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POAndroid: How to get back to the Calling Activity without using finish()
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copied!<p>I call an activity called Activity1 from an Activity called MainActivity using the following:</p> <pre><code>Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri); intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK); intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP); startActivity(intent); </code></pre> <p>So, when the control comes to Activity1. The normal activity lifecycle is started. i.e onCreate() is called and so on. </p> <p>when i click the back button when the control is in Activity1. The finish method is called, which in turn calls the onDestroy() and now the control is back with the MainActivity screen. </p> <pre><code>@Override public void onBackPressed() { Log.d(TAG, "onBackPressed()"); finish(); } </code></pre> <p>The next time i call Activity1. The onCreate is called again as i called the onDestroy (when i pressed the back button) from the previous call.</p> <p>Question: 1. is there a way to pass control back to the MainActivity when the back button is pressed without having to call the "finish()" method? 2. problem with calling finish, every time i call Activity1 from MainActivity, A new instance of Activity1 is created. that is the lifecycle again starts from onCreate().. i do not want this to happen as this is has become a major performance issue. </p> <p>The main point i'm looking for is whether i can start the activity1 from the resume state rather than oncreate, when i call it after the first time.</p>

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