How to properly terminate an activity from a custom view class?

Question

Similar to this post. Have a custom view (extends EditText) which must have the ability to call the finish() method of the parent activity if the user presses the END key.

How can I access the activity object of the host activity in order to call its finish() method from within the custom view class?

public class SuppressInputEditText extends androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatEditText {

    public SuppressInputEditText(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

    public SuppressInputEditText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    public SuppressInputEditText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);
    }
    
    @Override
    public boolean onKeyPreIme(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onKeyUp(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
        switch (keyCode){
            case 6: //end key
                //todo: call finish() method of parent activity.
                break;
        }
        return true;
    }
    
}

I can use the getContext() method of my class, available because it inherits from view, to get a context, but I don't know how to use that to access the finish() method. Any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated.

UPDATE: Looking for a solution that can keep the class independent. Thanks!

vikas kumar · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-12T17:40:20.910

if you know the host i.e the activity where it's custom view is showing then you can do something like this.

(getContext() as? MainActivity)?.finish()

java

((MainActivity)getContext()).finish()

place this under try and catch

Edit: Create an interface which your Host activity implements and pass this as a listener yo your custom view then whenever needed to call this.

for ex.

interface CustomInputEditListener{
  public void onFinish();
}

in your Host activity implement this.

MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity() implements CustomInputEditListener{

 //call this from onCreate()
  public void setHostListener(){
     suppressInputEditText.setHostEditListener(this);
  }

  @Override public void onFinish(){
      finish() ;
  }
}

in your SuppressInputEditText class create a method like this.

public void setHostEditListener(CustomInputEditListener listener){
  this.hostListener = listener;
}

and whenever you need to call finish just call

hostListener.onFinish();

my bad. shouldv'e mentioned that i'd like to keep the class independent. but thanks for the speedy response. (I'll update the question.) — sh7411usa, Aug 12 '20 at 17:29

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 12 '20 at 18:20

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Cast context to Activity then call finish like below

Kotlin

(context as? Activity)?.finish()

Java

((Activity) context).finish()

answered Aug 12 '20 at 18:20

Jayanth

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thanks. I'd wrap in try / catch to keep independent and functional. – sh7411usa Aug 12 '20 at 20:57

How to properly terminate an activity from a custom view class?

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