Application exit issue in android

Question

I am trying to exit my application from my HOME button by calling finish() function. But, when I invoke finish(), the application is not exiting, but is going to close the previous activity. What should I do to resolve this? Thank you.

Read this question of SO --> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2033914/quitting-an-application-is-that-frowned-upon and this page: http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/4c1b8955ebfd5799 — Alberto Solano, Dec 31 '11 at 11:03

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 07 '13 at 18:11

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call moveTaskToBack(true) on your Activity (it doesn't kill your app but remove it from screen)

answered May 07 '13 at 18:11

surfealokesea

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 21 '16 at 12:45

when you want to close your application, you can call

  finishAffinity();

or if you want close it in background also you should write,

  android:excludeFromRecents="true"

in AndroidManifest :

   <activity
    android:name="com.smart.remote.main.SplashActivity"
    android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden"
    android:screenOrientation="portrait" 
    android:excludeFromRecents="true">
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

        <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
    </intent-filter>
</activity>

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 21 '16 at 12:48

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moveTaskToBack(true);

will move your application to background!

answered Jun 21 '16 at 12:48

Ahmad Vatani

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 31 '11 at 10:57

That's to be expected finish() only closes the current activity, but since all the activities launched are kept in an activity stack, the previously opened activity shows up. You can read more about this here: http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/activity_task_design.html#navigating_away_from_an_activity

Application exit issue in android

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