Remove app from recent apps programmatically
android
Solution
Yes, generally when you want to have special properties for an `Activity` when starting it you supply special flags to the `Intent`. In this case `FLAG_ACTIVITY_EXCLUDE_FROM_RECENTS`.
Updated:
If you need to hide the current already running activity, you might be able to use this flag in combination with `FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP` which would send the new Intent to the existing `Activity`. You'll have to think and perhaps experiment with what happens as the user moves around your stack though and whether that will make your app re-appear in the recent apps.
Problem
I know that Activities can be declared in manifest as being excluded from recents with `android:excludeFromRecents`: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.html#exclude However, that's not what I'm looking for, I would like to know if there is a way to remove the app from recent apps programmatically