Android- noHistory = true not working when come back from recents

Question

I'm following the next flow, Start activity A (loading resources), then go to Activity B (login). I marked Activity A as noHistory = "true" and just after I start the activity B I call finish() on activity A.

The app works as expected and when I pressed the back button from the Activity B the app closes, when I pressed the recents button and select my app, it restarts from activity A, I want it to starts from activity B.

thanks.

Answer 1

Add this to your activity declaration in the AndroidManifest:

        android:excludeFromRecents="true"

And it will be excluded from the "recent apps" list

Answer 2

that is expected behaviour . Since you have pressed the back button the app is closed , if you launch from recent after that its like clicking on app icon to launch the app . You can use shared preferences to save if the first activity is already launched you can directly launch second activity