onCreate flow continues after finish()

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I would like to finish an activity from inside the `onCreate` method. When I call `finish()`, `onDestroy()` is not immediately called, the code keeps flowing past `finish()`. `onDestroy()` isn't called until after the `onCreate()` closing brace. Per the `onCreate()` description at developer.android.com/reference. You can call finish() from within this function, in which case onDestroy() will be immediately called without any of the rest of the activity lifecycle (onStart(), onResume(), onPause(), etc) executing. Reason I ask is: I would like to check data from the Bundle passed to `onCreate()`. Of course I have control of what is passed to `onCreate`, but I still think it should be checked at the point of delivery. My code contains class `A`, which starts Activity `B`. I believe the last two "outside of if clause" tags, shouldn't be called because the `finish` method in the `if` statement should have destroyed the activity. It has nothing to do with the if clause because the tag line…

Accepted Answer

I'm guessing that it is because finish() doesn't cause the onCreate method to return. You could try simply adding

```
finish();
return;
```

Or use an if else

```
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  setContentView(R.layout.layoutb);
  if(good data){
      //do stuff
  }else{
      finish();
  }
}
```

onCreate flow continues after finish()

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