onActivityResult method not being called Android

Question

I am trying to send data from child activity to parent. But somehow, onActivityResult(..) is not getting called. here is code

Parent activity

selectedText.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {        public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {                     if (event.getActionMasked() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {                         Intent intent = new Intent(Parents.this,Child.class);                         startActivityForResult(intent, 1);                     }                     return true;                 }             });           @Override         protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {             switch (requestCode) {             case 1:                 if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {                     if (data.hasExtra("selText")) {                         selectedText.setText(data.getExtras().getString(                                 "selText"));                      }                     break;                 }             } 

Child Activity: I can see selected value set in the setResult(). But after finish of child activity, it's not going back to parent activity.

textListView.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {              @Override             public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1, int myItemInt,                     long arg3) {                 selectedFromList =(String) (textListView.getItemAtPosition(myItemInt));                 Intent data = new Intent();                 data.putExtra("selText", selectedFromList);                 setResult(RESULT_OK,data);                 finish();             }         }); 

Answer 1

For anyone stuck with same problem, a symptom not to receive onActivityResult, following cases can cause this issue.

• check you are using startActivityForResult() correctly, do not use startActivity().
• if you do something in overriden onBackPressed method, super.onBackPressed(); has to be positioned at the last of the method, not at the first line. (my case to spend 5 hours)
• remove android:launchMode="singleInstance" in manifest or equivalent argument to create a intent.
• remove noHistory="true" in manifest of the callee activity.
• check setResult() is missed.
• finish() is called to close the activity. use finishActivity() to close callee activity.
• use requestCode more than zero. negative value does not work.

Answer 2

I found the mistake. I had below line in manifest.xml for child acitivity.

        android:launchMode="singleInstance" 

after removing this line. it's working like a charm!!!

Thank You all for your input and suggestions.