Sending Activity to background without finishing

Question

How can I make an activity go to background without calling its finish() method and return to the Parent activity that started this? I tried so much but I could

Answer 1

Simply

protected void minimizeApp() { Intent startMain = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN); startMain.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_HOME); startMain.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK); startActivity(startMain); }