How to launch an Activity without a UI?

Question

Is it in any way possible to launch an activity from the main function without having a UI? i.e. is there a way to create a sort of \"wrapper\" around another activity, i.e.

Answer 1

Looks similar to the question asked here: Removing an activity from the history stack

If it is, then you can use:

FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY

This should work to wipe activities off of the stack.

If you need to exclude from recent apps (long press home key) you can use this flag:

FLAG_ACTIVITY_EXCLUDE_FROM_RECENTS