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Detail Explanation of LaunchMode in Android

I want to learn the concept and idea for using launchMode in Android. When to use which mode and a little detail about each of them. Because I am facing an issue in Animation Transition between Activity. As i go from Activity A to B. Amimation…
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launchmode of Android Activity

Suppose I have a task in which I have A, B & C Activities respectively. And then I'm starting a new Activity D which has singleInstance as it's launchMode. Now, I wonder what happens in the task level? Will the same task be preserved but contains…
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Activity with singleInstance launchMode and a new Thread

I'm a bit confused really. When it says that Activities with singleInstance launchmode uses the singleton pattern, and that instance will be the root activity of a new task When it says new task, does it mean that the launching activity will get…
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android activity order, want only one instance of current activity, instead of clearing stack

singleTask and singleInstance alone are not the answer. I have activities in a stack ... n, n+1, n+2 elements in n+2 can open n+1 this creates stack ... n, n+1, n+2, n+1 I want it to create stack ... n, n+2, n+1 , where n+1 is moved to the top of…
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Android: SingleTop behavior with multiple intent filters

I am struggling with the following strange behavior of SingleTop activities. I have defined some intent filters in that activity:
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Issue with launchMode Activity

I am implementing a custom launcher. I have two activity : Activity A with launchMode : singleInstance or singleTask, and Activity B. Activity A is main screen. There are 2 case : If i set Activity A launchMode : singleTask, I call Activity B from…
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Android - Back Press on the activity started from the notification bar

[UPDATE BELOW] I have application with multiple activities. I have issues in handling the activity started from the click of notification item. Below is the app structure: For normal flow/working, user start the application and Activity A being…
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Activity LauchMode within a Login Behaviour

I'm trying to understand the android:lauchMode in order to apply it properly to an App I'm working on. Basically I have 2 activities. LoginActivity and HomeActivity. The session state is stored, so if the app is killed and you were logged in, next…
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If my launcher activity is singleInstance how can I make application resume from the notification bar?

I have a launcher activity which I need to set launchMode to singleInstance. If I do this, resuming from notification bar doesn't work anymore, it starts my launcher activity every time. How can I make them work together?
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how to avoid click on android shortcut create new app instance and kill the old one

I have create a android shortcut via the following code Intent shortcut = new Intent("com.android.launcher.action.INSTALL_SHORTCUT"); shortcut.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_NAME,getString(R.string.app_name)); Intent…
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Mosync application crashes when is launched via notifications. LaunchMode singleTask

I'm using Mosync SDK 3.2.1 to develop a HTML 5 application for Android 2.2, 2.3 and 4.03. I had the issue described in this post http://jira.mosync.com/browse/MOSYNC-2367 . The fix proposed android:launchMode="singleTask" solved the "restarting of…
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Android Start Activity from a service without starting the other activities of the app

I am starting an activity with Theme.Dialog on IncomingCall detected; however, when I start my dialog activity, it hides the Incoming Call Screen which is not the behavior I want. I want to start that dialog activity alone so that it appears on top…
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Android: Bind applications (AIDL) in singleTop/ singleTask Mode

I've binded 2 android applications with an AIDL file. The Exchange between the A and B applications is like below: The A application connects to the B application through AIDL interface A application calls a method of the B service B service…
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LaunchMode & Recent App Principle

I have a WidgetResultActivity and a NotificationResultActivity, I set both their launchmode=singleInstance. But they have different behaviors: WidgetResultActivity will not opened from RECENT, while NotificationResultActivity will always be opened…
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Android starting existing app instance from Widget

I have an app that contains several activities...so lets say user is navigating activity stack A->B->C. Then presses the HOME button. Now when the user clicks on the Widget, I just want bring my app's existing/current instance to the foreground. I…
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