Question

I have overridden the finish call in a sub-activity like so

   @Override
   public void finish() 
   {
      Log.e(this.toString(), "======== finish ========"); 
      if(!this.exiting)
      {
         Log.e(this.toString(), "======== set RESULT_OK ========"); 
         // Notify the caller Activity that the user successfully
         // edited or inserted the data set
         setResult(RESULT_OK);
      }
      else
      {   
         Log.e(this.toString(), "======== set RESULT_CANCELED ========"); 
         // Notify the caller Activity that the user has canceled the
         // activity without altering anything
         setResult(RESULT_CANCELED);
      }

      super.finish();
   } 

I am calling finishActivity on this sub-Activity from the Activity that started it for result. But I am not seeing the finish being hit. Instead it goes directly to onPause.

Answer 1

finish() is the method that you call on Activity when you want to finish it (for example because you want it to return a result to calling Activity).