Question

I have three screens like login,second and third. Based on my conditions i generate a status bar notification. If user click the notification i want to show third screen. It is working fine. But when i restart the app directly third screen is coming. I want to display third screen when notification is clicked. Other wise my first screen should be the login page.

I can display notification by using the following code

public void showNotification() 
    {
        NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager)getSystemService(NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
        Notification notification = new Notification(R.drawable.ic_launcher, "A New Message!", System.currentTimeMillis());


    Intent notificationIntent = new Intent(Preferences.this,PendingOffers.class);

    PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(Preferences.this, 0, notificationIntent, 0);

    notification.setLatestEventInfo(Preferences.this,"sample notification", "notificationMessage", pendingIntent);

    notification.flags |= Notification.FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL;

    notificationManager.notify(0, notification); 
};

Answer 1

You can set flag for intent,
eg

FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY

Reference : http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html#FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY
Check other flags too.