How do I set the activity of the "Up-button" programatically?

[Jonathan Wallace]

Edit: Eh nevermind, seems the only problem was I was trying to use the *support* version: getSupportParentActivityIntent. Remove "support" and it works fine.


I need to be able to control dynamically to which activity the user goes "back", when they press the "Up" button.

It can be set statically in the manifest as follows:

android:parentActivityName="com.example.timetracker.ProjectListActivity"

It appears it is can be set programatically following the description here, but I can't seem to figure out how it works. Help anyone?

[Ulf Dittmer]

Edit: Eh nevermind, seems the only problem was I was trying to use the *support* version: getSupportParentActivityIntent. Remove "support" and it works fine.

I need to be able to control dynamically to which activity the user goes "back", when they press the "Up" button.

It can be set statically in the manifest as follows:

android:parentActivityName="com.example.timetracker.ProjectListActivity"

It appears it is can be set programatically following the description here, but I can't seem to figure out how it works. Help anyone?

You could implement something even more dynamic by handling the back button directly:

	@Override
	public boolean onKeyDown (int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
		// Check if the key event was the Back button
		if ((keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK)) {
			// do something here
			return true;
		}
		return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event);
	}