Android - How to remove activity from recent apps? [duplicate]

Answer 1

You can override onStop() of your dialog activity:

@Override
protected void onStop() {
   super.onStop();
   finish();
}

However, this also means that your dialog will close when the device gets locked.

Answer 2

Also you can use flag Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_EXCLUDE_FROM_RECENTS:

.....
i.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_EXCLUDE_FROM_RECENTS);
startActivity(i);

The activity you start won't be in recent apps.

Answer 3

How to remove activity from recent apps?

I think android:excludeFromRecents="true" should do the trick. Use it in your manifest

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What I want to do here is that the dialog shouldn't show.

dialog.cancel() in onPause()

Answer 4

Use yourdialog.cancel() inside your activities onPause() method. See http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity.html. An example:

@Override
protected void onPause() 
{
    super.onPause();
    if (yourdialog != null)
    {
        yourdialog.cancel();
    }
}