Question

My CountDownTimer continue to count even the user press Return key. I put

public void onUserLeaveHint(){          
    myTimer.cancel(); 
}

and it correctly does myTimer.cancel() timer only when the user press Home key. How can I cancel the timer when the activity where it counts is gone?

Answer 1

if you want to capture Back key event in Android you will use onBackPressed() like this:

public void onBackPressed(){
    super.onBackPressed();
    myTimer.cancel(); 
}