Can't exit an Android application

Question

When I exit my android application it resumes to the previous screen. How can I exit the Android application properly?

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    switch(item.getItemId()) {
         case EXIT:
             try {
                 this.finish();
             } catch(Exception e) {
             }
             break;
      }
      return false;
 }

Answer 1

The answer is that you shouldn't exit your Android application.

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