App completely restarting when launched by icon press in launcher

Question

I\'m in the process of trying to make a release build of my first android app to send to a few testers. However, I ran into a problem with it. When you exit the app and then

Answer 1

I see this issue on Android TV in 2019. Is there a better fix for it? other than

if (!isTaskRoot()) {
    finish();
}

It works but looks like a hack more than the actual solution.