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Reputation: 2815

Returning to previous activity in Xamarin Android

I have two activities: MainActivity and Activity2:

public class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity
{
    DateTime time = DateTime.Now;        
    protected override void OnCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
        base.OnCreate(savedInstanceState);
        Xamarin.Essentials.Platform.Init(this, savedInstanceState);
        SetContentView(Resource.Layout.activity_main);

        var button = FindViewById<Button>(Resource.Id.button);
        button.Text = "Button created at " + time.ToString();
        button.Click += (s, e) =>
        {
            Intent intent = new Intent(this, typeof(Activity2));
            StartActivity(intent);
        };
    }
    public override void OnRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, string[] permissions, [GeneratedEnum] Android.Content.PM.Permission[] grantResults)
    {
        Xamarin.Essentials.Platform.OnRequestPermissionsResult(requestCode, permissions, grantResults);
        base.OnRequestPermissionsResult(requestCode, permissions, grantResults);
    }
}

and:

[Activity(Label = "Activity2")]
public class Activity2 : Activity
{
    protected override void OnCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
        base.OnCreate(savedInstanceState);
        SetContentView(Resource.Layout.activity2);

        Button button_close = FindViewById<Button>(Resource.Id.button_close);
       
        button_close.Click += (s, e) =>
        {
            Intent intent = new Intent(this, typeof(MainActivity));
            StartActivity(intent);
        };
    }
}

Clicking on button opens Activity2 and hides MainActivity. button_close closes Activity2 and opens a new instance of MainActivity. But I do not want a new instance to be created. How can I revive exactly the original previously-created instance of MainActivity and return to it after Activity2 is closed?

Here, button.Text shows whether a new instance of MainActivity is created.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1127

Answers (1)

Cheesebaron
Cheesebaron

Reputation: 24460

Just call Finish() on Activity2, it will return to the previous.

If you want to pass some kind of result, you can use StartActivityForResult and in OnActivityResult get the resulting data.

Upvotes: 1

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