Android: Clear the Back Stack

Android: Clear the back stack

Try adding FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK as described in the docs for FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP:

This launch mode can also be used to
good effect in conjunction with
FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK: if used to
start the root activity of a task, it
will bring any currently running
instance of that task to the
foreground, and then clear it to its
root state. This is especially useful,
for example, when launching an
activity from the notification
manager.

So your code to launch A would be:

Intent intent = new Intent(this, A.class);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK); 
startActivity(intent);
CurrentActivity.this.finish(); // if the activity running has it's own context


// view.getContext().finish() for fragments etc.

Android: Remove all the previous activities from the back stack

The solution proposed here worked for me:

Java

Intent i = new Intent(OldActivity.this, NewActivity.class);
// set the new task and clear flags
i.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK);
startActivity(i);

Kotlin

val i = Intent(this, NewActivity::class.java)
// set the new task and clear flags
i.flags = Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK or Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK
startActivity(i)

However, it requires API level >= 11.

Clear the entire history stack and start a new activity on Android

In API level 11 a new Intent Flag was added just for this: Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK

Just to clarify, use this:

Java

intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK);

Kotlin

intent.flags = Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK or Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK

Unfortunately for API lvl <= 10, I haven't yet found a clean solution to this.
The "DontHackAndroidLikeThis" solution is indeed pure hackery. You should not do that. :)

Edit:
As per @Ben Pearson's comment, for API <=10 now one can use IntentCompat class for the same. One can use IntentCompat.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK flag to clear task. So you can support pre API level 11 as well.

Android clear back stack between activities

If the activity being launched is already running in the current task, then instead of launching a new instance of that activity, all of the other activities on top of it will be closed and this Intent will be delivered to the (now on top) old activity as a new Intent.

Intent intent = new Intent(this, ActivityA.class);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
startActivity(intent);

Read more here.

Clear ALL activities in back stack

Well, i ended up using this answer

Clear the entire history stack and start a new activity on Android

And that do exactly what Im trying to do

Android clear backstack after reselecting Bottom Navigation tab

BottomNavigationView has its own method for handling reselection via setOnItemReselectedListener() (or, when using an earlier version of the Material Design Library, the now deprecated setOnNavigationItemReselectedListener()).

bottomNavigationView.setupWithNavController does not set this listener (as there is no Material specification for exactly what reselecting a tab should do), so you need to set it yourself:

val bottomNavigationView = findViewById<BottomNavigationView>(R.id.bottom_nav)
bottomNavigationView.setupWithNavController(navController)

// Add your own reselected listener
bottomNavigationView.setOnItemReselectedListener { item ->
    // Pop everything up to the reselected item
    val reselectedDestinationId = item.itemId
    navController.popBackStack(reselectedDestinationId, inclusive = false)
}

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