Android - Build a notification, TaskStackBuilder.addParentStack not working

Question

I\'m trying to launch an activity from a notification like the Android docs explain, but when I open the notification and then press the back button, the HomeActivity (paren

Answer 1

As stated in other answers, TaskStackBuilder doesn't work for versions below Honeycomb.

My solution was to override the activity's onBackPressed() method.

@Override
public void onBackPressed() {
    NavUtils.navigateUpFromSameTask(this);
}

Obviously if you're planning on finishing the activity in some other manner you will have to handle that as well. (Though I imagine overriding finish() will have some unexpected behaviour).