Question

I have three activities A, B and C.

A starts B with startActivityForResult(getIntent(), ACTIVITY_B); and B starts C with startActivityForResult(getIntent(), ACTIVITY_C);. ACTIVITY_B and ACTIVITY_C are constants with same value across activities.

When C returns with RESULT_OK, then B is restarted with the code:

if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK){
    finish();
    startActivityForResult(getIntent(), ACTIVITY_B);
}

This works fine.

When B has to return (on clicking a menu item), it sets the activity result.

public boolean onMenuItemSelected(int featureId, MenuItem item) {
    switch(item.getItemId()) {
        case MENU_CONFIRM:
            System.out.println("Setting Result to RESULT_OK");
            setResult(Activity.RESULT_OK);
            finish();
            return true;
    }
    return super.onMenuItemSelected(featureId, item);
}

However I can see that the setResult(Activity.RESULT_OK); is ignored because it is always received as RESULT_CANCEL in the Activity A (onActivityResult). I’m using 2.3.

Any clues?

Answer 1

Don’t finish B and start a new one, A will not get notified because it’s not the B it opened.
Instead, if C needs to return something to B when it ends, create an Intent, put your result values on it, and check this result in B:

C:

Intent data = new Intent();
// Store values you want to return on the intent
setResult(RESULT_OK, data);
finish();

B: in onActivityResult

if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
  // get values from the intent and change B accordingly
}