Question

I have created an app widget which, when clicked, launches an Activity in my application.

The activity it launches is NOT the main launcher activity (as set in the application manifest).

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

The activity I’m launching has launchMode=”singleTop” (may be relevant)

If I launch the app from the app launcher, then press home and then the recent apps button, the app is there.
I then remove the app from recent activities list or force close it.

If I then click on my widget, the activity launches fine.
I then press Home and then the app does not appear in the list of recent apps.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

My activity was defined with flag android:excludeFromRecents="true" in the Manifest.
Silly me, should’ve spotted that earlier.
Removing that flag fixes the problem.