Question

I’m implementing this application where i need to pause it when the back key is pressed or show a dialog to ask the user if he really wants to exit.

I did override the back key to show a dialog with 2 button, yes and cancel, but the activity is finished anyways without showing the dialog

the code I am using to override the back key is the following

// Overriding The Back Key To Stop The Music If Running
@Override
public void onBackPressed() {

    super.onBackPressed();
    show_are_you_sure_exit();
}

and the function is the following

public void show_are_you_sure_exit() {
    final AlertDialog show_are_you_sure_delete = new AlertDialog.Builder(
            this).create();
    show_are_you_sure_delete
            .setMessage("Are You Sure You Want To Exit?! Your Pregress Won't Be Saved");
    show_are_you_sure_delete.setButton("Yes",
            new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                public void onClick(DialogInterface StopActivityDialog,
                        int which) {
                    start_main_screen_intent();
                    finish();
                }
            });
    show_are_you_sure_delete.setButton2("Cancel",
            new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                    return;
                }
            });

    show_are_you_sure_delete.show();

}

with start_main_screen_intent() starts another activity

thx for your help 🙂

Answer 1

your are calling super.onBackPressed() which dispatches the event up and kills the activity
what you want is

@Override
public void onBackPressed() {
    show_are_you_sure_exit();
}

this way YOU handle the event your way, not the normal way