Android : Hide app content in multitasking view

Question

Anyone knows how to hide the content of your app when the user goes in the Current Apps Manager? Like this is link is explaining for ios : http://pinkstone.co.uk/how-to-control-the-preview-screenshot-in-the-ios-multitasking-switcher/

Thanks!

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9822076/how-do-i-prevent-android-taking-a-screenshot-when-my-app-goes-to-the-background/9822607?s=3|0.4276#9822607 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10533186/replace-image-from-recent-app-menu/10533297?s=6|0.2426#10533297 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9984083/show-black-preview-screen-in-task-manager-on-ics/12640403?s=7|0.2117#12640403 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27284778/need-to-hide-content-of-program-from-android-overview-screen/27306602?s=9|0.1814#27306602 — CommonsWare, Nov 15 '16 at 22:10

score 6 · Answer 1 · edited May 14 '20 at 20:05

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Somehow this did not work for me.. even though I read it was supposed to.

android:excludeFromRecents="true"

However, using this in your activity will do the trick:

getWindow().setFlags(LayoutParams.FLAG_SECURE, LayoutParams.FLAG_SECURE);

Thanks for your answers CommonWare & NavjotSingh

edited May 14 '20 at 20:05

Steel Brain

answered Nov 16 '16 at 21:57

Alex

Thanks that line do the job – Ben-J Mar 08 '18 at 15:32
The issue with this is it also disable taking screenshots on the device. Is there a better way? – alexmngn Jul 24 '18 at 10:41

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 16 '16 at 05:33

-1

In android manifest file, in activity tag, use this

 android:excludeFromRecents="true"

answered Nov 16 '16 at 05:33

Navjot Singh

It will be remove entire app from multitasking view! – YUSMLE Dec 16 '18 at 08:18

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