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Android get previous activity

I have 2 activities: Activity1 and Activity2. In each of this activities there is a button that leads me to a third activity (MainActivity). In MainActivity I want to know from which activity page was called.

Solution

  • You can use the putExtra attribute of the Intent to pass the name of the Activity.

    Calling Activity,

    Intent intent = new Intent(this, Next.class);
intent.putExtra("activity","first");
startActivity(intent);

    Next Activity,

    Intent intent = getIntent();
String activity = intent.getStringExtra("activity");

    Now in the string activity you will get the name from which Activity it has came.