Question

I started my activity from BroadcastReceiver

@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
    Intent i = new Intent(context, SipCallActivity.class);
    i.putExtra("destination_phone", phoneNumber);
    i.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_WHEN_TASK_RESET);
    context.startActivity(i);
}

after a while activity is finished by pressing button:

Button endCall = (Button) findViewById(R.id.call_btn_terminate_call);
endCall.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            endCall(); //SIP related stuff
            finish();
        }
    });

All is fine and dandy. But when I’m trying to open another activity from application by pressing icon from application list or from recent applications list via Home button I always get the activity I just closed – SipCallActivity. Why is that?

I want to close that activity and user should never see it again unless invoked from my BroadcastReceiver. How could I achieve that?

Answer 1

Either add the flag FLAG_ACTIVITY_EXCLUDE_FROM_RECENTS to your launching intent, or use the following in the manifest to exclude the app from recents:

<activity android:name="<your-activity"android:excludeFromRecents="true"...