Returning intent result when Activity is closed by back button

Question

I start a new Activity from the original Activity with startActivityForResult(intent, requestCode). I want to return data to the original Activity when the user presses the back button, so when returns to the original Activity. I tried two methods:

• overriding onBackPressed():

  @Override
  public void onBackPressed() {
      super.onBackPressed();
  
      Intent intent = new Intent();
      intent.putIntegerArrayListExtra(SELECTION_LIST, selected);
      setResult(RESULT_OK, intent);
  }
  

• overriding onPause():

  @Override
  protected void onPause() {
      super.onPause();
  
      Intent intent = new Intent();
      intent.putIntegerArrayListExtra(SELECTION_LIST, selected);
      setResult(RESULT_OK, intent);
  }
  

Unfortunately, none of them worked (resultCode is not RESULT_OK in onActivityResult()). What's the proper way to do this? Thanks!

Answer 1

Since this question is still getting attention, i am posting a more correct answer than the one i accepted two years ago, thanks for MasterGaurav for the tip.

@Override
public void onBackPressed() {
    Intent intent = new Intent();
    intent.putIntegerArrayListExtra(SELECTION_LIST, selected);
    setResult(RESULT_OK, intent);

    super.onBackPressed();
}