Sending Activity to background without finishing

android, android-activity

Solution

The following will work if the Activity is running in a different task to its parent. To achieve this, see http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.html#lmode.

public void onBackPressed () {
    moveTaskToBack (true);
}

The current task will be hidden, but its state will remain untouched, and when it is reactivated it will appear just as it was when you left it.

Problem

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 not find a solution. So if you guys could help I would be very thankful.

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