Android FinishActivity Always Causing OnActivityResult To Get RESULT_CANCELED

I have a main Activity A that can kick off sub-Activities B, C, or D. I start them using startActivityForResult(newIntent, REQUEST_CODE); The user can choose to navigate between B

Solution 1:

I'm not quite following everything you are doing here, but it doesn't sound like you are navigating between activities properly. I would highly suggest reading through the notepad example thoroughly so that you understand the android way of moving between Activities.

Here is what I understand regarding what you are trying to accomplish: Activity A can navigate to B, C or D. From B, C or D you can navigate to any of the others.

You are somehow trying to using Activity A as a controller, having it finish other Activities. Don't do this. Each Activity should be responsible for finishing itself at the proper point.

If you want to go from having A -> B on the stack to A -> C, then I would do this:

A starts B for result. When user selects something in B asking to go to C you have a few choices. You could have B start C not for result, then finish. This would have the effect of B being removed from the stack when C exits. Or, you could have B finish itself, passing back a note that C should be loaded in the results intent. A could then load C for result.

I'm really not sure why you want this behavior though. As an Android user, if I go from A -> B -> C, I expect hitting back to take me back to B.

As an aside, your "is exiting" hack doesn't make any sense. By the time you get to onPause, the result has been set. You cannot change it here. You need to properly set the result when you are finishing, before onPause.