenever you need to finish the activity.

e.g. activity.finish(). it will complete the Activity lifecycle.

answered Feb 05 '16 at 19:41

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When is finish() executed?

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