Android: How to restart an instance?

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I want to restart an instance of my activity. Is it possible?

For example from an activity, I will go to another activity then when I go back to previous activity, all is new, no instance is saved.

I'm kinda new to android. thanks.

You mean when you go back to the initial activity by pressing the Back button or by calling `startActivity()`? — Gabriel Negut, Jun 01 '11 at 08:10
Hmm something like that, but how do I do it via startActivity? — Mike Dalisay, Jun 01 '11 at 08:23

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 10 '15 at 17:08

I just solved this by adding this line into my android manifest:

android:launchMode="singleInstance"

This is you declaring that you don't want to instantiate a new activity every time you start an intent of one. You can now reuse existing activities. Here's a link to the API document that explains this and other activity tweaks in the manifest file:

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.html#lmode

This is an old question but hopefully this answer can help people still trying to figure this out.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

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Maybe this old post could help you: how do i restart an android activity

edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

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