Question

How can I specifically override just the back button while within a dialog to finish the entire activity and not just the dialog.

Using setOnCancelListener and setOnDismissListener do not work because there are other times that I simply close the dialog without closing the whole activity behind it.

Edit

Thanks Shubayu that may work!

I was also able to access just the back button in a dialog through this function.

dialog.setOnKeyListener(new DialogInterface.OnKeyListener() {
    @Override
    public boolean onKey(DialogInterface dialog, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
        if (event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK){
        finish();
        }
    return false;
    }
});

Answer 1

Override

public void onBackPressed ()

of the activity and put in the way you want the behavior in it. Also set a boolean from your dialog which you use inside onBackPressed() of the Activity. if the boolean is true, run the disabling part of the onBackPressed() code else don’t.