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How to stop reload the data when user open second time Fragment or activity?

"Ex: In flipkart when we open App, Home screen will load the data and when we go to next activity from home screen and again we come back to Home screen its not loading again "

Cancel all the tasks using lifecycle methods of Fragment: "onPause", "onStop" and etc (you have to choose one of them). Fragment lifecycle.

Use onActivityResult
Define constant
public static final int REQUEST_CODE = 1;
Call your custom dialog activity using intent
Intent intent = new Intent(Activity.this,
CustomDialogActivity.class);
startActivityForResult(intent , REQUEST_CODE);
Now use onActivityResult to retrieve the result
#Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
try {
super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
if (requestCode == REQUEST_CODE && resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
//reload data here
}
} catch (Exception ex) {
Toast.makeText(Activity.this, ex.toString(),
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
In custom dialog activity use this code to set result
Intent intent = getIntent();
intent.putExtra("key", value);
setResult(RESULT_OK, intent);
finish();

While tap on bottom back button it will not reload, because it just finishes current activity and resumes home activity.
To prevent reload home activity while tap on back button from toolbar, you have to add
android:launchMode="singleTop"
to your home activity in your manifest file.
For more details refer here

Open Email App only through intent in Android Studio

I don't want to send emails to other users. I only want to open the launching activity of Email. I have tried it through different ways but every time send email(compose) is opening. But i want to open Email app only nothing else(Sent, outbox, spam, Trash etc).
My code is below
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO)
.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:"));
//check if the target app is available or not
if (intent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
startActivity(intent);
}
Again, This code opens the send email to(compose) option. But i want to open Email app only nothing else(Sent, outbox, spam, Trash etc).

Use this code to open default Mail Application :
try {
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_APP_EMAIL);
this.startActivity(intent);
} catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException e) {
Toast.makeText(Dashboard.this, "There is no email client installed.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}

Sending messages to multiple contacts using Intent

I'm trying to send messages through in built sms app through Intent. Its working fine. Here is my code
public class Main_Act extends Activity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
Button startBtn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button);
startBtn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View view) {
if(sendSMS()) {
Intent intent = new Intent(Main_Act.this, Sample.class);
startActivity(intent);
}
}
});
}
protected boolean sendSMS() {
ArrayList<String> nums = new ArrayList<String>();
nums.add("111111111");
nums.add("222222222");
Log.i("Send SMS", "");
Intent smsIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
smsIntent.setData(Uri.parse("smsto:"));
smsIntent.setType("vnd.android-dir/mms-sms");
smsIntent.putExtra("address" ,nums);
smsIntent.putExtra("sms_body" , "Test ");
try {
startActivity(smsIntent);
finish();
return true;
}
catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException ex) {
Toast.makeText(Main_Act.this,
"SMS faild, please try again later.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return false;
}
}
}
But the problem is it gets navigated to another activity without clicking send button in sms application. It should goto another activity only after clicking the send button in messaging app. Can anyone help me with this problem, Thanks in advance.

Let's clear out a slight misunderstanding in your code:
You should not try to start both intents in the same part/run of the code as you do here.
A startActivity will not execute directly going to the activity and then return to the same place in the code when activity execution finishes. In stead it asynchronously queues the intent for execution. Then your code queues another intent for execution. After the current code finishes (in this case when the button onClick() method ends) Android queue mgmt can start picking off the queue. Probably the first intent is executed shortly and then directly overrun by an immediate execution of the second.
So what happens in summary is that you first add one intent to the queue in sendSMS and then add intent 2 to the queue in onClick, before leaving. Now both the intents are executed.
What you need to do is to change the sendSMS code to something like:
Intent smsIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
smsIntent.setData(Uri.parse("smsto:"));
smsIntent.setType("vnd.android-dir/mms-sms");
smsIntent.putExtra("address" ,nums);
smsIntent.putExtra("sms_body" , "Test ");
// To force the SMS app to return immediately after sent SMS
smsIntent.putExtra("exit_on_sent", true);
startActivityForResult(smsIntent, MY_SMS_REQUEST_RESPONSE_CODE);
Note the startActivityForResult() method that indicates that we expect Android to return and the "exit_on_sent" extra, to force a swift return.
MY_SMS_REQUEST_RESPONSE_CODE is just any random code you select to recognize the returning result in the callback method (even if you currently do not expect any other returning results, you may have some in the future).
Next thing to do is to remove the second intent creation and queuing. In stead you implement the following callback method (added to this activity):
#Override
protected void onActivityResult(
int callbackIdentifier, int resultCode, Intent intent) {
// Is this the expected sendSMS callback ?
if (callbackIdentifier== MY_SMS_REQUEST_RESPONSE_CODE) {
if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
// Continue where you left off (e.g. execute intent 2)
Intent intent = new Intent(Main_Act.this, Sample.class);
startActivity(intent);
} else if (resultCode == RESULT_CANCELED) {
// Error handling/retrying etc
}
}
// Support inherited callback functions
super.onActivityResult(callbackIdentifier,resultCode,intent);
}

Note: if you want to pass data and type don't call method separately because will delete each other you must pass it in one method
wrong
smsIntent.setData(Uri.parse("smsto:"));
smsIntent.setType("vnd.android-dir/mms-sms");
true
smsIntent.setDataAndType(Uri.parse("smsto:"),"vnd.android-dir/mms-sms");

How to send SMS with Android using Intent and get back with result

I'm using Intent to send SMS:
Intent sendIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
if (sendIntent != null)
{
sendIntent.putExtra("sms_body", url);
sendIntent.setType("vnd.android-dir/mms-sms");
startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(sendIntent, "Sending SMS..."), 1);
}
How can I make it return to my application with result? Currently it stays in "messages" view.

How to close this activity?

I created my lockscreen application that trigerred by a SMS.. i have ListenSMS class that always listen for incoming SMS. Here's the code :
for (SmsMessage message : messages) {
String tempMessage[] = message.getDisplayMessageBody().toString().split(" ");
//checking command dan password
if (tempMessage[0].toString().equalsIgnoreCase("andro-lock") && tempMessage[1].toString().equals(tempPassword.toString())) {
//Toast.makeText(ListenSMSservice.this, "Menjalankan command andro-lock", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
openDatabase();
updateStatusL();
Intent myIntent = new Intent(ListenSMSservice.this,LockScreenForm.class);
myIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
getApplication().startActivity(myIntent);
}
else if (tempMessage[0].toString().equalsIgnoreCase("andro-unlock") && tempMessage[1].toString().equals(tempPassword.toString())) {
//Toast.makeText(ListenSMSservice.this, "Menjalankan command andro-unlock", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
openDatabase();
updateStatusNL();
Intent myIntent = new Intent(ListenSMSservice.this,LockScreenForm.class);
myIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
Bundle myKillerBundle = new Bundle();
myKillerBundle.putString("kill","1");
myIntent.putExtras(myKillerBundle);
getApplication().startActivity(myIntent);
}
}
If ListenSMS service has received an andro-lock command, it will go to the lockscreen.java and will go to the lockscreen.java with intent extra (putExtra) kill when it receive command andro-unclock. Here's my lockscreen.java:
public class LockScreenForm extends Activity implements OnClickListener {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle bundle) {
super.onCreate(bundle);
setContentView(R.layout.lockscreen);
Bundle extra = getIntent().getExtras();
if (extra == null) {
return;
}
//Toast.makeText(this, extra.getString("kill"), 1).show();
else if(this.getIntent().getExtras().getString("kill").equalsIgnoreCase("1")) {
try {
Toast.makeText(this, "extra accepted", 1).show();
finish();
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO: handle exception
Toast.makeText(this, e.getMessage(), 1).show();
}
}
}
}
I want to close my locksreen.java when my ListenSMS service has received "andro-unlock" command, so I put extra on intent "kill" and check it in lockscreen.java. This lockscreen.java can check the extra intent and can display a toast "extra accepted" but can close the lockscreen activity with finish().
My assumption is for now that Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK is duplicating a locksreen activity. So it will create a double lockscreen activity and the finish method is closing another lockscreen.java that started by Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK. That's only assumption. Am i wrong? Please correct me.
Has anyone know how to solve my problem? I really want that "andro-unlock" command can close the lockscreen activity and need it works for my college final project. Please help.

From http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html#FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK:
When using this flag, if a task is already running for the activity you are now starting, then a new activity will not be started; instead, the current task will simply be brought to the front of the screen with the state it was last in. See FLAG_ACTIVITY_MULTIPLE_TASK for a flag to disable this behavior.
I expect your problem is somewhere else. I'd suggest having the lockscreen Activity register a BroadcastReceiver, and then when the unlock message is received send an Intent that the BroadcastReceiver will catch. The Activity can then cleanly exit.

Try this: Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK